Sam Ervin Quotes

“Polygraph tests are 20th-century witchcraft.”

“I used to think that the Civil War was our country's greatest tragedy, but I do remember that there were some redeeming features in the Civil War in that there was some spirit of sacrifice and heroism displayed on both sides. I see no redeeming features in Watergate.”

“I think of the friendships I've strained, the generosity I've exploited, the bridges I've torched. Do as the heavens have done, forget your evil; with them, forgive yourself. There may be hope for me yet.”

“Faith is not a storm cellar to which men and women can flee for refuge from the storms of life. It is instead an inner force that gives them the strength to face those storms and their consequences with serenity of spirit.”

“Evil that arises out of ordinary thinking and is committed by ordinary people is the norm, not the exception.”

“Overstimulation has been the real drawback. I need to find ways to stop thinking about analysis of algorithms, in order to do various other things that human beings ought to do.”

“An algorithm must be seen to be believed.”

“Science is what we understand well enough to explain to a computer art is everything else.”

“And they came up on the broad plain of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city, and fire came down from heaven and devoured them.-Revelations 20:9”

“A beautiful woman belongs to everyone but an ugly one is yours alone” -Gunny Chang, Gunship”