The adventitious beauty of poetry may be felt in the greater delight with a verse given in a happy quotation than in the poem. Ralph Waldo Emerson US essayist & poet (1803 - 1882) When we would prepare the mind by a forcible appeal, and opening quotation is a symphony precluding on the chords those tones we are about to harmonize. Benjamin Disraeli British politician (1804 - 1881) A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience. Miguel De Cervantes Spanish adventurer, author, & poet (1547 - 1616) Apothegms are portable wisdom, the quintessential extracts of thought and feelings. R. W. Alger An expert knows all the answers - if you ask the right questions. Author Unknown Beware of the man who knows the answer before he understands the question. Author Unknown Write a wise saying and your name will live forever. Anonymous Man has made some machines that can answer questions provided the facts are profusely stored in them, but we will never be able to make a machine that will ask questions. The ability to ask the right question is more than half the battle of finding the answer. Thomas J. Watson It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry. Thomas Paine US patriot & political philosopher (1737 - 1809) The scientist is not a person who gives the right answers, he is one who asks the right questions. Claude Levi-Strauss |