Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity. All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. If you haven't got anything nice to say about anybody, come sit next to me. All right, Brain, I don't like you and you don't like me -- so let's just do this and I'll get back to killing you with beer. Luck is the residue of design. Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth. Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action. Black holes are where God divided by zero. Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life. Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life. You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club. You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club. Where are we going, and why am I in this handbasket? You can widen your life by yourself, but to deepen it you need a friend. Each encounter that becomes a friendship turns into a lifeline. One can never have too many, only too many to properly take care of. I think 'Hail to the Chief' has a nice ring to it. Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life. Egotist: a person more interested in himself than in me. Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens. Don't be so humble - you are not that great The power of accurate observation is frequently called cynicism by those who don't have it. I heard someone tried the monkeys-on-typewriters bit trying for the plays of W. Shakespeare, but all they got was the collected works of Francis Bacon. Be nice to people on your way up because you meet them on your way down. I would like to believe when I die that I have given myself away like a tree that sows seed every spring and never counts the loss, because it is not loss, it is adding to future life. It is the tree's way of being. Strongly rooted perhaps, but spilling out its treasure on the wind. Luck is the residue of design. Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now I have six children and no theories. Reality is an illusion that occurs due to lack of alcohol. The game of life is not so much in holding a good hand as playing a poor hand well. What do you take me for, an idiot? Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life. When we drink, we get drunk. When we get drunk, we fall asleep. When we fall asleep, we commit no sin. When we commit no sin, we go to heaven. So, let's all get drunk and go to heaven! Be nice to people on your way up because you meet them on your way down. It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims. Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome. When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite. Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal. A little inaccuracy sometimes saves a ton of explanation. When love is not madness, it is not love. Three o'clock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do. Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut. Take away love and our earth is a tomb. I've had a wonderful time, but this wasn't it. The Eskimo has fifty-two names for snow because it is important to them; there ought to be as many for love. In the end, everything is a gag. Always remember that I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me. Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure. Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action. A little inaccuracy sometimes saves a ton of explanation. It is much more comfortable to be mad and know it, than to be sane and have one's doubts. Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo. God, please save me from your followers! Do, or do not. There is no 'try'. Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems. Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now I have six children and no theories. I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a ... brain operation. Reality is an illusion that occurs due to lack of alcohol. Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome. Time is never wasted when you're wasted all the time. Give me a woman who loves beer and I will conquer the world. All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. I would like to believe when I die that I have given myself away like a tree that sows seed every spring and never counts the loss, because it is not loss, it is adding to future life. It is the tree's way of being. Strongly rooted perhaps, but spilling out its treasure on the wind. A doctor can bury his mistakes but an architect can only advise his clients to plant vines. When I am working on a problem I never think about beauty. I only think about how to solve the problem. Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one. God, please save me from your followers! Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. The secret of success is to know something nobody else knows. Distance between two hearts is not an obstacle; rather a great reminder of just how strong true love can be. Love is the energy of the soul Love is what heals the personality. There is nothing that cannot be healed by love. There is nothing but love. Begin doing what you want to do now We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand and melting like a snowflake. Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning. A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems. Egotist: a person more interested in himself than in me. All love shifts and changes. I don't know if you can be wholeheartedly in love all the time. This book fills a much-needed gap. I think 'Hail to the Chief' has a nice ring to it. Touch is the most fundamental sense. A baby experiences it, all over, before he is born and long after he learns to use sight, hearing, or taste, and no human ever ceases to need it. Keep your children short on pocket money - but long on hugs. The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work. Give me a museum and I'll fill it. In the end, everything is a gag. There are two ways of constructing a software design; one way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult. A positive attitude will not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. You can widen your life by yourself, but to deepen it you need a friend. It's kind of fun to do the impossible.
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