March 2008

Clarence Darrow Quotations

-I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure. -Chase after truth like hell and you’ll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat-tails. Clarence Darrow

Gordon Moore Quotations

The complexity for minimum component costs has increased at a rate of roughly a factor of two per year … Certainly over the short term this rate can be expected to continue, if not to increase. Over the longer term, the rate of increase is a bit more uncertain, although there is no reason to [...]

James Richardson Quotations

The man who sticks to his plan will become what he used to want to be. James Richardson

Jim Rohn Quotations

-There is no better opportunity to receive more than to be thankful for what you already have. Thanksgiving opens the windows of opportunity for ideas to flow your way. -No one else “makes us angry.” We make ourselves angry when we surrender control of our attitude. What someone else may have done is irrelevant. We [...]

Alban Goodier Quotations

-Those who face that which is actually before them, unburdened by the past, undistracted by the future, these are they who live, who make the best use of their lives; these are those who have found the secret of contentment. Alban Goodier

Robert A. Ward Quotations

I wish you sunshine on your path and storms to season your journey. I wish you peace in the world in which you live… More I cannot wish you except perhaps love to make all the rest worthwhile. Robert A. Ward

Charles Babbage Quotations

On two occasions I have been asked [by Members of Parliament], “Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?” I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question. Charles Babbage

Philip Larkin Quotations

Why should I let the toad work Squat on my life? … Ah, were I courageous enough To shout, Stuff your pension! But I know, all too well, that’s the stuff That dreams are made on … Philip Larkin

Francis Thompson Quotations

-In attempts to improve your character, know what is in your power and what is beyond it. -I do not believe Nature has a heart; and I suspect that, like many another beauty, she has been credited with a heart because of her face. Francis Thompson

Aaron Burr Quotations

Never do today what you can put off till tomorrow. Delay may give clearer light as to what is best to be done. Aaron Burr

Joseph M. Juran (Dr.) Quotations

Commitment is the daily triumph of integrity over skepticism. Dr. Joseph M. Juran

Gerald Brenan Quotations

When we are happy, we love Nature. When we are dull and depressed, it says nothing to us. Our feeling for it would therefore seem to be a reflection of our moods. Gerald Brenan

Robert Anthony Quotations

Most people would rather be certain they’re miserable than risk being happy. Robert Anthony