My Favourite Quotes

My Favourite Quotes

The following are my favourite quotes.

Albert Einstein

If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.

Before God we are all equally wise and equally foolish.

I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.

Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions.

If I had only known, I would have been a locksmith

If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor

Imagination is more important than knowledge...

It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.

Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.

The important thing is not to stop questioning.

The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.

Truth is what stands the test of experience.

As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.

Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.

Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not one bit simpler.

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.

Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.

The significant problems we have cannot be solved at the same level of thinking with which we created them.

At any rate, I am convinced that He [God] does not play dice

If A is success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.


Douglas Adams

I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.

In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move.

In those days spirits were brave, the stakes were high, men were real men, women were real women and small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri were real small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri.

It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes.

It is no coincidence that in no known language does the phrase 'As pretty as an Airport' appear.

Life... is like a grapefruit. It's orange and squishy, and has a few pips in it, and some folks have half a one for breakfast.

There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened.

Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.

You live and learn. At any rate, you live.

Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.

Nothing travels faster than the speed of light with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own special laws.

The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair.

Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind- bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space.

More on my favourite quotes comin soon..........