Dsawiki: Quotes

People#

Louis Pasteur#

Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.

Feynman#

The Feynman Problem Solving Algorithm:

Write down the problem.
Think very hard.
Write down the solution.

Mark Twain#

Don't let school get in the way of your education.

Bernard Gittelson#

The Chinese call luck opportunity and they say it knocks every day on your door. Some people hear it; some do not. It's not enough to hear opportunity knock. You must let him in, greet him, make friends and work together.

Scott Adams#

The Dilbert Principle#

For humans, honesty is a matter of degree. Engineers are always honest in matters of technology and human relationships. That's why it's a good idea to keep engineers away from customers, romantic interests, and other people who can't handle the truth.

Samuel Johnson#

What is written without effort is, in general, read without pleasure.

Unknown#

Remember the Golden Rule: Those who have the gold make the rules.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Oppenheimer#

I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.

Warren Buffet#

Diversification is a protection against ignorance. It makes very little sense for those who know what they are doing.

Movies#

Blade Runner#

Batty#

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die.

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly#

Man With No Name#

You see, in this world there's two kinds of people, my friend: Those with loaded guns and those who dig. You dig.

Boondock Saints#

Connor, Murphy#

And shepherds we shall be, for thee my Lord for thee, Power hath descended forth from thy hand, that our feet may swiftly carry out thy command, we shall flow a river forth to thee, and teeming with souls shall it ever be. In nomine patris, et filii...

(they cock their guns)

/...et spiritus sancti.

The horror ... the horror

The Princess Bride#

Inigo Montoya#

Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die!

Hell Raiser#

Frank Cotton#

Come to Daddy.

The Crow#

Eric Draven#

Mother is the name for God on the lips and hearts of all children.

Gladiator#

Gracchus#

I don't pretend to be a man of the people. But I do try to be a man for the people.

Maximus Decimus Meridius#

(removes helmet and turns around to face Commodus) My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions, loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next.

The Usual Suspects#

Roger 'Verbal' Kint#

"The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist. And like that, he's gone."

Clear and Present Danger#

Jack Ryan#

(Jack Ryan buying a 2M chopper, shows a Deputy Directory of CIA businesscard and asks).. "Will you take a company check?"

Books#

Aubrey-Maturin, The Reverse of the Medal, by Patrick O'Brian#

Admiral Pellew#

'You will tip it the civil to them, Aubrey...you must never cross them.'

'No sir,' said Jack, 'I shall speak to them like a sucking dove.'

'Pig, Aubrey, sucking pig. Doves don't suck.'

Jack Aubrey#

Time and tide wait for no man.

The earliest known record is from St. Marher, 1225:

"And te tide and te time þat tu iboren were, schal beon iblescet."

which translates into

"the tide abides for, tarrieth for no man, stays no man, tide nor time tarrieth no man"

Shakespeare#

King Richard II#

I wasted time, and now doth time waste me.

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