May 2002 Quotes

We trained very hard, but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form up into teams we would be reorganised. I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganising, and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while producing confusion, inefficiency, and demoralisation. 

                                                                                                          Caius Petronius, AD66.

- War is not about whose right, but about whose left - Anon

- Basic research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I am doing.

                                                                                                             Werner Von Braun

- "It seems to me now that the plain state of being human is dramatic enough for anyone. You don't need to be a heroin addict or a performance poet to experience extremity. You just have to love someone." -  How to Be Good - Nick Hornby

- "In Hollywood now when people die they don't say 'Did he leave a Will?' but 'Did he leave a diary?' - Liza Minelli

but I'll teach these eyes to see

beyond these walls in front of me

and someday I'll walk out of here again

 - Trapped - Jimmy Cliff 

I don't think that

kindness is

a weakness

I don't have a problem 

with compassion

 - Consideration - Reef

Student to professor who had just explained the 'Big Bang' theory: - "Let me get this straight, first there was nothing - then it exploded?"

Diplomacy: The Art of saying "Nice Doggie" until you can find a rock.

We busted out of class

had to get away from those fools

we learned more from a three minute record

baby, than we ever learned in school.

- No Surrender - Bruce Springsteen

There is a blood red circle

on the cold dark ground

and the rain is falling down

the church doors thrown open

I can hear the organs song

but the congregations gone

My City of ruins

My City of ruins

 - My City of Ruins - Bruce Springsteen (for September 11th)