Quotable Quotes

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Some things that I find useful to keep in mind.

• We are all merely specs, the aggregate of which shall be the History of the Universe
• Perfect is not a practical word. Perfection...its a moving target that's always just a little bit ahead of you.
• It is not necessary to try everything at least once. Just don't judge that which you do not try.
• If you feel that something being asked of you is unreasonable then you should have the guts to stand up for yourself and just say no
• We all perform at our best only when we feel that we are slightly threatened. (Amir Atiya)
• The only reason we yearn to live is because of the finality and inevitability of death.
• A picture is trully worth a thousand words.
• Necessity is often the mother of invention but many a break through has been the result of the pleasurable intellectual doodlings of a curious mind. (paraphrased from A. N. Whitehead)
• A teacher affects eternity, for no one can tell where his influence stops. (Henry Adams)
• The way that can be walked is not the perfect way. The word that can be said is not the perfect word.
• If it weren't for that infamous last minute, nothing would ever get done.
• To prove something to someone, it only suffices to convince them that it is true.
• All roads lead to Rome. The key issue is how fast do they get you there?
• We are all regularized by our parents.
• When solving a problem, it is not necessary, but sometimes easier to solve a more general problem.
• A mathematician who assumes nothing also proves nothing.
• Natura non fecit saltum.
• In hope we derive pleasure, even if those hopes turned out in vain. (Egyptian saying)
• Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you did not do than the things that you did do.
• Don't ask a man on a sinking ship to swim to shore; send him some help.
• A curious human condition is curiosity: we try even though sometimes we fail.
• The reasonable man adapts himself to a changing environment. The unreasonable man changes his environment to suit him. We are indebted to the unreasonable man, for therein lies all progress.
• If you are about to kill someone, there is no harm in being polite. (Churchill)
• Is it better to well being for everyone with inequality, or suffering for everyone with equality? (Churchill)