Collected phrases

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Things people said that stuck with me — who said them, when, and where.

I am your father.
Darth Vader
Darth Vader1980 · Star Wars: Episode V — The Empire Strikes Back, directed by Irvin Kershner, released 21 May 1980.
Wut?
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. - Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.
(Not) Winston Churchill
(Not) Winston ChurchillDuring war · Diverse phrases attributed to Churchill during war, which he probably never said, they are anyhow very good!
False Churchill Quotes
In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower1961 · Farewell Address, 17 January 1961.
Who's that?
Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein1929 · What Life Means to Einstein, interview by George Sylvester Viereck, The Saturday Evening Post, 26 October 1929, p. 117.
Magazine source interview
I can resist everything except temptation.
Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde1892 · Lady Windermere's Fan, Act I. First performed at St James's Theatre, London, 20 February 1892.
Who's he?
The Analytical Engine has no pretensions whatever to originate anything. It can do whatever we know how to order it to perform. (Sorry AI)
Ada Lovelace
Ada Lovelace1843 · Sketch of the Analytical Engine invented by Charles Babbage, Esq. By L. F. MENABREA, of Turin, Officer of the Military Engineers.
Source
The report of my death was an exaggeration.
Mark Twain
Mark Twain1897 · Twain's actual handwritten response to a journalist investigating rumours of his death in London. The better-known version with "greatly" came later.
Shocking, now he's dead.
The first principle is that you must not fool yourself—and you are the easiest person to fool.
Richard Feynman
Richard Feynman1974 · Cargo Cult Science, commencement address at Caltech, 1974.
Who's Feymann?
We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done.
Alan Turing
Alan Turing1950 · Computing Machinery and Intelligence, journal Mind, volume 59, October 1950, p. 460
More about Turing
The Web is more a social creation than a technical one. I designed it for a social effect—to help people work together—and not as a technical toy.
Tim Berners Lee
Tim Berners Lee1999 · Originally in an interview, but described in different forms across different medium
Read more at infinite.mit.edu
Information is power. But like all power, there are those who want to keep it for themselves.
Aaron Swartz
Aaron Swartz2008 · Guerilla Open Access Manifesto
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