Author: LINUS FERNANDES
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Mark Twain: Torch-light procession
“At times he may indulge himself with a long one, but he will make sure there are no folds in it, no vaguenesses, no parenthetical interruptions of its view as a whole; when he has done with it, it won’t be a sea-serpent with half of its arches under the water; it will be a…
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George Foreman: Never give up on yourself or others
“I know from experience that you should never give up on yourself or others, no matter what.”—George Foreman.
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Arthur Baer: Good neighbour
“A good neighbour is a fellow who smiles at you over the back fence, but doesn’t climb over it.” —Arthur Baer.
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Baltasar Gracian: Sleep on things beforehand
“It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards.” —Baltasar Gracian.
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Baltasar Gracian: Miserable from your very happiness
“Always leave something to wish for, otherwise you will be miserable from your very happiness.”—Baltasar Gracian.
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James Harrington: Sense of religion
“Every man, either to his terror or consolation, has some sense of religion.”—James Harrington.
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Simon Sinek: Imperfections
“We must find a purpose or cause to pursue otherwise all we have left are our imperfections to focus on.”—Simon Sinek.
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Dyan Cannon: Unconditional love, patience and acceptance
“I found it when I came to understand that I had to practice unconditional love, patience, and acceptance first before I could expect that from any partner. I had to become the person that I wanted to fall in love with.” —Dyan Cannon.
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Bjarne Stroustrup: Perfect programming language
“If someone claims to have the perfect programming language, he is either a fool or a salesman or both.” —Bjarne Stroustrup.
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Mel Gibson: Conversation and chocolate
“After about 20 years of marriage, I think I’m finally starting to scratch the surface of what women want. And I think the answer lies somewhere between conversation and chocolate.” —Mel Gibson.
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Isaac Asimov: Sense of morals
“Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what’s right.” —Isaac Asimov, scientist and writer.
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Diane Lane: Anybody that smiles automatically
“I think that anybody that smiles automatically looks better.”—Diane Lane.
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Bjarne Stroustrup: Human activities
“Design and programming are human activities; forget that and all is lost.”—Bjarne Stroustrup.
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Bjarne Stroustrup: Morons
“An organisation that treats its programmers as morons will soon have programmers that are willing and able to act like morons only.”—Bjarne Stroustrup.
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Susanne Langer: Whole world of new questions
“If we would have new knowledge, we must get us a whole world of new questions.”—Susanne Langer, philosopher (20 Dec 1895-1985).
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Pope Alexander VI: Cloak of happiness
“May the Lord array thee in the garment of salvation and surround thee with the cloak of happiness.”—Pope Alexander VI.
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Henri Matisse: Prisoner
“An artist should never be a prisoner of himself, prisoner of style, prisoner of reputation, prisoner of success, etc.”—Henri Matisse, artist (31 Dec 1869-1954).
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Henri Matisse: Advantage of permanence
“Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of permanence.”—Henri Matisse.
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Jerry Coyne: Virtue and vice
“In religion, faith is a virtue. In science, faith is a vice.”—Jerry Coyne, biology professor (b. 30 Dec 1949).
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Nassim Nicholas Taleb: Most attention from those who hate
“You will get the most attention from those who hate you. No friend, no admirer and no partner will flatter you with as much curiosity.”—Nassim Nicholas Taleb.
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Eliza Cook: Song for the New Year
Published on Academy of American Poets (https://poets.org) Song for the New Year Old Time has turned another page Of eternity and truth; He reads with a warning voice to age, And whispers a lesson to youth. A year has fled o’er heart and head Since last the yule log burnt; And we have a task…
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Jerry King: Socially unacceptable
“There will come a time when mathematical ignorance, like public smoking, will become socially unacceptable.”—Jerry King.
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Mary Tyler Moore: Really strangers
“Sometimes you have to get to know someone really well to realize you’re really strangers.”—Mary Tyler Moore.
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Nassim Nicholas Taleb: Rationalist-free society
“The rationalist imagines an imbecile-free society; the empiricist an imbecile-proof one, or even better, a rationalist-proof one.” — Nassim Nicholas Taleb.
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Woodrow Wilson: All I can borrow
“I not only use all the brains that I have, but all I can borrow.”—Woodrow Wilson.
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Johannes Kepler: Thoughtless approval of masses
“I much prefer the sharpest criticism of a single intelligent man to the thoughtless approval of the masses.”—Johannes Kepler.
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G K Chesterton: Good night’s rest
“The child who doubts about Santa Claus has insomnia. The child who believes has a good night’s rest.”—G K Chesterton.
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Mao Zedong: Genuine knowledge
“If you want to know the taste of a pear, you must change the pear by eating it yourself. If you want to know the theory and methods of revolution, you must take part in revolution. All genuine knowledge originates in direct experience.”—Mao Zedong.
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Carlos Castaneda: Crucial question
“Look at every path closely and deliberately, then ask ourselves this crucial question: Does this path have a heart? If it does, then the path is good. If it doesn’t, it is of no use.”—Carlos Castaneda.
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Robert Ply: Carrying time in bags
“Every noon as the clock hands arrive at twelve, / I want to tie the two arms together, / And walk out of the bank carrying time in bags.”—Robert Bly, poet (b. 23 Dec 1926).
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Mamnoon Hussain: Negotiate
“Negotiate with those who wish to talk – and take action against those who create mischief.”—Mamnoon Hussain.
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Harry Shearer: Absolute powerlessness
“If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolute powerlessness make you pure?”—Harry Shearer.
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Don Kardong: When we were kings
“Eventually, competition and adventure wane, and I enter my ibuprofen phase. Tweaky hamstrings and achy knees restrict mileage, but I continue running for health, sanity, and the ritual of a Sunday trail run with like-minded buddies. We discuss the nagging injuries that bedevil us, and remember the good old days when we were kings.”—Don Kardong.
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Simon Sinek: Change
“People don’t fear change. People fear sudden change. People fear revolutions. People don’t fear evolutions.”—Simon Sinek.
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William Drummond: Reason
“He who will not reason, is a bigot; he who cannot, is a fool; and he who dares not, is a slave.”—William Drummond.
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Ramana Maharshi: See what remains
“Let come what comes, let go what goes. See what remains.”—Ramana Maharshi.
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Phil Ochs: World of hunger in vengeance
“And the evil is done in hopes that evil surrenders / But the deeds of the devil are burned too deep in the embers / And a world of hunger in vengeance will always remember.”—Phil Ochs, folksinger.
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Brandon Sanderson: Fantasy
“Fantasy has had some problems with being too repetitive, in my opinion. I try to read what other people are doing – and say, How can I add to this rather than just recycle it? How can I stand on Tolkien’s shoulders rather than stand tied to his kneecaps?”—Brandon Sanderson.
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Steven Spielberg: Mentoring
“The delicate balance of mentoring someone is not creating them in your own image, but giving them the opportunity to create themselves.”—Steven Spielberg.
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Michael Lopp: Meetings
“Meetings must exist, but meetings cannot be seen as the only solution for making progress. If you must meet, start the meeting by remembering that the definition of a successful meeting is that when the meeting is done, it need never occur again.”—Michael Lopp.
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Simon Sinek: How great everyone else is
“Instead of showing up to let everyone know how great we are, show up to find out how great everyone else is.”—Simon Sinek.
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Friedensreich Hundertwasser: Downfall of humanity
“The straight line leads to the downfall of humanity.”—Friedensreich Hundertwasser.
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Patty Duke: Highs and lows
“I still have highs and lows, just like any other person. What’s missing is the lack of control over the super highs, which became destructive, and the super lows, which are immediately destructive.”—Patty Duke.
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Simon Sinek: Greatness
“Greatness is not born from one success. Greatness is born from persevering through the countless failed attempts that preceded.”—Simon Sinek.
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Ross Macdonald: Dense with the past
“The walls of books around me, dense with the past, formed a kind of insulation against the present world and its disasters.”—Ross Macdonald, novelist.
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Simon Sinek: Flexible
“When we have a clear sense of where we’re going, we are flexible in how we get there.”—Simon Sinek.
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Gustave Flaubert: As precise as geometry
“Poetry is a subject as precise as geometry.” —-Gustave Flaubert.
