January 2009
7 posts
“‘Tis sometimes the height of wisdom to feign ignorance.”
– Cato the Elder (234-149 BC)
“Don’t worry about people stealing an idea. If it’s original, you...”
– Howard Aiken, American computer scientist
“Speak the truth but leave immediately after.”
– Slovenian proverb
December 2008
15 posts
“You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in...”
– Winston Churchill
“The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.”
– W. B. Yeats in The Second Coming.
“Why did Mozart compose music?”
– Jonas Salk’s response when asked why he chose research over practising medicine.
“ਕਿਰਤ ਦੀ ਲੁੱਟ, ਸਭ ਤੋਂ ਖਤਰਨਾਕ ਨਹੀਂ ਹੁੰਦੀ
ਪੁਲਿਸ ਦੀ ਕੁੱਟ, ਸਭ ਤੋਂ ਖਤਰਨਾਕ ਨਹੀਂ ਹੁੰਦੀ...”
– ਅਵਤਾਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਪਾਸ਼
“With four parameters I can fit an elephant and with five I can make him wiggle...”
– John von Neumann
“Do not attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.”
– Unknown
“Some day your entire life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it’s...”
– Unknown
“ਝੂਠਾ ਇਹੁ ਸੰਸਾਰੁ ਕਿਨਿ ਸਮਝਾਈਐ ॥
This world is illusory, but only a few understand...”
– Sri Guru Granth Sahib
“A [person] is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.”
– John Barrymore
“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.”
– Thomas A. Edison
“Most people fail in life because they major in minor things.”
– Anthony Robbins
“Before enlightenment: chop wood, carry water;
After enlightenment: chop wood,...”
– An old Zen saying.