“Only those who attempt the absurd can achieve the impossible.”
Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity
Session 273, Page 273
The Early Sessions: Sessions 1-42, 1997, The Early Sessions: Book 6
“Only those who attempt the absurd can achieve the impossible.”
Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity
“Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.”
Robert F. Kennedy (1925–1968) American politician and brother of John F. Kennedy
George Müller (1805–1898) German-English clergyman
A Narrative of Some of the Lord's Dealings with George Müller Written by Himself, Second Part.
Second Part of Narrative
Itsurō Sakisaka (1897–1985) Japanese economist
Exploitation of Labor (1967)
“The only rules comedy can tolerate are those of taste, and the only limitations those of libel.”
James Thurber (1894–1961) American cartoonist, author, journalist, playwright
"The Duchess and the Bugs", 'Lanterns & Lances (1961). The piece was "a response" to an award Thurber received from the Ohioana Library Association in 1953.
From Lanterns and Lances
Alfred Korzybski (1879–1950) Polish scientist and philosopher
Source: Science and Sanity (1933), p. 76.
Gordon Brown (1951) British Labour Party politician
Hansard, 6 ser, vol 297 col 304 (2 July 1997)
From Brown's first Budget speech.
Chancellor of the Exchequer
“Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.”
John F. Kennedy (1917–1963) 35th president of the United States of America