Dena Jo     729273 Sun, 02 Nov 03 01:17 AM "Could this poem, not by Einstein, be what you're looking ... the thing That couldn't be done, and he did it." "(snip additional verses) There is, of course, a parody of this. In the first verse it's the same through the ... tackled the thing that couldn't be done, And by golly, he couldn't do it. The rest is much the same." I learned a much shorter version of the whole thing: They told him it couldn't be done. With a smile he went right to it. He tackled the thing that *couldn't be done*... ... and he couldn't do it. The scare quotes, of course, are mine. Dena Jo Always in rewrite mode (Email: Replace TPUBGTH with denajo2) Dena Jo Writing, Poetry

	Adrian Bailey    729426 Sun, 02 Nov 03 03:57 AM "I came across a saying by Einstein that goes (more or less) like that: "everybody knows that something can't be ... on numerous quotation pages - please help! :))) I need the EXACT wording of the quote, if anyone knows it." Search on Google using a string of three or four words, eg. "everybody knows that" and you'll find it, I'm sure. I'm also sure it's not "a saying by Einstein". Adrian Adrian Bailey

	<1970+@berdyczow.com>    730177 Sun, 02 Nov 03 10:13 PM Hello, It was a rush translation job starting with a quote. It was claimed to be by Einstein, hence the title of my post. I obviously looked up all Einstein quote pages, other quote pages and any reasonable variations of the line via google. I only found one site and it didn't provide any clues as to who the author was. It had to do anyway. marek Translation

	jan137-nospam-@xs4all.nl Jan    730226 Mon, 03 Nov 03 12:12 AM ": Hello, It was a rush translation job starting with a quote. It was claimed to be by Einstein, hence ... found one site and it didn't provide any clues as to who the author was. It had to do anyway." Many of the quotes on Einstein quote pages are fake too, Jan jan137-nospam-@xs4all... Translation

	Evan Kirshenbaum    731883 Tue, 04 Nov 03 06:50 PM "Could this poem, not by Einstein, be what you're looking for? It Couldn't Be Done Edgar Guest Somebody said that ... he hid it. He started to sing as he tackled the thing That couldn't be done, and he did it." I like Benny Hill's take, They said that it could not be done, He said "Just let me try." They said, "Other men have tried and failed," He answered, "But not I." They said, "It is impossible," He said, "There's no such word." He closed his mind, he closed his heart... To everything he heard. He said, "Within the heart of man, There is a tiny seed. It grows until it blossoms, It's called the will to succeed. Its roots are strength, its stem is hope, Its petals inspiration, Its thorns protect its strong green leaves, With grim determination. "Its stamens are its skills Which help to shape each plan, For there's nothing in the universe Beyond the scope of man." They thought that it could not be done, Some even said they knew it, But he faced up to what could not be done... And he couldn't bloody do it! http://www.monologues.co.uk/BennyHill10.htm Evan Kirshenbaum + HP Laboratories >Now every hacker knows 1501 Page Mill Road, 1U, MS 1141 > That the secret to survivin'Palo Alto, CA 94304 >Is knowin' when the time is free Evan Kirshenbaum Colours, Writing, Poetry

	Jerry Friedman    732107 Tue, 04 Nov 03 10:32 PM "There's nothing like it under Einstein in the Quotations section ... shows up on the Web as simply an anonymous saying." "As does 'I didn't know it was anonymous when I made it up'" Ha! Jerry Friedman Jerry Friedman