Quotessence
Home / Quotes / Quote by William Bernard Ziff, Jr.

Quote by William Bernard Ziff, Jr.

Author

William Bernard Ziff, Jr.
William Bernard Ziff, Jr.

William Bernard Ziff, Jr. was an influential figure in the computer and software industry in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Born on June 24, 1930, he passed away on September 6, 2006. more

You May Also Like

“Heaven knows insanity was disreputable enough, long ago; but now that the lawyers have got to cutting every gallows rope and picking every prison lock with it, it is become a sneaking villainy that ought to hang and keep on hanging its sudden possessors until evil-doers should conclude that the safest plan was to never claim to have it until they came by it legitimately. The very calibre of the people the lawyers most frequently try to save by the insanity subterfuge ought to laugh the plea out of the courts, one would think.”

PeopleThinkingKnowsShouldTryingLongEnoughEvilHeavenLaughingCuttingPlansOughtClaimsCourtPrisonLawyerInsanityLong AgoLocksRopeDoersVillainyGallowsSubterfugeEvil Doers
Author:Mark Twain
Create image

“...we all know that in all matters of mere opinion that [every] man is insane-just as insane as we are...we know exactly where to put our finger upon his insanity: it is where his opinion differs from ours....All Democrats are insane, but not one of them knows it. None but the Republicans. All the Republicans are insane, but only the Democrats can perceive it. The rule is perfect: in all matters of opinion our adversaries are insane.”

KnowsMenMatterPerfectOpinionRepublicanMereDemocratFingersEvery ManInsanePerceiveInsanityAdversaries
Author:Mark Twain
Create image