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(1879—1955)
physicist, author of theory of relativity.
"Albert Einstein reshaped our cosmos by supplanting long-treasured concepts of physics with shockingly counterintuitive ideas about the nature of space and time. It is no accident his name has […]
Nothing, not love, not greed, not passion or hatred, is stronger than a writer's need to change another writer's copy.
U.S. national public radio broadcaster
Now I know what a statesman is; he's a dead politician. We need more statesmen.
(1930--)
U.S. actor
There's only one way to have a happy marriage and as soon as I learn what it is I'll get married again.
A feast is made for laughter/And wine maketh merry/But money answereth all things.
(ca. 200 B.C.)
Of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
Many of life's failures are men who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
I am returning this otherwise good typing paper to you because someone has printed gibberish all over it and put your name at the top.
Your task is to perform the role assinged to you well, the choice of the role is the task for another.
(1465—1536), "Prayer for a Pregnant Woman"
Heaven grant that the burden you carry may have as easy an exit as it had an entrance.
"Do not give up when you still have something to give. Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying."
(1819—1890), Adam Bede
I'm not denying the women are foolish: God Almighty made 'em to match the men.
(1934--)
U.S. science-fiction author
The two most common things in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.
(1859—1939), The Dance of Life
The place where optimism most flourishes is the lunatic asylum.
U.S. journalistTV anchor
If men can run the world, why can't they stop wearing neckties? How intelligent is it to start the day by tying a little noose around your neck?
(1830—1916), German writer, Aphorisms, 1880
We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don't care for.
(1941-- )
U.S. screenwriter
Insane people are always sure that they are fine. It is only the sane people who are willing to admit that they are crazy.
(1803—1883)
U.S. essayist
In America the geography is sublime, but the men are not; the inventions are excellent, but the inventors one is sometimes ashamed of.
(1803—1883)
U.S. essayist
People do not deserve to have good writing; they are so pleased with bad.
(1803—1883)
U.S. essayist
There never was a child so lovely but his mother was glad to get him asleep.
(1803—1883)
U.S. essayist
What God has put asunder, why should man put it together?
U.S. essayist, in Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks, May 1849
I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.
(1920—2001) — American writer, humorist
Computers will never take the place of books. You can't stand on a floppy disk to reach a high shelf.
(1921--)
U.S. humorist
The trouble with giving advice is that others want to return the favor.
(1869--), quoted in Newsweek (New York, July 4, 1949).
The age of a woman doesn't mean a thing. The best tunes are played on the oldest fiddles.
Millions long for immortality who do not know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon.
(1847—1931)
U.S. inventor
Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won't work.