Post by daffy on Jul 1, 2007 19:20:43 GMT -5
Wonderful Yiddish Proverbs and other quotes
§ 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.
--- Yiddish Proverb
§ Old friends, like old wines, don't lose their flavor.
--- Yiddish 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 <WONDERFUL>
§ 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 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
§ Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.
--- Albert Einstein
§ 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.
--- Yiddish Proverb
§ Old friends, like old wines, don't lose their flavor.
--- Yiddish 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 <WONDERFUL>
§ 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 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
§ Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.
--- Albert Einstein
