Comments on: [Quote] Daily Quote 09-26-05

By: Weezel

Weezel — Tue, 27 Sep 2005 12:29:11 +0000

Well, maybe once.

I’m guessing this should be a motivation quote then.

I actually made a category for quotes, and I’ve got an RSS feed with some daily ones. So on the occassional morning when I don’t find something else to yap about, I’ll throw up a quote.

By: MegaGremlin

MegaGremlin — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 22:03:34 +0000

“Nothing interferes with my concentration. You could put on an orgy in my office and I wouldn’t look up. Well, maybe once.”
-Isaac Asimov

By: Mathilde

Mathilde — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 15:10:55 +0000

Yes, it’s difficult to translate. I’ll try another one: “Neither is hoping to succeed necessary to attempt (something), nor is succeeding required to persevere”
It’s still not right, but you get the idea

By: Isabeau

Isabeau — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 14:52:41 +0000

Maybe the expectation of success?

By: Isabeau

Isabeau — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 14:52:08 +0000

It is not necessary to hope in order to undertake (something), nor to succeed in order to persevere.

Hm, doesn’t work too well in English; the infinitives get all tangled up. How about:

Hope is not necessary to achievement, nor is success required for perseverence.

Even that’s kind of weird; it’s more like the certaintly of success.

By: Weezel

Weezel — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 14:39:19 +0000

Alrighty lady! Don’t you dare give me a f’ing french quote on a Monday morning without an English translations… ESPECIALLY after I just said this weekend how well I understood you when you wrote English..

You did that on purpose..

You’re an evil ketchup hating woman.

By: Mathilde

Mathilde — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 13:27:01 +0000

One of my long time favorite
“Il n’est pas nécessaire d’espérer pour entreprendre ni de réussir pour persévérer” Guillaume d’Orange