Miscellaneous quotes
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If we did all the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.
Just because something doesn’t do what you planned it to do doesn’t mean it’s useless.
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former.
Albert Einstein1879–1955Repeated throughout his life (with variants); see: Quote Investigator- Albert Einstein1879–1955Statement on the occasion of Gandhi’s 70th birthday (1939) Einstein archive 32-601, published in Out of My Later Years (1950).
The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.
As the circle of light increases, so does the circumference of darkness around it.
We have to do the best we can. This is our sacred human responsibility.
Things are more like they are today than they have ever been before.
Dwight D. Eisenhower1890–1969Order of the Day (2 June 1944), a message to troops before the Normandy landings, reported in Franklin Watts, Voices of History (1945), p. 260- Dwight D. Eisenhower1890–1969Speech at Guildhall, London (12 June 1945)
Change based on principle is progress. Constant change without principle becomes chaos.
Dwight D. Eisenhower1890–1969Address at the Cow Palace on Accepting the Nomination of the Republican National Convention (August 23, 1956)
