Two paradoxes are better than one; they may even suggest a solution.
Edward Teller:: US (Hungarian-born) physicist (1908 - 2003)
- QUOTATION OF THE DAY -
"We will swing again in that place."
- KERMIT RUFFINS, a trumpeter, on New Orleans.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/26/arts/music/26cult.html?th&emc=th
- QUOTATION OF THE DAY -
"This is going to be one very nasty, mean hurricane when it strikes land."
- BOB ROSE , a meteorologist in Texas.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/22/national/nationalspecial/22storm.html?th&emc=th
There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating: people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing.
- Oscar Wilde:: Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 - 1900)
- QUOTATION OF THE DAY -
"If the billions of dollars that have been spent on chemical, nuclear and biological response, if some of that had come over here, we would have done better. But after 9-11, the public priority was terrorism."
- WILLIAM LOKEY, a FEMA official, on the response to Hurricane Katrina.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/17/national/nationalspecial/17fema.html?th&emc=th
Trust yourself. Think for yourself. Act for yourself. Speak for yourself. Be yourself. Imitation is suicide.
Marva Collins
- QUOTATION OF THE DAY -
"Katrina exposed serious problems in our response capability at all levels of government, and to the extent that the federal government didn't fully do its job right, I take responsibility."
- PRESIDENT BUSH
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/14/national/nationalspecial/14bush.html?th&emc=th
- QUOTATION OF THE DAY -
"It really makes us look very much like Bangladesh or Baghdad. I'm 84 years old. I've been around a long time, but I've never seen anything like this."
- DAVID HERBERT DONALD, historian, on the chaotic aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/03/national/nationalspecial/03voices.html?th&emc=th
