Favourite quotes

[Ianonabike]

I just belatedly did a search on whether or not Tim Berners-Lee actually said that, and this is what came up: "While the quote is widely attributed to him and sounds consistent with his views (on how our browsing, linking, data-sharing all shape the web and society), I cannot verify it with a primary source such as a transcript, article, or book by him. So it remains unconfirmed." Since starting this thread I've discovered that it's best to always try to get reliable confirmation on quotes.

“Trying is the first step towards failure“

Homer Simpson

View: https://youtu.be/rt-boSb0RwY?si=RHe_W4Ub_vAjUcAG&t=79

 

[Ian H]

All I ever wanted to do was spread peace and love, by force if necessary [Hitler]

 

[Ianonabike]

“I must honestly confess that I would have preferred it if my brother had followed his original ambition and become an architect or an artist.” – Paula Hitler, his half sister

 

[Ianonabike]

“A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.” - Oscar Wilde

"Pay attention to your enemies, for they are the first to discover your mistakes." - Antisthenes

"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake." - Napoleon

 

[briantrumpet]

A couple of Jonathan Swift quotes, very apt in the day of the internet and social media:

"You should never be ashamed to admit you have been wrong. It only proves you are wiser today than yesterday."

"Falsehood flies, and truth comes limping after it, so that when men come to be undeceived, it is too late; the jest is over, and the tale hath had its effect.

 

[Ian H]

Had just the skirts of a vast thunderstorm
[Gilbert White's diaries]

 

[Ianonabike]

“What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite.” - Bertrand Russell

 

[Ianonabike]

3 by or attributed to G.K. Chesterton.

"A yawn is a silent shout."

“There exists … a certain institution or law; let us say, for the sake of simplicity, a fence or gate erected across a road. The more modern type of reformer goes gaily up to it and says, ‘I don’t see the use of this; let us clear it away.’ To which the more intelligent type of reformer will do well to answer: ‘If you don’t see the use of it, I certainly won’t let you clear it away. Go away and think. Then, when you can come back and tell me that you do see the use of it, I may allow you to destroy it.’”

"I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite."

 

[briantrumpet]

3 by or attributed to G.K. Chesterton.

“There exists … a certain institution or law; let us say, for the sake of simplicity, a fence or gate erected across a road. The more modern type of reformer goes gaily up to it and says, ‘I don’t see the use of this; let us clear it away.’ To which the more intelligent type of reformer will do well to answer: ‘If you don’t see the use of it, I certainly won’t let you clear it away. Go away and think. Then, when you can come back and tell me that you do see the use of it, I may allow you to destroy it."

Otherwise known as Chesterton's Fence

 

[Ianonabike]

Who said "If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman."

Spoiler

Thatcher

 

[briantrumpet]

Who said "If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman."

Spoiler

Thatcher

I wonder who wrote that - a man?

Maybe Ronald Millar?

 

[All uphill]

Who said "If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman."

Spoiler

Thatcher

I learnt on my first cycle tour to ask a woman for directions when lost. Most women will tell you if they don't know. Most men will bluff.

 

[briantrumpet]

I learnt on my first cycle tour to ask a woman for directions when lost. Most women will tell you if they don't know. Most men will bluff.

Perhaps they ought to get more women working on AI.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

“Never rub another man’s rhubarb.”
Jack Nicholson as the Joker.

 

[Ianonabike]

I wonder who wrote that - a man?

Maybe Ronald Millar?

Probably not, as Millar didn't start writing for her until a decade after she's recorded as saying it. At least so says ChatGPT. It's theoretically possible she came up with it herself.