Edwin > Edwin's Quotes

“Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.”
― Albert Einstein

“I didn't arrive at my understanding of the fundamental laws of the universe through my rational mind.”
― Albert Einstien

“Imagination is more important than knowledge”
― Albert Einstien

“The Non-ist

I am anti:
I descend when others clamber up:
Formally attired when others are not;
I un-imbibe while others sip
At parties, and bars and on vacation trips.

I'm abstract:
Formless in a world of representations,
Flat in a world of 3-D demonstrations,
Yet occupy space/time in Einstien's manifestations,
And invisible in a world of flamboyant excitations.

I am black and white in a land of a million hues,
Kaleidoscopic when the world's all greys and blues;
Monotone and taupish while all around is crimson,
But luminescent in the depths of prison.

I cannot be while others do,
And yet I will, when others fail to;
And when they've done all they could do,
I remain retired, sudued.”
― Woody Johnson

“Here's what I think: the five most
unattractive traits in people are cheapness, clinginess, neediness, unwillingness to change and
jealousy. Jealousy is the worst, and by far the hardest to conceal.”
― Douglas Coupland, Hey Nostradamus!

“Jason once told me that eye contact is the most intimacy two people can have -- forget sex -- because the optic nerve is technically an extension of the brain, and when two people look into each other's eyes, it's brain-to-brain.”
― Douglas Coupland, Hey Nostradamus!

“When power narrows the areas of a man's concerns, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of his existence”
― John F. Kennedy

“But I think the first real change in women’s body image came when JLo turned it butt-style. That was the first time that having a large-scale situation in the back was part of mainstream American beauty. Girls wanted butts now. Men were free to admit that they had always enjoyed them. And then, what felt like moments later, boom—Beyoncé brought the leg meat. A back porch and thick muscular legs were now widely admired. And from that day forward, women embraced their diversity and realized that all shapes and sizes are beautiful. Ah ha ha. No. I’m totally messing with you. All Beyonce and JLo have done is add to the laundry list of attributes women must have to qualify as beautiful. Now every girl is expected to have Caucasian blue eyes, full Spanish lips, a classic button nose, hairless Asian skin with a California tan, a Jamaican dance hall ass, long Swedish legs, small Japanese feet, the abs of a lesbian gym owner, the hips of a nine-year-old boy, the arms of Michelle Obama, and doll tits. The person closest to actually achieving this look is Kim Kardashian, who, as we know, was made by Russian scientists to sabotage our athletes.”
― Tina Fey, Bossypants

“A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have.”
― Gerald R. Ford

“I know I am getting better at golf because I am hitting fewer spectators.”
― Gerald Ford

“I've had a lot of experience with people smarter than I am.”
― Gerald Ford

“My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over. Our constitution works.”
― Gerald Ford

“The harder you work, the luckier you are, and I worked like hell.”
― Gerald Ford

“Things are more like they are now than they have ever been. ”
― Gerald Ford

“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.”
― Nelson Mandela

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”
― Nelson Mandela

“Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.”
― Nelson Mandela

“When the Missionaries arrived, the Africans had the land and the Missionaries had the Bible. They taught how to pray with our eyes closed. When we opened them, they had the land and we had the Bible.”
― Jomo Kenyatta

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
― Albert Einstein

“Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.”
― Steve Jobs

“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
― Robert Frost

“You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,
Love like you'll never be hurt,
Sing like there's nobody listening,
And live like it's heaven on earth.”
― William W. Purkey

“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
― Bernard M. Baruch

“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”
― Marilyn Monroe

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde

“You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
― Dr. Seuss

“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“So many books, so little time.”
― Frank Zappa

“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
― Mae West