“You can't produce a baby in one month by getting nine women pregnant.”
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Warren Buffett146
American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist 1930Related quotes
Theodore von Kármán (1881–1963) Hungarian-American mathematician, aerospace engineer and physicist
November 1957 - Told to Joseph G. Martin, then Aide-de-Camp to Maj. Gen. Daniel E. Hooks, as Lt. Martin escorted Dr. von Kármán from New York City to lead a secret symposium on space flight in Cloudcroft, NM. Sputnik had been launched a month before and every branch of the US military had a separate space program and were desperately trying to get off a successful launch.
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“The bearing of a child takes nine months, no matter how many women are assigned.”
Fred Brooks (1931) American computer scientist
Page 17, cf. Theodore von Kármán (1957): "Everyone knows it takes a woman nine months to have a baby. But you Americans think if you get nine women pregnant, you can have a baby in a month."
The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering (1975, 1995)
Will Arnett (1970) Canadian actor
"The Wit & Wisdom of Will Arnett," Playboy Magazine (March 29, 2007) http://blutharnett.blogspot.com/search/label/Playboy%20Magazine <br class="br">2007
Frederik Pohl book Man Plus
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“Pregnant women and Vietnam vets, beggin on the freeway, bout as hard as it gets.”
Tom Waits (1949) American singer-songwriter and actor
"Cold Water", Mule Variations (1999).
“Women won't have total equality until men can get pregnant.”
Diana Palmer (1946) American romance novelist
“If you can't get in shape in 24 months, then maybe you should hit the road.”
Mark Milley (1958) senior United States Army officer
Source: As quoted in Army Chief: Pass New Combat Fitness Test or 'Hit the Road' https://www.military.com/daily-news/2018/10/08/army-chief-pass-new-combat-fitness-test-or-hit-road.html, Military.com, 8 October 2018
Thomas Friedman (1953) American journalist and author
Today, March 2, 2006
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