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Favourite Quote(s):

'Never utter these words "I do not know this, therefore it is false". One must study to know, know to understand, understand to judge.' - Apothem of Naroda.

'A little while and I will be gone from among you, whither I cannot tell. From nowhere we come, into nowhere we go. What is life? It is a flash of a firefly in the night. It is a breath of the buffalo in the winter time. It is as the little shadow that runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset' - Crowfoot Indian Chief - Calgary, Canada 1890

'Pure logical thinking cannot yield us any knowledge of the empirical world, all knowledge of reality starts from experiences and ends in it. Propositions arrived at by purely logical means are completely empty of reality' - Albert Einstein

Mostly my favourite quotes come from Terry Pratchett:

"The female mind is certainly a devious one, my lord." Vetinari looked at his secretary in surprise. "Well, of course it is. It has to deal with the male one."
- Unseen Academicals

"Some humans would do anything to see if it was possible to do it. If you put a large switch in some cave somewhere, with a sign on it saying 'End-of-the-World Switch. PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH', the paint wouldn't even have time to dry."
- Thief of Time

"... it is well known that a vital ingredient of success is not knowing that what you're attempting can't be done".
- Equal Rites

"Natural selection saw to it that professional heroes who at a crucial moment tended to ask themselves questions like 'What is my purpose in life?' very quickly lacked both"
- Interesting Times

See my Travel Pages for details of a trip I took to New Zealand in 1996. It is the most beautiful country and the chance to go with someone who was born there was too good to miss. If you are thinking of going, have a read about some of the amazing places there and things to do and see.