Bildtse Quotes & Sayings

An ancient father says that a dog we know is better company than a man whose language we do not understand. — Michel De Montaigne

I dunno Lloyd, the French are assholes. — Harry Dunn

Hard-nosed physicists say that the six knobs were never free to vary in the first place. When we finally reach the long-hoped-for Theory of Everything, we shall see that the six key numbers depend upon each other, or on something else as yet unknown, in ways that we today cannot imagine. The six numbers may turn out to be no freer to vary than is the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter. It will turn out that there is only one way for a universe to be. — Richard Dawkins

A commander should recollect, that, whether it be he himself, or chiefly his officers and crew, who perform any useful public service, he invariably reaps at least his full share of the credit. His real interest, therefore, must always be, not merely to draw about him the ablest men he can induce to follow him, but to allow them the utmost latitude of independent action and responsibility, and as much of the merit of success as possible. If he persevere sincerely in this course, he will soon discover that the more he endeavours to remove the credit from himself, or, rather, to divide it handsomely with those who are acting with him, the more will he generally find the merit given back to himself. I — Basil Hall

You're only in trouble if you think you are. — Tim A. Brant

There is nothing quite so useless, as doing with great efficiency, something that should not be done at all. — Peter F. Drucker

If every word introduces a new concept, the simple phrase "all that which does not exist" is sufficient to make everything that does not exist, exist. — Pablo Tusset

But risk perception may not be about quantifiable risk so much as it is about immeasurable fear. — Eula Biss

I've been on a state of high alert since high school. I didn't need 9/11 to remind me that we live on a ball of flame. — Garry Shandling

What does it matter if another player, your friend or rival, intended good things and had only your interests at heart, if the effects of his action lead to so much ruin and confusion? It is only natural for people to cover up their actions with all kinds of justifications, always assuming that they have acted out of goodness. You must learn to inwardly laugh each time you hear this and never get caught up in gauging someone's intentions and actions through a set of moral judgments that are really an excuse for the accumulation of power. — Robert Greene

The secret to a happy marriage is patience and honesty. I really mean that. You have to be patient, you have to be open, and you also have to be available for criticism, too. — Cindy McCain