--Francois Sagan
A dress makes no sense unless it inspires men to want to take it off you.
-- Carl Sagan
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are
laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at
the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.
It is of interest to note that while some dolphins are reported to have learned English --
up to fifty words used in correct context -- no human being has been reported to have
learned dolphinese.
In order to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe.
The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition.
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument;
my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never
hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it
should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every
day. I cannot recall the last time someting like that happened in politics or religion.
-- Antoine de Saint-Exupery
A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add,
but when there is nothing left to take away.
-- George Sand
There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved.
-- George Santayana
A man's feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the
world.
-- Jean-Paul Sartre
When the rich make war it's the poor that die.
-- Robert H. Schuller
Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it
permanent.
-- Marilyn vos Savant
Again and again, the impossible problem is solved when we see that the problem is only a
tough decision waiting to be made.
Most people who succeed n the face of seemingly impossible conditions are people who
simply don't know how to quit.
Yes, you can be a dreamer and a doer too, if you will remove one word from your
vocabulary: impossible.
Anyone can count the seeds in an apple, but only God can count the number of apples in a
seed.
-- Carl Schurz
Ideals are like stars: you will not succeed in touching them with your hands, but
like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and
following them you reach your destiny.
-- Charles Schwab
I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among men the greatest asset I possess.
The way to develop the best that is in a man is by appreciation and encouragement.
A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm.
-- General H. Norman Schwarzkopf
Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be
without one, be without the strategy.
The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is
doing it.
--Albert Schweitzer
I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I do know: the only ones
among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve.
Example is not the main thing in influencing others; it's the only thing.
-- Pete Seeger
Education is when you read the fine print. Experience is what you get if you don't
-- Nick Seitz
The breakfast of champions is not cereal, it's the opposition.
-- Kathy Seligman
You can't hit a home run unless you step up to the plate. You can't catch fish
unless you put your line in the water.
You can't reach your goals if you don't try.
-- Peter Sellers
You have to live before you die, or you'll die before you live.
-- Seneca
It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not
dare that they are difficult.
If you wish to give happiness, do not multiply
possessions, but reduce wants
-- William Shakespeare
Love all. Trust a few. Do wrong to none.
This above all: to thine own self be true.
No legacy is so rich as honesty.
Brevity is the soul of wit.
-- George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
Do not do unto others as you would they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be
the same.
Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.
Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were
born in it.
He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.
If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will
still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange
these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas.
Reasonable people adapt themselves to the world. Unreasonable people attempt to adapt the
world to themselves. All progress, therefore, depends on unreasonable people.
Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a
second time.
The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got
it.
Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.
-- John Shedd
When there is an original sound in the world, it makes a hundred echoes.
-- Sir William Slim
There is only one principle of war and that's this. Hit the other fellow, as
quickly as you can, as hard as you can, where it hurts him most, when he ain't lookin'.
-- Betty Smith
Look at everything as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time.
Then your time on earth will be filled with glory.
-- Fredrick Smith
Leaders get out in front and stay there by raising the standards by which they
judge themselves - and by which they are willing to be judged.
-- Larry Snithers
Wake up you sheep! Leonardo DaVinci was no genius!
First of all, we'll kill all the Irish.
Anything worth doing is worth doing well-but nothing is worth doing.
A loaf of bread, a jug of wine and thou...was not written about
If you ever had a sex fantasy involving Geraldo Rivera, you're probably
a redneck!
-- Torey Spelling Snithers
What is it about Celtic music that makes a person cringe? Stop! Stop!
--Socrates
The simplest form of math is music
-- Julia Sorel
If you are never scared or embarrassed or hurt, it means you never take any
chances.
-- Spanish Proverb
Tomorrow is often the busiest time of the year.
-- Josef Stalin
A single death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic.
-- Adlai Stevenson
Man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat
them.
-- Patrick Stewart
There can be no justice so long as rules are absolute.
-- W. Clement Stone
There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big
difference. The little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is
positive or negative.
-- J. Michael Straczynski
No dictator, no invader, can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms
forever. There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom. Against that
power, governments and tyrants and armies cannot stand. The Centauri learned this lesson
once. We will teach it to them again. Though it take a thousand years, we will be free.
People spend too much time finding other people to blame, too much energy finding excuses
for not being what they are capable of being, and not enough energy putting themselves on
the line, growing out of the past, and getting on with their lives.
-- Muriel Strode
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave
a trail.
-- Kathleen A. Sutton
When you can't have what you want, it's time to start wanting what you have.
-- Charles Swindoll
People who soar are those who refuse to sit back, sigh and wish things would
change. They neither complain of their lot nor passively dream of some distant ship coming
in. Rather, they visualize in their minds that they are not quitters; they will not allow
life's circumstances to push them down and hold them under.
The remarkable thing we have is a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace
for that day. We cannot change our past... We cannot change the fact that people will act
in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the
one string we have, and that is our attitude.
I cannot even imagine where I would be today were it not for that handful of friends who
have given me a heart full of joy. Let's face it, friends make life a lot more fun.
-- Sandra Swinney
It is amazing how much people can get done if they do not worry about who gets the
credit.
-- Publiius Syrus
It is a bad plan that admits of no modification.
-- Albert Szent-Gyorgi
Discovery is seeing what everybody else has seen, and thinking what nobody else has
thought.
