| "A well-known scientist (some say it was Bertrand Russell) once gave a public lecture on astronomy. He described how the earth orbits around the sun and how the sun, in turn, orbits around the center of a vast collection of stars called our galaxy. At the end of the lecture a little old lady at the back of the room got up and said 'What you have told us is rubbish. The world is really a flat plate supported on the back of a giant tortoise.' The scientist gave a superior smile before replying, 'What is the turtle standing on' 'You're very clever, young man, very clever,' said the little old lady. 'But it's turtles all the way down.'" »Stephen William Hawking |
| "He hits from both sides of the plate. He's amphibious." »Lawrence Peter Berra |
| "The inside half of the plate. That's where history's made." »Ted Williams |
| "The Vice Presidency is sort of like the last cookie on the plate. Everybody insists he won't take it, but somebody always does." »Bill Vaughan |
| "My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate--that's my philosophy." »Thornton |
| "Reverend Brown Girl, you look so good, someone ought to put you on a plate and sop you up with a biscuit." »Coming to America |
| "(Speaking about Satchel Paige's pitching)It starts out like a baseball and when it gets to the plate, it looks like a marble." »Hack Wilson |
| "You can't hit a home run unless you step up to the plate. You can't catch a fish unless you put your line in the water. You can't reach your goals if you don't try." »Kathy Seligman |
| "Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate don't move." »Satchel Paige |
| "If all the girls who attended the Yale prom were laid end to end, I wouldn't be a bit surprised." »Dorothy Parker |
| "If all the cars in the United States were placed end to end, it would probably be Labor Day Weekend." »Doug Larson |
| "I existed from all eternity and, behold, I am here and I shall exist till the end of time, for my being has no end." »Kahlil Gibran |
| "I have seen an end of all perfection but thy commandment is exceeding broad.N. B. This is the origin of the proverb, All good things must come to an end." »Psalms 11996 |
| "In architecture as in all other operative arts, the end must direct the operation. The end is to build well. Well building has three conditions Commodity, Firmness and Delight." »Henry Watton |
| "If all economists were laid end to end, they would not reach a conclusion." »George Bernard Shaw |
| "More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginnings of all wars." »Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
| "Where you end up isn't the most important thing. It's the road you take to get you there. The road you take is what you'll look back on And call your life. Not reaching success isn't the end of the world. Not trying to reach it is." »Tim Wiley |
| "If Christ Jesus be the periode, the end and the lodging-home at the end of your journey, there is no fear ye go to a friend . . . ye may look death in the face with joy." »Samual Rutherford |
| "What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from." »T. S. Eliot |
| "Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end." »Lord Acton |
| "Sitting at the table doesn't make you a diner, unless you eat some of what's on that plate. Being here in America doesn't make you an American. Being born here in America doesn't make you an American." »Malcolm X |
| "If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth - only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin, and in the end, despair." »Clive Staples Lewis |
| "It is good to have an end to journey toward, but it is the journey that matters in the end." »Ursula K. LeGuin |
| "Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind... War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today." »John Fitzgerald Kennedy |
| "If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts but if he will be content to begin with doubts he shall end in certainties." »Francis Bacon |
| "Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." »Winston Churchill |
| "Unconditional war can no longer lead to unconditional victory. It can no longer serve to settle disputes. It can no longer be of concern to great powers alone. For a nuclear disaster, spread by winds and waters and fear, could well engulf the great and the small, the rich and the poor, the committed and the uncommitted alike. Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind." »John Fitzgerald Kennedy |
| "If we begin with certainties, we shall end in doubts but if we begin with doubts, and we are patient in them, we shall end in certainties." »Francis Bacon |
| "If you don't know where you're going, you'll end up somewhere else." »Alfred Adler |
| "In everything one must consider the end." »Jean de La Fontaine |
| BTW, Why won't you become an editor? |
