Friday, September 04, 2009

Favorite Quotes

Eight years involved with the nuclear industry have
taught me that when nothing can possible go wrong
and every avenue has been covered, then is the time
to buy a house on the next continent.
- Terry Pratchett

The fox knows many things, but
the hedgehog knows one big thing.
- Archilochus

"Now this is not the end. It
is not even the beginning of
the end. But it is, perhaps,
the end of the beginning."
- Sir Winston Churchill

"Science is a way of talking about the universe in
words that bind it to a common reality. Magic is a
method of talking to the universe in words that it
cannot ignore. The two are rarely compatible."
- The Phantom Stranger, BOOKS OF MAGIC #1

Insanity is often the logic of
an accurate mind over-tasked.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

Khan: Do you know the Klingon proverb that tells us, "Revenge
is a dish that is best served cold"? It is very cold...in space.
- Star Trek - The Wrath of Khan

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