Dionysius Lardner - Famous Statements

Famous Statements

  • Rail travel at high speed is not possible because passengers, unable to breathe, would die of asphyxia.
  • Men might as well project a voyage to the Moon as attempt to employ steam navigation against the stormy North Atlantic Ocean.

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    Those famous men of old, the Ogres—
    They had long beards and stinking arm-pits,
    They were wide-mouthed, long-yarded and great-bellied
    Yet not of taller stature, Sirs, than you.
    Robert Graves (1895–1985)

    Dogmatic theological statements are neither logical propositions nor poetic utterances. They are “shaggy dog” stories; they have a point, but he who tries too hard to get it will miss it.
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