What's your favorite quote of all time and why?

colin_ · Jul 2, 2009

Nothing gold can stay. - Robert Frost

Steve Smith · Jul 11, 2009

"I've flown Travelairs for thousands of hours without using any parachutes. You can't use a parachute in them anyway because the cargo is loaded to the roof and you can't get out. But why get out? If you can't fly the biggest piece back, then ride it down. Fly what you have left to the ground and land the damn thing. Even in the trees, land it and walk away....."
---Mountain pilot Bob Johnson

Some of the early aviators faced fear and overcame it with force of will. I like this so much I made it my signature.

rlx · Jul 11, 2009

If you don't know where you are going, any path will take you there.

bertie · Jul 11, 2009

in vino veritas

Piobaire · Jul 11, 2009

You can't make this stuff up.

Me.

Why? Because it's true. You can't.

bbaquiran · Jul 11, 2009

"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects."

-- Robert Heinlein

Rambo · Jul 12, 2009

Originally Posted by bbaquiran

"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects." -- Robert Heinlein
^One of my favorites from Lazarus Long

CrocsRock · Jul 12, 2009

"The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit"

- Somerset Maugham

merkur · Jul 12, 2009

Huntsman · Jul 12, 2009

Originally Posted by bbaquiran

"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects." -- Robert Heinlein
You know, this is starkly contrasted to that notion we are all taught -- that specialization is the hallmark of advanced societies. But I think that notion is wrong. Specialization to the point where you can't do any of those things does not feel right. I feel the best knowing that I can do a number of things, and do them well. Of those, I know I don't know how to set a bone, and I haven't died yet. ~ H

Hazad · Jul 12, 2009

"If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea." - Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Cior · Jul 12, 2009

Originally Posted by Huntsman

You know, this is starkly contrasted to that notion we are all taught -- that specialization is the hallmark of advanced societies.

But I think that notion is wrong. Specialization to the point where you can't do any of those things does not feel right. I feel the best knowing that I can do a number of things, and do them well. Of those, I know I don't know how to set a bone, and I haven't died yet.

~ H

Advanced societies need worker bees. Worker bees can only teach others what they know. This is not a slight against those, I myself am a small cog in the machine. However, understanding your role is vital. Knowing when you pull back the curtain there is indeed a man there pulling the strings is a eureka-like moment.

Those who know how to build something will always work for those who know why to build something. A fact of life.

rnoldh · Jul 12, 2009

"Truth is stranger than fiction."

and on a related note,

"That doesn't even happen in Hollywood!".

Huntsman · Jul 12, 2009

Originally Posted by Cior

Advanced societies need worker bees. Worker bees can only teach others what they know. This is not a slight against those, I myself am a small cog in the machine. However, understanding your role is vital. Knowing when you pull back the curtain there is indeed a man there pulling the strings is a eureka-like moment. Those who know how to build something will always work for those who know why to build something. A fact of life.
I prefer to know both.

redcaimen · Jul 12, 2009

Its not the things we dont know that hurt us. Its the things we do know, that just aint so.

Twain.

What's your favorite quote of all time and why?

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