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Principia Discordia => Apple Talk => Topic started by: Dimocritus on October 12, 2009, 06:50:30 PM

Title: Need help identifying a quote...
Post by: Dimocritus on October 12, 2009, 06:50:30 PM
I want to include a quote in a paper I'm writing, but I can't find the author anywhere and it's driving me nuts. The paper's due today so any help would be greatly appreciated. The quote goes more or less like this:

"One does not achieve greatness by touching one extreme or the other, but by touching both at once"

Edit: Never mind. Found it.
Title: Re: Need help identifying a quote...
Post by: The Good Reverend Roger on October 12, 2009, 06:59:57 PM
Adolf Hitler, April 1945.
Title: Re: Need help identifying a quote...
Post by: Pariah on October 12, 2009, 09:27:00 PM
Alfred P. Southwick, 1887
Title: Re: Need help identifying a quote...
Post by: bds on October 12, 2009, 09:39:07 PM
Quote from: Dimo1138 on October 12, 2009, 06:50:30 PM
Edit: Never mind. Found it.

Enlighten us, please?
Title: Re: Need help identifying a quote...
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on October 12, 2009, 10:18:47 PM
"We show greatness not by being at one extreme, but by touching both at once and occupying all the space in between." --Blaise Pascal
Title: Re: Need help identifying a quote...
Post by: The Good Reverend Roger on October 12, 2009, 10:23:40 PM
Quote from: Nigel on October 12, 2009, 10:18:47 PM
"We show greatness not by being at one extreme, but by touching both at once and occupying all the space in between." --Blaise Pascal

A Frenchman.  Okay, so I was close.
Title: Re: Need help identifying a quote...
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on October 12, 2009, 10:36:46 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 12, 2009, 10:23:40 PM
Quote from: Nigel on October 12, 2009, 10:18:47 PM
"We show greatness not by being at one extreme, but by touching both at once and occupying all the space in between." --Blaise Pascal

A Frenchman.  Okay, so I was close.

:lulz:
Title: Re: Need help identifying a quote...
Post by: Dimocritus on October 13, 2009, 01:26:49 AM
Quote from: Nigel on October 12, 2009, 10:18:47 PM
"We show greatness not by being at one extreme, but by touching both at once and occupying all the space in between." --Blaise Pascal

:wink:
Thanks for supplying the real quote. You should have seen how bad it was butchered (not just by me) at a few places I saw it. I'm not even sure where I heard it, it just popped in my head while I was writing.
Title: Re: Need help identifying a quote...
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on October 13, 2009, 07:35:59 AM
You're welcome.
Title: Re: Need help identifying a quote...
Post by: AFK on October 13, 2009, 10:55:06 AM
Rev. Uncle BadTouch!  No, wait, I thought it said "touching pre-teen"  nevermind.