Minski Quotes & Sayings

When I was seven I believed in God so I told Him I was sorry about kicking my sister and to "please not condemn me to eternal suffering in the interminable fires of Perdition for my transgressions. — Emma Rose Kraus

When you put something down that happened, people often don't believe it; whereas, you can make up anything, and people assume it must have happened to you. — Andrew Holleran

The old men ask for more time; the young waste it. And the philosopher simply smiles, knowing there is none there. — R.S. Thomas

There are no guarantees. From the viewpoint of fear, none are strong enough. From the viewpoint of love, none are necessary. — Emmanuel Teney

Everyone self-Googles. And, I have, of course, the Google alert. — Sarah Silverman

On the corner of 57th and 7th Avenue sits the most famous concert hall in the world. No less a figure than when Tchaikovsky led the first performances in 1891. Virtually every major artist has performed there. There is simply no place like it. The first time I stepped foot in Carnegie Hall was in 1964. — Leonard Slatkin

Rules, established with reason and justice, can easily outlive their usefulness as circumstances change, yet can remain in force through inertia. It is then not only right, but useful, to break those rules as a way of advertising the fact that they have become useless - or even actually harmful. — Isaac Asimov

I am asked if I would not be gratified if my friends would procure me promotion to a brigadier-generalship. My feeling is that I would rather be one of the good colonels than one of the poor generals. The colonel of a regiment has one of the most agreeable positions in the service, and one of the most useful. "A good colonel makes a good regiment," is an axiom. — Rutherford B. Hayes

The law is for people who have nothing to hide. — Janet Evanovich

It may be romantic to search for the salves of society's ills in slow-moving rustic surroundings, or among innocent, unspoiled provincials, if such exist, but it is a waste of time. — Jane Jacobs

...If we can achieve this, then one day whole rooms, buildings, perhaps even bridges may generate their own energy, funnel it to where it is needed, detect damage, and self-heal. If this seems like science fiction, bear in mind that it is only what living materials do already. — Mark Miodownik

Do not give a war cry, do not raise your voices, do not say a word until the day I tell you to shout. Then shout! — Joshua

I'm lucky. I've got pretty good genes. — Kate Walsh