Sunday, July 25, 2010

The Pessimist Invented the Parachute

Jacques Garnerin's first parachute, which he t...Image via Wikipedia
The optimist invented the aeroplane, the pessimist the parachute. – Anonymous




The wheel was man’s greatest invention until he got behind it. – Bill Ireland



God hides things by putting them near us. – Presbyterian Church Bulletin



Television? The word is half Latin and half Greek. No good can come of it. – C.P. Scott



Thomas Edison did not invent the first talking machine. He invented the first one you could turn off. – Herbert V. Prochnow



It is a strange fact that the impractical among mankind are remembered. – Hans Zinsser



My dynamite will sooner lead to peace than a thousand world conventions. As soon as men will find that in one instant whole armies can be utterly destroyed, they surely will abide by golden peace. – Alfred Bernard Nobel
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