Quotations

Last week, I got the below Quotation in my little desk calendar one of my work colleagues had thoughtfully given to me in the Kris Kringle lucky dip.

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from a rigged demo.
James Klass

Another one of my favourites which prompted me to do a bit of scraping around to write this post popped up at the Marketing Now Conference which a colleague attended in September last year.

A good plan, violently executed now, is better than a perfect plan next week.
George S. Patton US General (1885 – 1945)

I was lucky enough to be presented a summary internally and got details of what sounds like was a terrific conference. Trevor Young, a.k.a. the PR Warrior and 50% of the dynamic duo in Park Young wrote a particularly good summary post of the activities across the two days.

http://prwarrior.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/09/marketing-now-conference-mashup.html

The above got me thinking about what other quotations I’ve heard and had an affinity with over the years. It was all born about when for my 21st, I was given a book of quotations from a Uni friend.

But in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.
Benjamin Franklin, Letter to Jean Baptiste Le Roy (1789)

” I dunno” Arthur said, “I forgot what I was taught. I only remember what I learnt.”
Patrick White in Riders in the Chariot.

America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.
Oscar Wilde, Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 – 1900)

Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.
Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere’s Fan, 1892, Act III (1854 – 1900)

The grand dame of quotations though in my mind is Eleanor Roosevelt.

Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss people.
Eleanor Roosevelt, (1884 – 1962)

One thing life has taught me: if you are interested, you never have to look for new interests. They come to you. When you are genuinely interested in one thing, it will always lead to something else.
Eleanor Roosevelt, (1884 – 1962)

Thousands more can be seen here:

http://www.quotationspage.com

http://www.allgreatquotes.com/

http://www.great-quotes.com/