quotes

“Driving a Porsche in London is like bringing a Ming vase to a football game.”

Douglas Adams

New ideas pass through three periods: 1) It can’t be done. 2) It probably can be done, but it’s not worth doing. 3) I knew it was a good idea all along!

Arthur C. Clarke

People don’t alter history any more than birds alter the sky, they just make brief patterns in it.

Terry Pratchett

“There’s an interesting question – does the electorate really understand the (vast) difference between a million and a billion?” He offers an example. Ask someone how long a million seconds is – the answer is 12 days. Ask them to think how long a billion seconds is and they may well answer in days. The answer is 32 years.

Election 2015: What does a billion pounds actually buy the nation? – BBC News.