Quips& Quotes

“If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.” – Dalai Lama

“While eating as a guest at other people’s homes,

I’m thinking their dogs are genetically obligated to convince you they’ve never, ever been fed.” – astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson

“I finally finished a Chapstick without losing it or putting it through the wash. Time to die.” – US comedian Conan O’Brien

“Some people are buying the wrong Fire and Fury, instead picking up Fire and Fury: The Allied Bombing of

Germany, 1942-1945. An easy mistake – one’s about taking down a fascist regime, and the other is about World War II.” – The Late Show on Twitter

“Facts are stubborn, but statistics are more pliable.” – Mark Twain

“You are not a failure until you start blaming others for your mistakes.” – US basketball coach John Wooden, quoted in the Week

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” – Martin Luther King Jr

“Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.” – Mike Tyson

“I miss Air Force One. In eight years, they never lost my baggage.” – George W Bush

“Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see.” – Arthur Schopenhauer, quoted in the Times