The Quotation Gallery: Share Your Personal & Classic Gems

[Jon]

I'm a big fan of some of the classic quotations out there, right back from the time of the Stoics and up to modern philosophers, from religious figures to comedians. What are some of your favourites?

Let me start off:

"No man is free who is not master of himself." - Epictetus

"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." - Thomas A. Edison

 

[The_Doc_Man]

Regarding artificial intelligence:

It may be hard to find, but I found a reference attributed to Albert Einstein: "Artificial Intelligence is no match for natural stupidity."

Steve Polyak - “Before we work on artificial intelligence why don’t we do something about natural stupidity?”

Jean Baudrillard - “The sad thing about artificial intelligence is that it lacks artifice and therefore intelligence.”

 

[NauticalGent]

“History began on July 4, 1776. Everything that happened before that was a mistake.”

“Any dog under fifty pounds is a cat and cats are useless.”

- Ron Swanson

 

[jdraw]

Weeks of programming can save you hours of planning.

 

[NauticalGent]

Weeks of programming can save you hours of planning.

A great signature for AWF

 

[Pat Hartman]

Re Software development:
If you don't have time to do it right, what makes you think you can do it twice
On a clear disk, you can seek forever

Re Freedom
Show me the man and I'll show you the crime (paraphrase)
"A republic if you can keep it", Ben Franklin

Re Bridge
Bridge players know all the tricks
Old bridge players never die, they just shuffle away