David J. Farber quotes

David J. Farber quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“We all have to die some day, if we live long enough.”
-- David J. Farber

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“Photons have neither morals nor visas.”
-- David J. Farber

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“Let us not doubt that God has a father's pity towards us, and that in the removal of that which is dearest to us He is still loving and kind. Death separates, but it also unites. It reunites whom it separates.”

Source : Abraham Coles (1892). “Abraham Coles: Biographical Sketch, Memorial Tributes, Selections from His Works, (some Hitherto Unpublished.)”
“Cursed is the man who dies, but the evil done by him survives.”
“They say we die twice - once when the last breath leaves our body and once when the last person we know says our name.”
“He died a long painful death. However, you'll be happy to hear that just a few years later he was reincarnated as Shirley MacLaine.”
“Oh, Eeyore, you are wet!â€ said Piglet, feeling him. Eeyore shook himself, and asked somebody to explain to Piglet what happened when you had been inside a river for quite a long time.”
“The greatest problem about old age is the fear that it may go on too long.”
“The world isn't going backward, if you can just stay young enough to remember what it was really like when you were really young.”

Source : A. J. Liebling (2005). “Just Enough Liebling: Classic Work by the Legendary New Yorker Writer”, p.411, Macmillan
“The best technology is aimed far enough in the future that it stands out, but close enough to the present that it blends in.”
“God only wants for us what we would want for ourselves if we were smart enough to want it.”
“When I was 25, Abba was formed. After Abba I made three solo albums. Maybe I have been productive enough.”

Source : "Abba set for reunion as Agnetha admits, 'I have a dream'" by Alex Duval Smith, www.theguardian.com. January 2, 2011.

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