Great quotes as always! Some of my faves this week:
David Mamet:
“Worry is interest paid in advance on a debt that never comes due.”
“Train yourself for a profession that does not [yet] exist.”
Groucho Marx:
“The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you’ve got it made.”
“Why a four-year-old child could understand this report! Run out and find me a four-year-old child, I can’t make head or tail of it.”
Robert K. Merton:
“Anticipatory plagiarism occurs when someone steals your original idea and publishes it a hundred years before you were born.”
“Most institutions demand unqualified faith; but the institution of science makes skepticism a virtue.”
Kevin Kelly:
“At this point in our history, sharing something that has not been shared before, or in a new way, is the surest way to increase its value.”
“Any believable prediction will be wrong. Any correct prediction will be unbelievable.”
Charlie Chaplin:
“Nothing is permanent in this wicked world — not even our troubles.”
“Human beings...want to live by each other’s happiness - not by each other’s misery. We don’t want to hate and despise one another. In this world there is room for everyone.”
Dear Jim,
Great quotes as always! Some of my faves this week:
David Mamet:
“Worry is interest paid in advance on a debt that never comes due.”
“Train yourself for a profession that does not [yet] exist.”
Groucho Marx:
“The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you’ve got it made.”
“Why a four-year-old child could understand this report! Run out and find me a four-year-old child, I can’t make head or tail of it.”
Robert K. Merton:
“Anticipatory plagiarism occurs when someone steals your original idea and publishes it a hundred years before you were born.”
“Most institutions demand unqualified faith; but the institution of science makes skepticism a virtue.”
Kevin Kelly:
“At this point in our history, sharing something that has not been shared before, or in a new way, is the surest way to increase its value.”
“Any believable prediction will be wrong. Any correct prediction will be unbelievable.”
Charlie Chaplin:
“Nothing is permanent in this wicked world — not even our troubles.”
“Human beings...want to live by each other’s happiness - not by each other’s misery. We don’t want to hate and despise one another. In this world there is room for everyone.”
Lucille Ball:
“I believe that we’re as happy in life as we make
up our minds to be.”
Thank you for sharing!
Love
Myq