Thread: Quip Of The Day

My father-in-law used to say "Martinis are like boobs: 1 is not enough, 3 is too many."

If you go into a shop and see an old man sweeping, stocking or tidying up, he is probably the owner.

"I just won't get into a pissing contest................................"

Dwight Eisenhower

Start every day off with a smile and get it over with. – W. C. Fields

I was reading a thread where some of the guys are going at it a bit and it often seemed like one would question another's 'facts' and it brought this to mind.

James T. Kirk: Mr. Spock, have you accounted for the variable mass of whales and water in your time re-entry program?

Spock: Mr. Scott cannot give me exact figures, Admiral, so... I will make a guess.

James T. Kirk: A guess? You, Spock? That's extraordinary.

Kirk walks away;

Spock: [to Dr. McCoy] I don't think he understands.

Leonard McCoy: No, Spock. He means that he feels safer about your guesses than most other people's facts.

Spock: Then you're saying... it is a compliment?

Dr. McCoy: It is.

Spock: Ah. Then I will try to make the best guess I can.

"You have to make adequate decisions based on inadequate information"

Bill Foege quoted in Deadliest Enemy - Our War Against Killer Germs by Michael T. Osterholm.

McGee isn't your father or Aerie, he doesn't know how to lie.

From the show N.C.I.S

Originally Posted by cudarunner

I was reading a thread where some of the guys are going at it a bit and it often seemed like one would question another's 'facts' and it brought this to mind.

James T. Kirk: Mr. Spock, have you accounted for the variable mass of whales and water in your time re-entry program?

Spock: Mr. Scott cannot give me exact figures, Admiral, so... I will make a guess.

James T. Kirk: A guess? You, Spock? That's extraordinary.

Kirk walks away;

Spock: [to Dr. McCoy] I don't think he understands.

Leonard McCoy: No, Spock. He means that he feels safer about your guesses than most other people's facts.

Spock: Then you're saying... it is a compliment?

Dr. McCoy: It is.

Spock: Ah. Then I will try to make the best guess I can.

I'm sure that if the biblical Solomon joined that thread it would have been over quick.

"Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school."

Albert Einstein

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

"Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school."

Albert Einstein

I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.
-- Mark Twain