Showing posts with label Thomas J. Watson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Thomas J. Watson. Show all posts

Friday, April 17, 2009

Quotaria - Favorites

People often say that 'beauty is in the eye
of the beholder,' and I say that the most
liberating thing about beauty is realizing
that you are the beholder. This empowers us
to find beauty in places where others have
not dared to look, including inside ourselves.
- Salma Hayek

‘The ability to ask the right question is more
than half the battle of finding the answer.’
- Thomas J. Watson

"You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers.
You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.’
- Mahfouz Naguib


The ordinary man with extraordinary power
is the chief danger for mankind -- not the
fiend or the sadist.
- Erich Fromm

‘Art is really people asking the eternal
question, “What is it all about?”’
- Gene Roddenberry


"Land is the secure ground of home, the sea
is like life, the outside, the unknown."
- Stephen Gardiner

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Quotaria

"Since a politician never believes what he says,
he is quite surprised to be taken at his word."
- Charles de Gaulle

"The reason there are two senators for each state
is so that one can be the designated driver."
- Jay Leno

"Nobody can be successful
unless he loves his work."
- David Sarnoff

"The way to succeed is to
double your error rate."
- Thomas J. Watson


Spock: Sir, there is a multi-legged
creature crawling on your shoulder.
- Star Trek TOS, "Taste of Armageddon"

Scott: That's a big planet.
McCoy: Not to big for the Enterprise.
- Star Trek TOS, "Taste of Armageddon"