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To: GoldBull no bug here who wrote (25211)12/19/2009 11:16:05 PM
From: Cogito Ergo Sum1 Recommendation  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 233892
 
This one is rather pertinent :O)

$100 invested at 7% interest for 100 years will become $100,000, at which time it will be worth absolutely nothing.
- The Notebooks of Lazarus Long


This is one of my favourites..
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.

and my kids know this one too well :O)
Don't handicap your children by making their lives easy.

and one more fav...
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.

Many more (4 pages worth) good ones @ qotd.org