My Favorite Quotes

“A flute without holes, is not a flute. A donut without a hole, is a danish.”
–Ty Webbshare

“A good way to enslave a man is to make him obsess over trivia.”
–Rousseaushare

“A master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between his work and his play.”
–Lawrence Pearsall Jacksshare

“A problem well stated is a problem half solved.”
–Charles F. Ketteringshare

“A ten dollar bill is a mutual belief. If the belief isn’t present it’s worth nothing.”
–Seth Godinshare

“A witty saying proves nothing.”
–Voltaireshare

“Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.”
–William Jamesshare

“Adventure is just bad planning.”
–Roald Amundsenshare

“Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.”
–Mark Twainshare

“Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.”
–Kierkegaardshare

“Any idiot can face a crisis. It is this day-to-day living that wears you out.”
–Chekhovshare

“Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.”
–Marie Curieshare

“Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art.”
–Eleanor Rooseveltshare

“Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.”
–Confuciusshare

“Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.”
–Abraham Lincolnshare

“Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes.”
–Henry David Thoreaushare

“Choose a lane.”
–Taylor Swiftshare

“Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it.”
–Henry David Thoreaushare

“Do what you feel in your heart to be right - for you’ll be criticized anyway.”
–Eleanor Rooseveltshare

“Don’t spend a dollar’s worth of time on a ten-cent decision.”
–Peter Turlashare

“Don’t wait for people to be friendly, show them how.”
–Author Unknownshare

“Each possession I own is but a stone around my neck.”
–Albert Einsteinshare

“Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.”
–Arthur Schopenhauershare

“Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face.”
–Mike Tysonshare

“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not one bit simpler.”
–Albert Einsteinshare

“Failing is just another word for growing.”
–Salman Khanshare

“For every complex problem, there is a solution that is simple, neat, and wrong.”
–H.L. Menckenshare

“Give me generals who are lucky.”
–Napoleonshare

“Happiness depends upon ourselves.”
–Aristotleshare

“He hoped and prayed that there wasn’t an afterlife. Then he realized there was a contradiction involved here.”
–Douglas Adamsshare

“He that has patience can have what he will.”
–Benjamin Franklinshare

“He who knows how will always work for he who knows why.”
–David Lee Rothshare

“I do not know with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.”
–Albert Einsteinshare

“I mean what’s the use of all that astronomy? There isn’t any. It’s curiosity that I’m satisfying.”
–Richard Feynmanshare

“I think our planet’s immune system is trying to get rid of us.”
–Kurt Vonnegutshare

“If everything seems under control, you aren’t going fast enough.”
–Mario Andrettishare

“If mama ain’t happy, ain’t nobody happy.”
–Bruce Springsteenshare

“If you are going to invite the crowd to the party, you might as well ask them to help with the planning and cleanup. The crowd likes to be involved.”
–Jeff Howeshare

“If you aren’t embarrassed by v1 you didn’t release it early enough”
–Andy Briceshare

“If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.”
–Albert Einsteinshare

“If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.”
–Margaret Thatchershare

“If you tell the truth you don’t have to remember anything.”
–Mark Twainshare

“If you’re not a liberal at twenty you have no heart, if you’re not a conservative at forty you have no brain.”
–Winston Churchillshare

“Imagination is more important than knowledge.”
–Albert Einsteinshare

“In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.”
–Dwight D. Eisenhowershare

“In times of change, the learners will inherit the world and the learned will find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.”
–Eric Hoffershare

“Intellectuals say simple things in difficult ways. Artists say difficult things in simple ways.”
–Charles Bukowskishare

“It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.”
–Abraham Lincolnshare

“It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place.”
–H.L. Menckenshare

“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.”
–Aristotleshare

“It’s a fool who looks for logic in the chambers of the human heart.”
–Ulysses Everett McGillshare

“It’s amazing how much can be accomplished if no one cares who gets the credit.”
–John Woodenshare

“I’ve learned so much from my mistakes, I’m thinking of making a few more.”
–Author Unknownshare

Jump off the cliff and build your wings on the way down.”
–Ray Bradburyshare

“Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself.”
–Eleanor Rooseveltshare

“Many are stubborn in pursuit of the path they have chosen, few in pursuit of the goal.”
–Nietzscheshare

“Nearly all men can stand adversity. If you want to test a man’s character, give him power.”
–Abraham Lincolnshare

“Never put off till tomorrow what may be done day after tomorrow just as well.”
–Mark Twainshare

“Not all those who wander are lost.”
–J.R.R. Tolkienshare

“Nothing is as durable as a bad idea.”
–H.L. Menckenshare

“One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.”
–Henry Millershare

“Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog it’s too dark to read.”
–Groucho Marxshare

“Person who chases two rabbits catches neither.”
–Confuciusshare

“Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.”
–Aristotleshare

“Prediction is very hard, especially about the future.”
–Yogi Berrashare

“Real success is finding your lifework in the work that you love.”
–David McCulloughshare

“Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.”
–Albert Einsteinshare

“School is just society breaking the spirit of the stupid.”
–Author Unknownshare

“Security is mostly superstition. It doesn’t exist in nature.”
–Helen Kellershare

“Sex at age ninety is like trying to shoot pool with a rope.”
–George Burnsshare

“Sometimes you get the best light from a burning bridge.”
–Don Henleyshare

“Stick your head above the crowd and eventually somebody will throw a bottle at it.”
–David Lee Rothshare

“The biggest economic misunderstanding of my childhood was that people got rich from high salaries. You get truly rich by owning things that increase rapidly in value.”
–Sam Altmanshare

“The factory of the future will have only two employees, a man and a dog. The man will be there to feed the dog. The dog will be there to keep the man from touching the equipment.”
–Warren Bennisshare

“The first thing to decide before you walk into any negotiation is what to do if the other fellow says no.”
–Ernest Bevinshare

“The important thing is not to stop questioning.”
–Albert Einsteinshare

“The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold.”
–Aristotleshare

“The limits of my language are the limits of my world.”
–Ludwig Wittgensteinshare

“The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal with, but whether it’s the same problem you had last year”
–John Foster Dullesshare

“The most dangerous thing you will ever do is drive a car.”
–Author Unknownshare

“The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing.”
–Isaac Asimovshare

“The true joy in life is to be a force of fortune, not a selfish little clod of ailments and grievances.”
–George Bernard Shawshare

“There are 10 kinds of people. Those that understand binary and those that don’t.”
–Rethinshare

“There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, learning from failure”
–Colin Powellshare

“There is no greater impediment to the advancement of knowledge than the ambiguity of words.”
–Thomas Reidshare

“There is no security on this earth, there is only opportunity.”
–General Douglas MacArthurshare

“Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.”
–Groucho Marxshare

“To get what you want, you have to deserve what you want. The world is not yet a crazy enough place to reward a whole bunch of undeserving people.”
–Charlie Mungershare

“Trends that can’t continue, won’t.”
–Herbert Steinshare

“Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value.”
–Albert Einsteinshare

“Vulnerability is the birthplace of joy, creativity, belonging, and love.”
–Brene Brownshare

“We do not inherit the world from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.”
–Navajo proverbshare

“We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time.”
–T.S. Eliotshare

“Whatever you are, be a good one.”
–Abraham Lincolnshare

“When given two competing explanations for an event - one involving conspiracy and the other incompetence - always choose incompetence.”
–Dr. Richard Cottamshare

“Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart.”
–Confuciusshare

“Why do you wake up in the morning and do things? If you can’t answer that, you might as well end it now.”
–Peter Baershare

“Worry is a misuse of imagination.”
–Dan Zadrashare

“You don’t write because you want to say something, you write because you have something to say.”
–F. Scott Fitzgeraldshare

“You look to customers to define the problem, not prescribe the solution.”
–John Warnockshare