Dr Wingnut

Category: Quotations

  • Recovery Quotes

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    Everyone has talent.  What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.Erica JongDon’t be afraid to take a big step.  You can’t cross a chasm in two small jumps.David Lloyd GeorgeMirrors should reflect a little before throwing back images.Jean CocteauShe lost it.Martin Lowney, director of federal wildlife…

  • Time

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    What is time?Time is just one damn thing after another.Anonymous, heard on PBS/NovaTime is the longest distance between two places.Tennessee WilliamsWhy is there time?Time is nature’s way to keep everything from happening all at once.John Archibald WheelerTime is what keeps everything from happening all at once.GraffitoWhat time is it?A man with one clock knows what…

  • Quotable that really make sense

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    Question: If you could live forever, would you and why?  Answer: I would not live forever, because we should not live forever, because if we were supposed to live forever, then we would live forever, but we cannot live forever, which is why I would not live forever.Miss Alabama in the 1994 Miss USA contest"Whenever…

  • Famous last words

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    "Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons."Popular Mechanics, forecasting the relentless march of science, 1949"I think there is a world market for maybe five computers."Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943"I have traveled the length and breadth of this country and talked with the best people, and I can assure you that…