Quips & Quotes
"The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us."
"The best book for programming for the layman is Alice in Wonderland, but that's because its the best book on anything for the layman."
"Whether you say you can or you can't, either way you're right."
"The future lies ahead."
"Many things are true."
"Things are more like they are today than they have ever been before."
"I don't know where we're going or how we'll get there, but when we get there we'll be there - and that's something, even if it's nothing."
When I was a Boy Scout we played a game on new scouts. We lined up the chairs in a pattern creating an obstacle course through which the new Scouts, blindfolded were supposed to maneuver.
The Scoutmaster gave them a few moments to study the pattern before our adventure began. But as soon as they were blindfolded, the rest of us quietly removed the chairs.
I think life is like this game. Perhaps we spend our lives avoiding obstacles we have created for ourselves and in reality only exist in our minds.
When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed dodor that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.
In the mid-70's, I saw a comic on the Tonight Show that I thought was terrible. Next day I got on a plane to California. Didn't pack, just left. I think it's good to back yourself into a corner because if you leave yourself any options, you'll take them.
Ships are save in harbor, but that's not what ships are built for.
You said, "but."
I've put my finger on the whole trouble.
You're a "but" man.
Don't say "but."
That little word "but" is the difference between success and failure.
Henry Ford said, "I'm going to invent the automobile," and
Arthur T. Flanken said, "But..."
Ye have enemies? Good, good- that means ye've stood up for something, sometime in thy life....
Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside dreams; who looks inside, awakes.
"The concept is interesting and well-formed, but in order to earn better than a 'C,' the idea must be feasible."
"Mental Locks To Watch For."
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