A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts.
—William Strunk, Jr.
February 21, 2012.
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An army of sheep led by a lion is better than an army of lions led by a sheep.
—Alexander the Great
February 20, 2012.
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The time will come when winter will ask what you were doing all summer.
—Henry Clay
February 19, 2012.
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Never miss a good chance to shut up.
—Will Rogers
February 18, 2012.
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You must give up the life you planned in order to have the life that is waiting for you.
—Joseph Campbell
February 17, 2012.
Well done is better than well said.
—Benjamin Franklin
February 16, 2012.
My problem is that they accept the premise that privacy is about hiding a wrong. It’s not. Privacy is an inherent human right, and a requirement for maintaining the human condition with dignity and respect.
—Bruce Schneier
February 15, 2012.
And now, these three remain: Faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
—The Apostle Paul
February 14, 2012.
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Love never fails.
—The Apostle Paul
February 13, 2012.
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History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.
—Winston Churchill
February 12, 2012.
Do not confuse effort with results.
—anonymous
February 11, 2012.
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I’d rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints. The sinners are mch more fun.
You know that only the good die young.
—Billy Joel
February 10, 2012.
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It is a fuckload of work to be open-minded and generous and understanding and forgiving and accepting, but Christ, that is what matters. What matters is saying yes.
—Dave Eggers
February 9, 2012.
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Laziness breeds innovation.
—David Stagg
February 8, 2012.
Yes, I quoted myself. This comes from watching programmers refuse to do the same thing twice. If there’s hard, menial work to be done, they’ll find a way to script it. That script is usually innovative in some way.
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Trying is just a noisier way of not doing something.
—Ken Blanchard
February 7, 2012.
