bennynz’s most recent Quotables

Nothing is more dangerous than an idea when it is the only one you have.

If at first, the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it.

It is amazing how much can be accomplished if no one cares who gets the credit.

The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.

Are we preparing kids minds for a life of tests or the test of life?

If it ain't learning it ain't fun

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without [necessarily] accepting it.

The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. The second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority. The first-class mind is only happy when it is thinking.

You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.

I declare a mortorium on the word busy. Everyone is busy, we get it. Busy in the default status. Let us know if that changes.

The only people who have really succeeded are the ones who have said "Oh god, this is fun!"

I never teach my pupils. I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn.

What's another word for thesaurus?

Is the glass half full, or half empty? It depends on whether you're pouring, or drinking.

I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.

A word to the wise ain't necessary, it's the stupid ones who need all the advice.

You cannot change what you are, only what you do.

Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex. It takes a touch of genius and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.

Imagination is more important than knowledge.

I have missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I have lost almost 300 games. On 26 occasions I have been entrusted to take the game winning shot... and missed. And I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why... I succeed.