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I don't know how many quotes attributed to hitler were actually spoken by him, but I do remember this one from an old magazine article regarding 35mm photography. (The Leica was an early 35mm camera that was quite advanced for it's time.)

"The future belongs to colour photography."

“Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.”
--Oscar Wilde

“A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.”


“I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.”



― Douglas Adams

"What kind of welcome party would this be if it were quiet? I mean, duh, bo-ring. You see, I saw you when you first got here, remember? You were all, hello, and I was all, [gasp], remember? You see I never saw you before, and if I never saw you before that means you're new, 'cause I know every pony, and I mean every pony in Ponyville, and if you're new, then it meant you haven't met anyone yet, and if you haven't met anyone yet, you must not have any friends, and if you don't have any friends then you must be lonely, and that made me so sad, and I had an idea, and that's why I went [gasp], 'I'll just throw a great big ginormous super-duper spectacular welcome party and invite everyone in Ponyville'. See? And now you have lots and lots of friends!" - Pinkie Pie, from the first MLP:FiM ep

"In right field, Tarasco, going back to the track, to the wall...... (Jeffrey Maier steals ball, Bob Uecker: "Oh!") AND WHAT HAPPENS HERE? HE CONTENDS THAT A FAN REACHES UP AND TOUCHES IT! BUT RICHIE GARCIA SAYS NO... It's a home run! Here comes Davey Johnson, out to argue as Jeter comes across to tie the game!"
- Bob Costas on NBC television, calling the controversial Derek Jeter home run in Game 1 of the 1996 ALCS.

We're gonna tee up GM, Ford, and IBM...and make them CRINGE!! ! -Michael Milken

"There are horrible people who, instead of solving a problem, tangle it up and make it harder to solve for anyone who wants to deal with it. Whoever does not know how to hit the nail on the head should be asked not to hit it at all." -- Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900), a German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist.

"For he today who sheds his blood with me, shall be my brother" -- Shakespeare

"Try again, fail again, fail better" -- Samuel Beckett

"Some of us think it is holding on that makes us stronger, but sometimes, it is letting go." -- Hermann Hesse

"It is a far, far better thing I do, than I have ever done, a far better resting place I go to, than I have ever known," -- Sidney Carton, A Tale of Two Cities

Everyone will be Famous for Fifteen minutes. -Andy Warhol

"People who read the tabloids deserve to be lied to." - Jerry Seinfeld

"Every man has to believe in something. I believe I'll have another drink"

~W.C. Fields

From the ending speech in the Rodney Dangerfield movie Back To School

"Even though they grow weary and wear themselves out with child-bearing, it does not matter, let them go on bearing children till they die, that is what they are there for." -- Martin Luther (1483-1546), Founder of the Christian Reformation

"The word and works of God is quite clear, that women were made either to be wives or prostitutes." -- Martin Luther (1483-1546), Founder of the Christian Reformation

"To fathom hell or soar angelic, you'll need a pinch of psychedelic." -Humphrey Osmond, basically he was Aldous Huxley's pharmacist

edit: And a researcher in his own right.

"It's only a problem, if you make it a problem."