Friday, December 16, 2011

``Even for the physicist...

“Even for the physicist the description in plain language will be a criterion of the degree of understanding that has been reached.”

---Werner Heisenberg

``Mind-Machine Interaction Research....

“Mind-Machine Interaction Research Center”

---Sign seen on a door at the University of Florida's Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, circa 1999.

``Just fly your seat...

“Just fly your seat. Don't worry...The rest of the airplane will follow.”

---F. Carl Barnett (Owner and Aerobatics Instructor, Wings Jamaica Ltd.)

Monday, October 31, 2011

``Truth is ever to be found in simplicity...

“Truth is ever to be found in simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things...”

---Sir Isaac Newton

``If the world should blow itself up...

"If the world should blow itself up, the last audible voice would be that of an expert saying it can't be done."

---Sir Peter Ustinov

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

``Empty barrels...

“Empty barrels make the most noise.”

---Mom.

``I am a dreamer who is mute...

“I am a dreamer who is mute,
And the people are deaf.”

---Saʿdī Shīrāzī (Persian peoet, 1184 ~1280)

Friday, May 20, 2011

``Time longer than rope.ˊˊ

“Time longer than rope.”

---Old Jamaican proverb.
Interpretation: patience ("time") can prevail to resolve even the most stubborn problems, even those that force ("rope") cannot conquer.