Quotes for All
I have never done anything ‘useful’. No discovery of mine has made, or is likely to make, directly or indirectly, for good or ill, the least difference to the amenity of the world… Judged by all practical standards, the value of my mathematical life is nil; and outside mathematics it is trivial anyhow. I have … Read more
During this period Steen and Fox were killed trying a single-engine instrument approach at Moline. Then Campbell and Leatherman hit a ridge near Elko, Nevada. In both incidents the official verdict was ‘pilot error,’ but since their passengers, who were innocent of the controls, also failed to survive, it seemed that fate was the hunter. … Read more
The general verdict among the German generals I interrogated in 1945 was that Field-Marshal von Manstein had proved the ablest commander in their Army, and the man they had most desired to become its Commander-in-Chief. It is very clear that he had a superb sense of operational possibilities and equal mastery in the conduct of … Read more
I did not do anything wrong as a governor, even if you accept the verdict as it is, it doesn’t indicate that. Edwin Edwards
Other duties become pressing and absorbing and crowd our prayer. \”Choked to death\” would be the coroner’s verdict in many cases of dead praying if an inquest could be secured on this dire, spiritual calamity. Edward McKendree Bounds
The verdict on Prince Metternich will soon be out: An excellent diplomat and a bad politician. Franz Grillparzer
It’s actually quite common for presidents to believe that future generations will render a verdict on their presidencies that is more lasting or definitive than the judgments of their contemporaries. The reason is that although history is certainly an argument without end – we’re still debating many age-old questions – time does help settle others. … Read more
Previously people were treated anonymously particular on a drugs situation which is obviously highly emotive. They have been treated anonymously even after the verdict had been reached. David Gill
In Los Angeles, the jury in the Reginald Denny Beating trial, after much thinking, concludes, that Person A is not necessarily trying to kill Person B just because Person A happens to very deliberately bash Person B’s skull in with a brick. The verdict is applauded by scientists at the Tobacco Institute. Dave Barry
Those who invoke history will certainly be heard by history. And they will have to accept its verdict. Dag Hammarskjold