If the rich could hire other people to die for them, the poor could make a wonderful living. - Yiddish Proverb The wise man, even when he holds his tongue, says more than the fool when he speaks. - Yiddish Proverb What you don't see with your eyes, don't invent with your mouth. - Yiddish proverb A hero is someone who can keep his mouth shut when he is right. - Yiddish Proverb One old friend is better than two new ones. - Yiddish Proverb One of life's greatest mysteries is how the boy who wasn't good enough to marry your daughter can be the father of the smartest grandchild in the world. - Jewish Proverb Old friends, like old wines, don't lose their flavor. - Jewish Proverb A wise man hears one word and understands two. - Yiddish Proverb "Don't be so humble - you are not that great." - Golda Meir (1898-1978) to a visiting diplomat Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself. - Golda Meir Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction. - Albert Einstein Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving. - Albert Einstein When his wife asked him to change clothes to meet the German Ambassador, he said "If they want to see me, here I am. If they want to see my clothes, open my closet and show them my suits." - Albert Einstein Intellectuals solve problems; geniuses prevent them. - Albert Einstein The hardest thing in the world to understand is income tax. - Albert Einstein You can't control the wind, but you can adjust your sails. - Yiddish proverb I don't want to become immortal through my work. I want to become immortal through not dying. - Woody Allen I'm not afraid of dying - I just don't want to be there when it happens! - Woody Allen Imagination is more important than knowledge. - Sign hanging in Einstein's office at Princeton. Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts. - Albert Einstein We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them. - Albert Einstein Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school. - Albert Einstein |