User:Johann Wolfgang/Quotes

Some of my favourite quotes.

• A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. On my desk I have a workstation.
• A gun is only dangerous when it’s fired.
• A ship is safe in the harbor, but that's not what ships are built for. --John Shedd
• Actions speak louder than words, but isn't speaking an action?
• Aim low, then you won’t be so disappointed when you fail.
• Alcohol and calculus don't mix. Never drink and derive.
• All I ever wanted was an honest week's pay for an honest day's work. ~ I've only ever heard this said by Bilko on The Phil Silvers Show (aka the original Sergeant Bilko)
• An optimist see opportunity in each and every calamity,where as a pessimist see calamity in each and every opportunity.
• Any sufficiently undocumented computer program is indistinguishable from magic. (paraphrased from Arthur C. Clarke who said "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.")
• Anything is a weapon if you swing it right.
• Apathy is the glove in which evil slips its hand.
• A real man doesn't cry. He whines.
• At the end of the game, the pawn and the king go back in the same box.
• Depression is Anger without Enthusiasm.
• Decisions are made by those who show up.
• Don't fix it if it ain't broken.
• Don't quote me.
• Columbus was lost.
• Columbus wasn’t exactly looking for America, but that seemed to work for everyone.