Monday, November 30, 2009

Quotations

The bearing of a child takes nine months, no matter how many women are assigned.
--- Frederick P. Brooks, Jr., The Mythical Man-Month

Some ideas are so stupid that only intellectuals could believe them.
--- George Orwell

Intelligence is like a four-wheel drive. It allows you to get stuck in more remote places.
--- Garrison Keillor

Do one thing every day that scares you.
--- Eleanor Roosevelt

The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant.
We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.
--- Albert Einstein

Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
--- Samuel Johnson

Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.
--- Samuel Johnson

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