"I realized very early in life what my abilities and limitations were, and foreign languages was definitely one of my limitations. With strenuous effort, I just barely passed my French class at Harvard so I could graduate."

-- Michio Kaku

#Class Quotes #Effort Quotes #Language Quotes

“Sometimes after an enjoyable family home evening, during a fervent family prayer, or when our entire family is at the dinner table on Sunday evening eating waffles and engaging in a session of lively, good-matured conversation, I quietly say to myself, 'If heaven is nothing more than this, it will be good enough for me!'”
“Success is the best revenge.”
“Soon I'll be thinner than all of you, she swore to herself. And then I'll be the winner. The thinner is the winner.”
“Don't be a damned ammunition wagon. Be a rifle!”
“In the US. Infantry Manual published during World War II, the soldier was told what to do if a live grenade fell into the trench where he and others were sitting: to wrap himself around the grenade so as to at least save the others. (If no one "volunteered," all would be killed, and there were only a few seconds to decide who would be the hero.”

Source : Anatol Rapoport's statement (1988) as quoted in William Poundstone "Prisoner's Dilemma", 1992.
“Everything has been homogenized. Over time, with television and jet travel, everybody has blended together. Some of our wonderful charm has been lost.”
“I share the opinion of those of broader vision, who see in the signs of the time hope of humanity for peace.”
“Structure is more important than content in the transmission of information.”

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