User:Johann Wolfgang/Quotes
Some of my favourite quotes.
- A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. On my desk I have a workstation.
- A gun is only dangerous when it’s fired.
- A ship is safe in the harbor, but that's not what ships are built for. --John Shedd
- Actions speak louder than words, but isn't speaking an action?
- Aim low, then you won’t be so disappointed when you fail.
- Alcohol and calculus don't mix. Never drink and derive.
- All I ever wanted was an honest week's pay for an honest day's work. ~ I've only ever heard this said by Bilko on The Phil Silvers Show (aka the original Sergeant Bilko)
- An optimist see opportunity in each and every calamity,where as a pessimist see calamity in each and every opportunity.
- Any sufficiently undocumented computer program is indistinguishable from magic. (paraphrased from Arthur C. Clarke who said "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.")
- Anything is a weapon if you swing it right.
- Apathy is the glove in which evil slips its hand.
- A real man doesn't cry. He whines.
- At the end of the game, the pawn and the king go back in the same box.
- Depression is Anger without Enthusiasm.
- Decisions are made by those who show up.
- Don't fix it if it ain't broken.
- Don't quote me.
- Columbus was lost.
- Columbus wasn’t exactly looking for America, but that seemed to work for everyone.