Quotes - Part Fourteen

So one of things that I'm learning as I post these are whose quotes I'm keeping.  Some of the quotes I had were relatively old, and knowing who some of these people have become over time, it's kind of obvious in retrospect.

161.                   In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it’s the exact opposite.

--Paul Dirac

162.                   It’s kind of fun to do the impossible.

--Walt Disney

163.                   If you can’t take the heat, don’t set yourself on fire.

--Doghouse Diaries

164.                   Think not of the books you’ve bought as a “to be read” pile.  Instead, think of your bookcase as a wine cellar.  You collect books to be read at the right tie, the right place, and the right mood.

--Luc van Donkersgoed

165.                   Karaoke bars combine two of the nation’s greatest evils: people who shouldn’t drink with people who shouldn’t sing.

--Tom Dreesen

166.                   So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to work.

--Peter Drucker

167.                   Opportunity always knocks at the least opportune moment.

--Ducharme’s Precept

168.                   Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.

--Will Durant (1885 - 1981)

169.                   Every now and then it’s nice to pick your head up from you book, reacquaint yourself with the world around you, take a hard pass, and immediately go right back to reading.

--Jonathon Edward Durham

170.               I recommend no fewer than four copies of any beloved book.  A paperback for traveling and lending to friends, an eBook for reading with greasy snack fingers, an audio book so you know how the characters’ names are pronounced, and a pristine hardcover to be buried with you like a pharaoh.

--Jonathon Edward Durham