David Friedman Famous Quotes
"The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed only by small children and large nations."
David Friedman Quotations
"A well-known scientist (some say it was Bertrand Russell) once gave a public lecture on astronomy. He described how the earth orbits around the sun and how the sun, in turn, orbits around the center of a vast collection of stars called our galaxy. At the end of the lecture a little old lady at the back of the room got up and said 'What you have told us is rubbish. The world is really a flat plate supported on the back of a giant tortoise.' The scientist gave a superior smile before replying, 'What is the turtle standing on' 'You're very clever, young man, very clever,' said the little old lady. 'But it's turtles all the way down.'"
Stephen William Hawking
"The wise man in the storm prays God, not for safety from danger, but for deliverance from fear."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.
Mahatma Gandhi
Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love the truth.
Jeseph Joubert
You may laugh at a friend's roof don't laugh at his sleeping accomodation.
Kenyan Proverb
"Never regret. If it's good, it's wonderful. If it's bad, it's experience."
Victoria Holt
There are three classes into which all the women past seventy that ever I knew were to be divided 1.That dear old soul2. That old woman3. That old witch.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
I've often wondered how some people in positions of this kind ... manage without having had any acting experience.
Ronald Reagan
"The dog has seldom been successful in pulling man up to its level of sagacity, but man has frequently dragged the dog down to his."
James Grover Thurber
It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow.
Aesop