Always listen to experts. They'll tell you what can't be done, and why. Then do it. I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter. I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a shp, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects. Logic is in the eye of the logician.In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. I'm living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to be living apart. If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome. A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea. Of cheerfulness, or a good temper - the more it is spent, the more of it remains. The only difference between me and a madman is that I'm not mad. A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems. Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems. Give me chastity and continence, but not yet. Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo. I'll sleep when I'm dead. Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut. I would have made a good Pope. Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo. The great thing about a computer notebook is that no matter how much you stuff into it, it doesn't get bigger or heavier. An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools. A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a shp, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects. 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. Whenever I climb I am followed by a dog called 'Ego'. Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. Any man who is under 30, and is not a liberal, has not heart; and any man who is over 30, and is not a conservative, has no brains. The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be regarded as a criminal offense. Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light. 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. No elected body is the country, we are the country. You and me. Us. It can only stay that way as long as we care to keep it so. Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens. Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance. The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free. First, society begins by trying to beat you up. If this fails, they try to poison you. If this fails too, the finish by loading honors on your head. You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club. When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world. I'd rather have a bottle in front of me, than a frontal lobotomy. Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal. The power of accurate observation is frequently called cynicism by those who don't have it. Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure. First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving us wordy evidence of the fact. Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action. In the end, everything is a gag. A witty saying proves nothing. Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so. His ignorance is encyclopedic Sleep is an excellent way of listening to an opera. When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world. It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid. Too often we give our children answers to remember rather than problems to solve. A woman drove me to drink and I didn't even have the decency to thank her. Logic is in the eye of the logician.If you are going through hell, keep going. Egotist: a person more interested in himself than in me. Sometimes when reading Goethe I have the paralyzing suspicion that he is trying to be funny. Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them to become what they are capable of being. Whenever I climb I am followed by a dog called 'Ego'. When you're in love you never really know whether your elation comes from the qualities of the one you love, or if it attributes them to her; whether the light which surrounds her like a halo comes from you, from her, or from the meeting of your sparks. Logic is in the eye of the logician.We didn't lose the game; we just ran out of time. Those who are willing to sacrifice essential liberties for a little order, will lose both and deserve neither. Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they're yours. You can widen your life by yourself, but to deepen it you need a friend. Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it Grove giveth and Gates taketh away. Talent does what it can; genius does what it must. Very little is needed to make a happy life. It is all within yourself, in your way of thinking. There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf life. 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. Don't be so humble - you are not that great. Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value. Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within. C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot; C++ makes it harder, but when you do, it blows away your whole leg. Talent does what it can; genius does what it must. Egotist: a person more interested in himself than in me. Solitude, if rightly used, becomes not only a privilege but a necessity. Only a superficial soul fears to fraternize with itself. 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. Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value. A book may lie dormant for fifty years or for two thousand years in a forgotten corner of a library, only to reveal, upon being opened, the marvels or the abysses that it contains, or the line that seems to have been written for me alone. In this respect the writer is not different from any other human being: whatever we say or do can have far-reaching consequences. It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity. Thank you for sending me a copy of your book - I'll waste no time reading it. No dictator, no invader, can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever. There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom. Against that power, governments and tyrants and armies cannot stand. Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving us wordy evidence of the fact. I'd rather have a bottle in front of me, than a frontal lobotomy. Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.
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