Benoit Mandelbrot Quotes
There is a joke that your hammer will always find nails to hit. I find that perfectly acceptable
Quotes to Explore
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We desire the good of the world and the happiness of the nations that the bonds of affection and unity between the sons of men should be strengthened... what harm is there in this?... these fruitless strifes, these ruinous wars shall pass away, and the 'Most Great Peace' shall come.
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Music was my one way to vent.
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In real life, the most practical advice for leaders is not to treat pawns like pawns, nor princes like princes, but all persons like persons.
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As you get older, you have to force yourself to have new dreams. For instance, I've been flying for 37 years, but now teaching others to fly is interesting for me. Sometimes you have to find new angles on life to keep you interested, like sharing successes and inspiring and helping others.
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When you see someone putting on his Big Boots, you can be pretty sure that an Adventure is going to happen.
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Everything ends badly, otherwise it would not end.
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Dogs are nicer than people.
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I'm the only American alive or dead who presided unhappily over the removal of a vice president and a president.
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We are the only nation where paper is still the mainstay in the private insurance industry.
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The problem isn't a Congress that won't cut spending or a president who won't raise taxes. The problem is an American public with a bottomless sense of entitlement to federal money.
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Faith begins where religious pretension ends.
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Right now, the old guys, the old farts, if you will, are still running the show, and the women haven't gotten their place yet at all.
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We waste half our strength in a useless regretting; We sit by old tombs in the dark too long.
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The Four Rules of Life: 1. Show Up 2. Pay Attention 3.Tell the Truth 4. Don't be upset at the results.
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Everybody in my neighborhood in the '40s, they played pianos. That's how people partied. They didn't try the TV, the radio was OK, records was cool, but when people wanted to party, they got around a piano. My mother played piano, my sister played. I've been around a lot of piano all my life.
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Protest is when I say this does not please me. Resistance is when I ensure what does not please me occurs no more.
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The proper definition of a man is an animal that writes letters.
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The football season is like pain. You forget how terrible it is until it seizes you again.
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And when someone makes a statement you don't understand, don't tell him
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We're looking at another fine day Tuesday, but it might not be so fine Wednesday and Thursday. I don't think the Big Island will catch the brunt of it.
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Some comics don't like it when people talk during the set, and it does get a little bit annoying after awhile, but I basically let people dictate what jokes I'm going to do.
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There is a joke that your hammer will always find nails to hit. I find that perfectly acceptable
