Hofburg Imperial Palace Quotes

#1. Chess is so interesting in itself, as not to need the view of gain to induce engaging in it; and thence it is never played for money

Benjamin Franklin

#2. You have gifts to share. When used well, creativity isn't just about you. It's about what you have to give. It's about leaving a mark, changing lives, and sparking a legacy that others can pass on.

Ed Cyzewski

#3. Informed consent is required for every invasive medical procedure, from getting your ears pierced to having an abortion.

Bob McDonnell

#4. Whether it happened so or not I do not know; but if you think about it you can see that it is true.

Black Elk

#5. I'm perfectly happy complaining, because it's cathartic, and I'm perfectly happy arguing with people on the Internet because arguing is my favourite pastime - not programming.

Linus Torvalds

#6. For a second it looked like a mortal horse. The next it was pure sand. Shifting from bright gold to violent red, fire and sun in a windswept desert.

Alwyn Hamilton

#7. It could be surprisingly hard to counter Plain Stupid. Even by heroic measures.

Lois McMaster Bujold

#8. If your only tool is a hammer then every problem looks like a nail.

Abraham H. Maslow

#9. Each star had cost an effort. For each there had been planning, watching and anticipation. Each one recalled to me a place, a time, a season. Each one now has a personality. The stars, in short, had become my stars.

Leslie C. Peltier

#10. The home front is always underrated by Generals in the field. And yet that is where the Great War was won and lost. The Russian, Bulgarian, Austrian and German home fronts fell to pieces before their armies collapsed.

David Lloyd George