All Quotes
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I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: "O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous." And God granted it.Voltaire
The superfluous is very necessary.Voltaire
It is one of the superstitions of the human mind to have imagined that virginity could be a virtue.Voltaire
A witty saying proves nothing.Voltaire
Anything too stupid to be said is sung.Voltaire
Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?H.M. Warner, Warner Brothers, 1927.
One could not be a successful scientist without realizing that, in contrast to the popular conception supported by newspapers and mothers of scientists, a goodly number of scientists are not only narrow-minded and dull, but also just stupid.J. D. Watson, "The Double Helix"
Man is the best computer we can put aboard a spacecraft... and the only one that can be mass produced with unskilled labor.Wernher von Braun
The two most common elements in the universe are Hydrogen and stupidity.Harlan Ellison
We can lick gravity, but sometimes the paperwork is overwhelming.Wernher von Braun