Hertford Quotes & Sayings

A lot of good arguments are spoiled by some fool who knows what they're talking about. — Miguel De Unamuno

There is nothing safer than flying - it's crashing that is dangerous. — Theo Cowan

From 1931 to 1937, I was a Fellow and Lecturer in Economics at Hertford College, Oxford. — James Meade

My fortune somewhat resembled that of a person who should entertain an idea of committing suicide, and, altogether beyond his hopes, meet with the good hap to be murdered. — Nathaniel Hawthorne

Some minds improve by travel, others, rather, resemble copper wire, or brass, which get the narrower by going farther. — Thomas Hood

Language is the instrument in all cases and can language be trusted?
If it were not for language, could we lie? — Joyce Carol Oates

The monogram of our national initials, which is the symbol for our monetary unit, the dollar, is almost as frequently conjoined to the figures of an engineer's calculations as are the symbols indicating feet, minutes, pounds, or gallons ... This statement, while true in regard to the work of all engineers, applies particularly to that of the mechanical engineer ... — Henry R. Towne

The hell with the newspapers. Nobody reads the letters to the editor column except the nuts. It's enough to get you down. — Philip K. Dick

What humans want most of all, is to be right. Even if we're being right about our own doom. If we believe there are monsters around the next corner ready to tear us apart, we would literally prefer to be right about the monsters, than to be shown to be wrong in the eyes of others and made to look foolish. — David Wong

I remember for that one moment, I believe I was hitch hiking on one of those comets, falling so fast that I'd surely burn away before I ever hit the ground. — Jodi Picoult