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1. Re: Non-technical Thread: Favorite Quotes
Rick Becker Feb 28, 2018 7:33 AM (in response to Dennis Dohogne)I have several hanging in my office. Here's one...
I'm not a genius,
Just a tremendous bundle of experience.
R. Buckminster Fuller
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2. Re: Non-technical Thread: Favorite Quotes
Rick Becker Feb 28, 2018 7:36 AM (in response to Dennis Dohogne)A smooth sea never made a skillful sailor.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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3. Re: Non-technical Thread: Favorite Quotes
Doug Seibel Feb 28, 2018 7:45 AM (in response to Dennis Dohogne)I have a collection that I keep handy as well...
It is human nature to think wisely and act foolishlyAnatole France
Integrity has no need of rules
Albert CamusEven if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there
Will RogersA critic is a man who knows the way but can’t drive the car
Kenneth TynanAdmitting error clears the score-and proves you wiser than before
Arthur GuitermanThe best way to escape from a problem is to solve it
Brendan FrancisThe trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism
Norman Vincent PealeThe hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn
David RussellThe deepest principle of human nature is the craving to be appreciated
William JamesMoney can’t buy happiness, but it can buy the kind of misery you prefer
Hobart BrownWe must use the time as a tool not as a couchJohn F. KennedyPeople are always ready to recognize a man’s ability…after he gets there
Bob EdwardsFreedom is a system based on courage
Charles PeguyA problem well stated is a problem half solved
Charles F. KetteringDestiny is not a matter of chance it is a mater of choice, it is not a thing to be waited for, but something to be achieved
William Jennings BryanConversation means being able to disagree and still continue the discussion
Dwight MacDonaldIf you don’t know where you are going, you will probably end up somewhere else
Laurence J. PeterThere are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots; the other, wings
Hadding CarterThe time to relax is when you don’t have time for it
Sydney J. HarrisDiscussion is an exchange of knowledge; argument an exchange of ignorance
Robert QuillenDo what you can, with what you have, where you are
Theodore RooseveltThe trouble with self-made men is that they worship their creator
UnknownIt’s always helpful to learn from your mistakes because then your mistakes seem worthwhile
Gary MarshallThe highest reward for a man’s toil is not what he gets for it, but what he becomes by it
John RuskinTo acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe
Marilyn Vos SavantWe come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly
Sam KeenA bend in the road is not the end of the road…unless you fail to make the turnUnknown
There’s no limit to what a man can do, or where he can go, if he doesn’t mind who gets the credit
Ronald Reagan
The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand.
Frank Herbert
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4. Re: Non-technical Thread: Favorite Quotes
Ian Worrall Feb 28, 2018 7:43 AM (in response to Dennis Dohogne)No matter where you go, there you are.
Buckaroo Banzai
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5. Re: Non-technical Thread: Favorite Quotes
Dennis Dohogne Feb 28, 2018 7:50 AM (in response to Dennis Dohogne)When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong.
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6. Re: Non-technical Thread: Favorite Quotes
Steve Calvert Feb 28, 2018 7:56 AM (in response to Ian Worrall)Excuse me, is someone out there not having a good time?
No matter where you go has always been my favorite quote (and I've said it here on numerous times)
Steve C
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7. Re: Non-technical Thread: Favorite Quotes
Todd Blacksher Feb 28, 2018 8:01 AM (in response to Dennis Dohogne)"I suppose it is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail."
-Abraham Maslow
(I tend to paraphrase this as "When the only tool you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail." - I looked it up, because I wanted to get it right.)
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8. Re: Non-technical Thread: Favorite Quotes
Steve Calvert Feb 28, 2018 8:05 AM (in response to Dennis Dohogne)From the A-Team movie
Flight Control Commander: Are they trying to shoot down the other drone?
Capt. Charisa Sosa: No, they're trying to fly that tank.
Steve C
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9. Re: Non-technical Thread: Favorite Quotes
Dennis Dohogne Feb 28, 2018 8:05 AM (in response to Dennis Dohogne)The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.
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10. Re: Non-technical Thread: Favorite Quotes
Rick Becker Feb 28, 2018 8:09 AM (in response to Dennis Dohogne)We tend to look at things from a "scarcity perspective".
We see what didn't happen.
The challenge is looking at it from the "abundance perspective".
What actually happened?
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11. Re: Non-technical Thread: Favorite Quotes
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12. Re: Non-technical Thread: Favorite Quotes
Don Carter Feb 28, 2018 8:18 AM (in response to Dennis Dohogne)I know that you believe
that you understand
what you think I said,
but I'm not sure that you realize
that what you heard
is not what I meant.
- Unknown
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13. Re: Non-technical Thread: Favorite Quotes
Rick Becker Feb 28, 2018 8:24 AM (in response to Dennis Dohogne)Wise decisions are the result of experience.
Experience is the result or unwise decisions.
Mark Twain
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14. Re: Non-technical Thread: Favorite Quotes
Glenn Schroeder Feb 28, 2018 8:27 AM (in response to Dennis Dohogne)"I spent half my money on wine, women, and song...and like a fool I squandered the rest."
Benny Hill (and similar from W. C. Fields and others)