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06.07.02

Die Zukunft hat viele Namen.
Für die Schwachen ist sie die Unerreichbare,
für die Furchtsamen ist sie die Unbekannte,
für die Tapferen ist sie die Chance.

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05.07.02

Ein Geheimnis des Erfolgs ist, den Standpunkt des anderen zu verstehen.

Henry Ford

 

Often it does seem a pity that Noah and his party did not miss the boat."

Mark Twain

 

Das Recht auf Dummheit wird von der Verfassung geschützt. Es gehört zur Garantie der freien Entfaltung der Persönlichkeit.

Mark Twain

 

It is better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt.

Mark Twain

 

I thoroughly disapprove of duels. I consider them unwise and I know they are dangerous. Also, sinful. If a man should challenge me now I would go to that man and take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet retired spot and kill him.

Mark Twain

 

When in doubt, tell the truth.

Mark Twain

 


Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear -- not absence of fear.

Mark Twain

 

The political and commercial morals of the United States are not merely food for laughter, they are an entire banquet.

Mark Twain

 

Every one is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.

Mark Twain

 

Es ist schwieriger ein Vorurteil zu zertrümmern als ein Atom!

Albert Einstein

Wenn ich die Folgen geahnt hätte, wäre ich Uhrmacher geworden.

Albert Einstein


Zwei Dinge sind unendlich: Das Universum und die menschliche Dummheit. Aber beim Universum ist das noch nicht ganz sicher.

Albert Einstein


Failure is not an option

Gene Krantz, flight director of the apollo missions.

 

Ein Abend, an dem sich alle Anwesenden völlig einig sind, ist ein verlorener Abend.

Albert Einstein

 

Gott hat den Menschen erschaffen, weil er vom Affen enttäuscht war. Danach hat er auf weitere Experimente verzichtet.

Albert Einstein

Ich sehe einfach nicht ein, etwas zu lernen, was mir keine Freude bereitet.

Albert Einstein

 

The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.

Mark Twain

 

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you
didn't do than by the ones you did. So throw  off the bowlines, sail away
from the safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream.

Mark Twain

 

There is a theory which states that if ever anyone 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.

Douglas Adams, "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

 

Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no
account be allowed to do the job.

Douglas Adams, "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

 

It's no exaggeration to say that the undecideds could go one way or another.

George Bush, US President


640K ought to be enough for anybody.

Bill Gates, 1981

 

If English was good enough for Jesus, it's good enough for the schoolchildren
of Texas.

Texas Gov. James Ferguson, 1917, explaining why he vetoed
a bill funding the teaching of foreign languages in Texas schools.

 

How could this be a problem in a country where we have Intel and Microsoft?

Al Gore ( on Y2k )

 

I am not a vegetarian because I love animals; I am a vegetarian
because I hate plants.

A. Whitney Brown

 

Television is called a medium. This is because
it is neither rare, nor well done.

unbekannt

 

How come we choose from just two people for
President, and fifty for Miss America?

unbekannt

 

Ever wonder about those people who spend $2 a throw on those little
bottles of Evian water? Try spelling Evian backward.

unbekannt

 

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