Archive for the ‘Quotes’ Category
Friday, May 9th, 2008
Although pursuing productivity is laudable, more and more of what the world needs is not so much increased output, but ideas to solve complex problems. The problems being created by a population that is increasing exponentially and an environment that is on the verge of collapsing can only be solved ...
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Monday, May 5th, 2008
There was a time when a gentleman was judged on whether or not he was a man of his word. Sadly, people today don’t take those sorts of things seriously. Many people feel justified in breaking their promises when something stops being easy and pleasurable. Buck the trend. Be a ...
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Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
Trust is a function of two things: character and competence. Character includes your integrity, your motive, your intent with people. Competence includes your capabilities, your skills, your results, your track record. And both are vital.
—Covey, Stephen M.R. The Speed of Trust. New York: Free Press, 2006.
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Monday, March 24th, 2008
Software quality tools can never completely replace the gut instinct of a developer
—Russ Gray, The P.G. Wodehouse Method Of Refactoring, 24 Mar 2008
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Thursday, March 20th, 2008
…Evangelical atheism is an unwitting imitation of traditional religion: "Many militants of the secular cause look astonishingly like clergy. Worse: like caricatures of clergy."
βThe atheist delusion, 20 Mar 2008
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Thursday, March 20th, 2008
…some of the worst atrocities of modern times were committed by regimes that claimed scientific sanction for their crimes. Nazi "scientific racism" and Soviet "dialectical materialism" reduced the unfathomable complexity of human lives to the deadly simplicity of a scientific formula. In each case, the science was bogus, but it ...
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Thursday, March 20th, 2008
Zealous atheism renews some of the worst features of Christianity and Islam. Just as much as these religions, it is a project of universal conversion. Evangelical atheists never doubt that human life can be transformed if everyone accepts their view of things, and they are certain that one way of ...
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Monday, March 17th, 2008
Bottom line: Shatter big projects into little pieces. Finish and launch one piece at a time. Introduce value now…Working on, finishing, and launching one little piece at a time will help you stay motivated because you’re always working on something new.
—Tiny Projects Keep it New, Jason Fried, 17 Mar 2008
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Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
Well, all the time you spend trying to get back what’s been took from you, more is going out the door. After a while you just have to try to get a tourniquet on it.
—Ellis (Barry Corbin), No Country for Old Men
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Saturday, March 8th, 2008
If I disclose information to you, your power with respect to me increases. One way to address this power imbalance is for you to similarly disclose information to me. We both have less privacy, but the balance of power is maintained. But this mechanism fails utterly if you and I ...
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Sunday, December 16th, 2007
These quotes are all apparently real. I’m so afraid of our legal system now…
ATTORNEY: Now doctor, isnt it true that when a person dies in his sleep, he doesnt know about it until the next morning?
WITNESS: Did you actually pass the bar exam?
And just in case that didn’t scare you, ...
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Sunday, December 9th, 2007
I had a bag of fritos, they were texas grilled fritos. These fritos had grill marks on them. They remind me of something, when we used to fire up the barbeque and throw down some fritos. I can still see my dad with the apron on, better flip that frito, ...
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Sunday, December 2nd, 2007
What do you expect from such simple creatures? Your last name stays put. The garage is all yours. Wedding plans take care of themselves. Chocolate is just another snack. You can be President. You can never be pregnant. You can wear a white T-shirt to a water park. You can ...
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Wednesday, July 25th, 2007
True Christian spirituality is never a direct route. So instead, you develop a lifestyle of practices that open you up to God so that you can listen to him in the midst of this crazy world and see what happens. We cannot simply use willpower to control our life and ...
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Wednesday, June 20th, 2007
Controversy brings traffic but, more importantly, it helps define our philosophy and views.â¦We donât do this just to be difficult. We do it to take a stand for things we believe inâ¦Matt. Conflict is good for business. 22 Sep 2006 [Online] Signal vs. Noise.
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