jodrell’s most recent Quotables

Misquotations are the only quotations that are never misquoted

The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in times of great moral crises maintain their neutrality

Victory goes to the player who makes the next-to-last mistake.

It’s not a real sport unless you can die of massive internal trauma.

Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of lack of wisdom.

Five exclamation marks, the sure sign of an insane mind.

Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one.

Failure isn’t about falling down, Failure is staying down

If you are caught on a golf course during a storm and are afraid of lightning, hold up a 1-iron. Not even God can hit a 1-iron.

How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?

The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not ‘Eureka!’ but ‘That’s funny…’

All generalizations are dangerous, even this one

The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair.

I attribute the insane arrogance of the later Roman emperors almost entirely to the fact that, never having played golf, they never knew that strange chastening humility which is engendered by a topped chip-shot.