Name that famous person (from their quotes)!

Okay, heres a contest in which we attempt to ascertain the names of famous (and infamous) people in history through the (famous) statements (quotes) that they have made. To participate, simply name the mystery person in the previous post and provide a (well-known) quote from another famous person.

I'll start off with an easy one.

"God does not play dice"
--A***** E******* (note that you do not need to provide hints)

Albert Einstein

quote:

ACC: Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic

quote:

Originally posted by Zola Albert Einstein quote: ACC: Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic

Arthur C. Clarke

"Speak your latent convictions, and it shall be the universal sense; for always the inmost becomes the outmost, - and our first thout is rendered back to us by the trumpets of the Last Judgment"

RWE

I was nice and gave a hint .

*points above* Emerson

"Turn on, tune in, drop out."
- TL

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Originally posted by Lady Tesser *points above* Emerson "Turn on, tune in, drop out." - TL

Timothy Leary

"He who fights monsters should see to it that he himself does not become a monster, for as you gaze long into the abyss, the abyss also gazes back into you"

- FWN

This is fun. )

quote:

Originally posted by Mega Dominus Timothy Leary "He who fights monsters should see to it that he himself does not become a monster, for as you gaze long into the abyss, the abyss also gazes back into you"

Friedrich Nietzsche.

"Nearly all marriages, even happy ones, are mistakes: in the sense that almost certainly (in a more perfect world, or even with a little more care in this very imperfect one) both partners might be found more suitable mates. But the real soul-mate is the one you are actually married to."

Last initial of this Famous Person: T

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Originally posted by The Fallen Phoenix "Nearly all marriages, even happy ones, are mistakes: in the sense that almost certainly (in a more perfect world, or even with a little more care in this very imperfect one) both partners might be found more suitable mates. But the real soul-mate is the one you are actually married to." Last initial of this Famous Person: T

J.R.R. Tolkien! This IS kinda fun.

quote:

A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.

Initials of this person: W.C.

quote:

Originally posted by Tifaria J.R.R. Tolkien! This IS kinda fun. quote: A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on. Initials of this person: W.C.

Winston Churchill.

Uh...gimme a second while I think of a good quote.

Okay, I have one!

"Nothing takes the taste out of peanut butter quite like unrequited love."

~C.M.S.

quote:

Originally posted by The Fallen Phoenix quote: Originally posted by Tifaria J.R.R. Tolkien! This IS kinda fun. quote: A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on. Initials of this person: W.C. Winston Churchill. Uh...gimme a second while I think of a good quote. Okay, I have one! "Nothing takes the taste out of peanut butter quite like unrequited love." ~C.M.S.

Not sure why I know this....but, Charlie Brown - oh, I mean, uh Charles Schultz

"Imagination is more important than knowledge; knowledge is limited, while imagination encircles the globe"

I won't give a hint, because then it would be too easy.

eh....I need to get back to work.....

quote:

Originally posted by dawnstrider "Imagination is more important than knowledge; knowledge is limited, while imagination encircles the globe" I won't give a hint, because then it would be too easy. eh....I need to get back to work.....

Einstein.

Damn...gotta think of another quote...

Hmm...

"When you know a thing, to hold that you know it; and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it - this is knowledge."

No initials for this one...might be a bit too easy if there were.

quote:

Originally posted by The Fallen Phoenix quote: Originally posted by dawnstrider "Imagination is more important than knowledge; knowledge is limited, while imagination encircles the globe" I won't give a hint, because then it would be too easy. eh....I need to get back to work..... Einstein. Damn...gotta think of another quote... Hmm... "When you know a thing, to hold that you know it; and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it - this is knowledge." No initials for this one...might be a bit too easy if there were.

*stretches* Confucius, K'ung Ch'iu, K'ung Fu-tzu ....meh, pick whatever version . Well, I'm on break, for the moment, so let's see......

Okay: "As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand." JB

quote:

Originally posted by dawnstrider *stretches* Confucius, K'ung Ch'iu, K'ung Fu-tzu ....meh, pick whatever version . Well, I'm on break, for the moment, so let's see...... Okay: "As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand." JB

Josh Billings. )

Okay...

"The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth."

~NB

thats a tough one

shoot i dont know

non the less

"There are some qualities - some incorporate things
That have a double life, which thus is made
A type of twin entity which springs
From matter and light, evinced in solid and shade."

~EAP

I'll take the two-fer:

quote:

Originally posted by The Fallen Phoenix "The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth." ~NB

The eminiently quotable Dane, Niels Bohr

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Originally posted by re-animate "There are some qualities - some incorporate things That have a double life, which thus is made A type of twin entity which springs From matter and light, evinced in solid and shade." ~EAP

Edgar Allen Poe

"If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the shoulders of giants."

~IN

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Originally posted by Pygmalion "If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the shoulders of giants." ~IN

Isaac Newton.

"I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it."

~HT

quote:

Originally posted by The Fallen Phoenix ["I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it." ~HT

Harry S. Truman

In the midst of the word he was trying to say,
In the midst of his laughter and glee,
He had softly and suddenly vanished away---
For the Snark was a Boojum, you see.

--LC

quote:

In the midst of the word he was trying to say, In the midst of his laughter and glee, He had softly and suddenly vanished away--- For the Snark was a Boojum, you see.

Lewis Carroll

"Good night and may the good Lord take a liking to ya."
- RR

quote:

Originally posted by Lady Tesser "Good night and may the good Lord take a liking to ya." - RR

Roy Rogers

"Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science"

- Sorry, a hint will make it too easy...

BONUS: (You don't have to answer this...)

"Know your role and shut your mouth, jabroni!"

- WWE (not his initials, but an acronym related to him)

That would be "The Rock" (Dwayne Johnson)


"A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have."


GF

Gerald Ford

"The philosophers have only interpereted the world... the point is to change it." (K.M.)