Quite a Quote!

Dr. Samuel Johnson: Woman’s preaching

“A woman’s preaching is like a dog’s walking on his hind legs. It is not done well; but you are surprised to find it done at all.” —Dr. Samuel Johnson.
Benjamin Graham: Prosperity and safety

“Observation over many years has taught us that the chief losses to investors come from the purchase of low-quality securities at times of good business conditions. The purchasers view the good current earnings as equivalent to ‘earning power’ and assume that prosperity is equivalent to safety.” —Benjamin Graham.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery: Civilization

“A civilization is a heritage of beliefs, customs, and knowledge slowly accumulated in the course of centuries, elements difficult at times to justify by logic, but justifying themselves as paths when they lead somewhere, since they open up for man his inner distance.” —Antoine de Saint-Exupery.
Dag Hammarskjöld: Never

“Never, for the sake of peace and quiet, deny your own experience or convictions.” —Dag Hammarskjold.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery: Long

“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.” —Antoine de Saint-Exupery.
Chris Hoffman: RDBMS

“In no universe is etched a generic replacement for an RDBMS. In some scenarios, sure you could use one instead of the other. But not most.” ___ Washington D.C. developer Chris Hoffman.
Jackie Kennedy: Two kinds of women

“There are two kinds of women, those who want power in the world and those who want power in bed.” —Jackie Kennedy.
Simon Sinek: Greatness

“Greatness is not born from one success. Greatness is born from persevering through the countless failed attempts that preceded.” —Simon Sinek.
Tina Fey: What they laugh at

“You can tell how smart people are by what they laugh at.” —Tina Fey.
Alexandre Dumas: Nothing more galling

“There is nothing more galling to angry people than the coolness of those on whom they wish to vent their spleen.” —Alexandre Dumas.
Bob Black: You are what you do

“You are what you do. If you do boring, stupid, monotonous work, chances are you’ll end up boring, stupid, and monotonous.” —Bob Black, writer.
Simon Sinek: Mature companies

“Mature companies fail because they forget WHY they were born.” —Simon Sinek.
Jim DeMint: Greatest title in the world

#ParentsDay
Stanley Kubrick: Pity

“You’re an idealist, and I pity you as I would the village idiot.” —Stanley Kubrick.
Banfield, Eriksson and Walkingshaw: Product leadership

“A great leader almost always has great management skills….A product manager may be a good or bad leader, but a good product leader must be a good product manager too.”—Richard Banfield, Martin Eriksson, and Nate Walkingshaw, from the introduction of Product Leadership.
Garrett Martin Johnston: Biggest threat

“Technology by itself is not the real disrupter. Being non-customer centric is the biggest threat to any business.”—Garrett Martin Johnston.
George Soros: Forgiving

“I recognize that I may be wrong…I am a very critical person who looks for defects in myself as well as in others. But, being so critical, I am also quite forgiving. I couldn’t recognize my mistakes if I couldn’t forgive myself. To others, being wrong is a source of shame; to me, recognizing my…
Simon Sinek: Leaders and recognition

“Leaders don’t look for recognition from others. Leaders look for others to recognize.” —Simon Sinek.
Arthur Balfour: Forgiving and forgetting

“I never forgive, but I always forget.” —Arthur Balfour.
Simon Sinek: General feeling

“Bad days don’t make it a bad job. Good days don’t make it a good job. Like a relationship, it’s the general feeling we get when we think about our work, and not the excitement or stress on any particular day, that defines our fulfillment.” —Simon Sinek.
Adam Robinson: Focused attention

“If you feel a negative emotion, including fear, your attention is on the wrong place. Your attention should be focused on one of two things: the task at hand, or other people.” -Adam Robinson.
Jennifer Lopez: How they smell

“I judge people on how they smell, not how they look.” —Jennifer Lopez.
Albert Einstein: Future thinking

“A new type of thinking is essential if mankind is to survive and move toward higher levels…. Past thinking and methods did not prevent world wars. Future thinking must prevent wars.” —Albert Einstein.
Raymond Chandler: Reason and creation

“The more you reason the less you create.” —Raymond Chandler.
Marcus Aurelius: People

“People are our proper occupation. Our job is to do them good and put up with them.” —Marcus Aurelius.
Willem Dafoe: Work from mystery

“I think on some level, you do your best things when you’re a little off-balance, a little scared. You’ve got to work from mystery, from wonder, from not knowing.” —Willem Dafoe.
Simon Sinek: Friends

“Our friends don’t love us for what we do. Our friends love us for who we are.” —Simon Sinek.
William Faulkner: Always dream

“Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Don’t bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.” —William Faulkner,writer.
Werner Vogels: Decentralization

“To be clear; I am a believer in decentralization. Having built systems with that I can tell you it is not the magic dust you are looking for.” —Amazon CTO Werner Vogels.
Henry Ward Beecher: Worry

“It is not work that kills men; it is worry. Work is healthy; you can hardly put more upon a man than he can bear. Worry is rust upon the blade. It is not the revolution that destroys the machinery but the friction.” —HENRY WARD BEECHER.
Ernest Hemingway: Forced to be drunk

“An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools.” —Ernest Hemingway.
Simon Sinek: Leading

“Leading is not the same as being a leader. Leading means others are willing to follow, not because they have to, but because they want to.” —Simon Sinek.
Edgar Degas: Art

“Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.” —Edgar Degas.
Samantha LeVan: Numbers

“Your opinion won’t matter. It’s important that you prove your point with numbers.” —Samantha LeVan.
John McCain: Truth about ourselves

“We cannot forever hide the truth about ourselves, from ourselves.” — John McCain.
Carlos Santana: Instrument of peace

“The most valuable possession you can own is an open heart. The most powerful weapon you can be is an instrument of peace.” —Carlos Santana.
Simon Sinek: Failure

“The only ones who fear failure are those who have never tasted it.” —Simon Sinek.
Simon Sinek: Leader’s job

“A movement exists only when people choose to work together in one direction. The leader’s job is to inspire the people to move.” —Simon Sinek.
Stephen Grellet: I shall not pass this way again

“I shall pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do or any kindness that I can show to any human being, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.” —Stephen Grellet.
Winston Churchill: Optimist

“I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else.” —-Winston Churchill.
Nelson Mandela: Many more hills to climb

“After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.” —Nelson Mandela.
Simon Sinek: Trust

“Trust is a beautiful thing. It feels good to give it and it feels good when others give it to us.” —Simon Sinek.
William James: Forgetting and remembering

“In the practical use of our intellect, forgetting is as important as remembering.” —William James.
Angela Merkel: Politics

“Whoever decides to dedicate their life to politics knows that earning money isn’t the top priority.” —Angela Merkel.
Alex Marwood: Changing point

“Most people have to get to a point where they don’t have a choice before they’ll change something.” —Alex Marwood.
Maryam Mirzakhani: Rarely

“I think it’s rarely about what you actually learn in class . . . it’s mostly about things that you stay motivated to go and continue to do on your own.” —Maryam Mirzakhani.
Katrina Kaif: Beauty differs

“You have to understand, beauty differs from country to country. When I came to India, I found my sense of belonging and appreciation. People thought I was beautiful.” —Katrina Kaif.
Brendan Behan: New York

“New York is my Lourdes, where I go for spiritual refreshment; a place where you’re least likely to be bitten by a wild goat.” —Brendan Behan.
Seneca: Seize what flees

“Let us therefore set out whole-heartedly, leaving aside our many distractions and exert ourselves in this single purpose, before we realize too late the swift and unstoppable flight of time and are left behind. As each day arises, welcome it as the very best day of all, and make it your own possession. We must…
Annie Dillard: Careful

“He is careful of what he reads, for that is what he will write. He is careful of what he learns, for that is what he will know.” —Annie Dillard.