What would be some good quotes for a starship dedication plaque?
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Just a few I like:
"The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing."
Isaac Asimov
“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.”
― Socrates
“The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.”
― Stephen Hawking
“Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life. ”
― Immanuel Kant
"The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing."
Isaac Asimov
“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.”
― Socrates
“The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.”
― Stephen Hawking
“Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life. ”
― Immanuel Kant
John Stuart Mill:
"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things; the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth a war, is much worse."
Yogi Berra:
"When you come to a fork in the road, take it."
"It ain't over till it's over."
Benjamin Disraeli:
"Is man an ape or an angel? Now I am on the side of the angels."
Socrates:
"I drank WHAT?!?"
Ezra Pound:
"No urban night is like the night [in NYC]...here is our poetry, for we have pulled down the stars to our will."
Frank Drebin:
"We're sorry to bother you at a time like this, Mrs. Twice. We would have come earlier, but your husband wasn't dead then."
"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things; the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth a war, is much worse."
Yogi Berra:
"When you come to a fork in the road, take it."
"It ain't over till it's over."
Benjamin Disraeli:
"Is man an ape or an angel? Now I am on the side of the angels."
Socrates:
"I drank WHAT?!?"
Ezra Pound:
"No urban night is like the night [in NYC]...here is our poetry, for we have pulled down the stars to our will."
Frank Drebin:
"We're sorry to bother you at a time like this, Mrs. Twice. We would have come earlier, but your husband wasn't dead then."
In all seriousness, that quote needs to be seen more and repeated more and taught in schools more, and simplified and explained more for those who don't seem to understand it.
Winston Churchill:
"History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it."
"We shall not fail or falter; we shall not weaken or tire. Neither the sudden shock of battle, nor the long-drawn trials of vigilance and exertion will wear us down. Give us the tools and we will finish the job."
"History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it."
"We shall not fail or falter; we shall not weaken or tire. Neither the sudden shock of battle, nor the long-drawn trials of vigilance and exertion will wear us down. Give us the tools and we will finish the job."
A couple I have used for fanfic ships:
All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honour, duty, mercy, hope. - Winston Churchill
Let not the deep swallow me up. - RNLI motto (which I use for the Border Service cutter Silverfin)
When thinking of plaque quotes, my first stop is pretty much always Winston Churchill, he has so many good ones that can fit just about any ship.
All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honour, duty, mercy, hope. - Winston Churchill
Let not the deep swallow me up. - RNLI motto (which I use for the Border Service cutter Silverfin)
When thinking of plaque quotes, my first stop is pretty much always Winston Churchill, he has so many good ones that can fit just about any ship.
"You Cannot Do It Alone!"
Elizabeth Dehner
Strangers From the Sky
(In my mind and personal Canon the True First Contact between Earth and Vulcan)
Elizabeth Dehner
Strangers From the Sky
(In my mind and personal Canon the True First Contact between Earth and Vulcan)
"Lemon curry?"
Come, my friends, 'Tis not too late to seek a newer world.
-- Tennyson
I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.
-- Sarah Williams
-- Tennyson
I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.
-- Sarah Williams
"I fear that all we have done is awaken a sleeping giant, and fill him with a terrible resolve."
- Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
- Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
"Just sit right back and hear a tale,
A tale of a fateful trip.
That started from this tropic port,
Aboard this tiny ship..."
I'm sure the rest, all of you know.
A tale of a fateful trip.
That started from this tropic port,
Aboard this tiny ship..."
I'm sure the rest, all of you know.
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