Samuel Butler
“Life is like playing a violin in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.”
“Life is like playing a violin in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.”
“Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is I don’t know which half.”
“When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer ‘Present’ or ‘Not guilty.'”
“Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority.”
“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.”
“Home computers are being called upon to perform many new functions, including the consumption of homework formerly eaten by the dog.”
“We live in a moment of history where change is so speeded up that we begin to see the present only when it is already disappearing.”
“My definition of an expert in any field is a person who knows enough about what’s really going on to be scared.”
“Nothing like a lot of exercise to make you realize you’d rather be lazy and dead sooner.”
“If little else, the brain is an educational toy.”