Famous Quotations

Robert F. Kennedy may have said this in a speech somewhere at some time but if he did, he was quoting George Bernard Shaw. What Robert Kennedy may have meant by quoting Shaw is unknown to me. I can, however tell you what I think the phrase means, or at the very least what it means to me.

The first part of this phrase; "Some men see things as they are and ask why..." can be taken two ways. First a scientist or philosopher will see things the way they are and ask why to better understand the mechanics of reality. The second inference is that men see the world they don't understand, feel victimized by the circumstances and ask in helplessness, why? In the full context of the quotation I would argue that the second interpretation is more harmonious with the full meaning of the phrase.

The second part of this phrase; "...I dream things that never happened and ask why not?" Is a bold assertion that it is better to be cause over the way things are than it is to be the effect of them. Once only birds ruled the sky, now man rules the sky. We are more powerful, each and every one of us, than most of us give ourself credit of being. It was Goethe who said; "If you can imagine it, you can achieve it."

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Senator Edward (Ted) Kennedy actually used this Shaw quote at the end of his eulogy to his brother Robert. In part, he said:

My brother need not be idealized, or enlarged in death beyond what he was in life, to be remembered simply as a good and decent man, who saw wrong and tried to right it, saw suffering and tried to heal it, saw war and tried to stop it.

Those of us who loved him and who take him to his rest today, pray that what he was to us and what he wished for others will some day come to pass for all the world.

As he said many times, in many parts of this nation, to those he touched and who sought to touch him:

"Some men see things as they are and say why.

I dream things that never were and say why not."

It was a fitting and moving tribute to the late Attorney General of the United States, who probably would have won the Democratic nomination in the Presidential race, but who, thanks to Sirhan Sirhan, left his brother Ted as the only brother of the three in politics.

The assertion is that it is easier to see something that already exists and improve on it or at least modify it than it is to create something new and that the latter is nobler, perhaps more worthy of praise.

today is yesterdays tomorrow, and today is tomorrows yesterday

The phrase "to pass the buck" means to shift responsibility or blame to someone else. It originated from the game of poker where the dealer would use a marker called a "buck" to designate the player responsible for dealing the next hand, but sometimes would pass the marker to someone else to avoid dealing.

A savage is typically used as a derogatory term to describe someone who is perceived as primitive, uncivilized, or brutal in their behavior. However, it is important to note that this term can be offensive as it carries historical and colonial connotations.

This line from Shakespeare's Sonnet 18 suggests that love should be sustained in a moderate and balanced way, rather than intense and overwhelming. It emphasizes the importance of maintaining stability in a relationship to ensure its longevity and endurance.

These future cash flows are modeled using prudent assumptions.boobies!!

"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy" was a quote by Martin Luther King Jr. He wrote this in Strength to Love in 1963.

John Locke believed that man was for the most part happy, peaceful, and wants to have a harmonious relationship with others. His view of human nature was very different from Thomas Hobbes who believed that most humans were self serving and existed for their own benefit.

Author John Malkovich said, "Arrogance rarely pairs with self-awareness." This quote emphasizes the idea that those who are arrogant often lack the self-awareness to see their own flaws and shortcomings.

The quote "believe half of what you see and none of what you hear" is attributed to Edgar Allan Poe. It is a reminder to not always trust what is presented to us visually or verbally, and to approach information critically.

The quote by Edwin Hubbell Chapin is meant to illustrate how someone can thoroughly get a college education, rather than just superficially. A man who has been through college did not necessarily retain what he learned, but one who had college go through him really internalized that knowledge. He becomes a walking university because he can teach and talk about all that he learned while in school.

There is not a specific person who originated this quote or phrase. It is something that has been said throughout time and even incorporate as phrasing for military personnel as part of their creed.

The St Louis Cardinals have a pitcher named John Gant. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gant

To leave something or someone when things get bad, they do not stick around to help.

"People are idealistic before they have experience in the ways of the world. The experience makes their idealism seem a child's dream rather than something that is achievable."... from yahoo answers

It means if you want to do something and you believed that you are capable of doing it, you will be able to. However, if you didn't believe that you can, you will never achieve your goal. Ex. if you are an average student, and wanted to get straight A's. If you believed you can, you will achieve it.

This phrase plays on the similar sounding pronunciation of "Greek" and "Geek." It can be used to suggest a humorous or unexpected encounter between someone from Greece and someone who is tech-savvy or a fan of technology and computing.

The phrase "the buck stops here" means that responsibility or accountability for a decision or issue ultimately rests with the person who says it and they will not pass it on to someone else. It is often associated with decisive leadership and taking ownership of outcomes.

This expression means that the body's physical needs and desires, especially for food, do not consider moral or ethical implications. It suggests that people may act impulsively or selfishly when driven by their immediate physical desires.

from <http://www.enotes.com/famous-quotes/every-revolutionary-ends-by-becoming-either-an> The successful revolutionary is a statesman, the unsuccessful one a criminal. - Erich Fromm Every revolutionary ends by becoming either an oppressor or a heretic. - Albert Camus The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution. - Hannah Arendt I must make the important distinction between the rebel and the revolutionary. One is in ineradicable opposition to the other. The revolutionary seeks an external political change.... The origin of the term is the word revolve, literally meaning a turnover, as the revolution of a wheel. When the conditions under a given government are insufferable some groups may seek to break down that government in the conviction that any new form cannot but be better. Many revolutions, however, simply substitute one kind of government for another, the second no better than the first-which leaves the individual citizen, who has had to endure the inevitable anarchy between the two, worse off than before. Revolution may do more harm than good. The rebel ... seeks above all an internal change, a change in the attitudes, emotions, and outlook of the people to whom he is devoted. He often seems to be temperamentally unable to accept success and the ease it brings; he kicks against the pricks, and when one frontier is conquered, he soon becomes ill-at-ease and pushes on to the new frontier. He is drawn to the unquiet minds and spirits, for he shares their everlasting inability to accept stultifying control. - Rollo May The rebel, unlike the revolutionary, does not attempt to undermine the social order as a whole. The rebel attacks the tyrant; the revolutionary attacks tyranny. I grant that there are rebels who regard all governments as tyrannical; nonetheless, it is abuses that they condemn, not power itself. Revolutionaries, on the other hand, are convinced that the evil does not lie in the excesses of the constituted order but in order itself. The difference, it seems to me, is considerable. - Octavio Paz It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees! - Dolores Ibarruri (La Pasionaria)