Quotes for the day 11-1
Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 8:45 pm
He wrapped himself in quotations- as a beggar would enfold himself in thepurple of Emperors.
-- Rudyard Kipling
But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.
-- Carl Sagan
He was a genius - that is to say, a man who does superlatively and without obvious effort something that most people cannot do by the uttermost exertion of their abilities.
-- Robertson Davies, "Fifth Business"
Thank you Stephen
Warmie
-- Rudyard Kipling
But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.
-- Carl Sagan
He was a genius - that is to say, a man who does superlatively and without obvious effort something that most people cannot do by the uttermost exertion of their abilities.
-- Robertson Davies, "Fifth Business"
Thank you Stephen
Warmie