Another dollop of quotes

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Actually, poking through that folder, I have a crapload of good quotes saved. This may be a regular feature. Kicking off tonight with Herodotus:

"Nothing is impossible in the long lapse of ages." Book V

"Some people have even questioned my insanity. But, I never doubt." --
Derek Smart

I am grateful that I am not as judgmental as all those censorious, self-righteous people around me.

There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, "Thy will be done," and those to whom God says, "All right, then, have it your way."
C.S. Lewis (1898-1963) The Great Divorce

You know, I used to think it was awful that life was so unfair. Then I thought, wouldn't it be much worse if life were fair, and all the terrible things that happen to us come because we actually deserve them? So, now I take great comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the universe. --Ranger Marcus Cole, Babylon 5

According to Ed Cherney, another great fan of this particular hotel, “The rooms were so small, I had to go into the hall to change my mind.”

Many errors, of a truth, consist merely in the application of the wrong names of things.
—Spinoza

"The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit."
W. Somerset Maugham

"Physics is like sex. Sure, it may give some practical results, but that's not why we do it." - Richard Feynman

(Neal Stephenson is so very on the mark when he has one of his characters in Cryptonomicon say "Filipinos are a warm, gentle, caring, giving people, which is a good thing since so many of them carry concealed weapons.") -- Joey deVilla

Robert Frost famously wrote, "The woods are lovely, dark and deep." Why? One reason is that darkness and depth are not the same things. While they may coincide, one does not guarantee the other. But try telling many comic book authors this. -- Jim Henley

That which does not kill me makes me stronger. That which does kill me makes me undead.

Yesterday I was a dog. Today I'm a dog. Tomorrow I'll probably still be a dog. Sigh! There's so little hope for advancement.
--Snoopy

"You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat."
--Albert Einstein, when asked to describe radio

If I try to be like him, who will be like me?
-- Yiddish saying

"If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it."
— Margaret Fuller

"I've learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances."
—Martha Washington