Quotable Quotes
Some things that I find useful to keep in mind.
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We are all merely specs, the aggregate of which shall be the History
of the Universe
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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.
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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
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We all perform at our best only when we feel that we are slightly
threatened. (Amir Atiya)
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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.
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A curious human condition is curiosity:
we try even though sometimes we fail.
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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.
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If you are about to kill someone, there is no harm in being polite.
(Churchill)
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Is it better to well being for everyone with inequality, or suffering for
everyone with equality? (Churchill)