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Quotes from unkown people
The things you love are as stupid as the things you hate and are easily interchangeable. Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen. Trying to be happy is like trying to build a machine for which the only specification is that it should run noiselessly. When dealing with executives, don't complain, don't explain; they don't have the time. The difference between stubborn and persistent lies in the external perception of your success. If you have a hammer everything looks like a nail With a friend you can talk all the time, with a true friend you can be silent. Love each other for all the wrong reasons, and forgive each other for all the right ones. Be who you are and say what you mean, for those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind. We promise according to our hopes, and perform according to our fears. One of the most baffling things about getting older is how shocking we find it that anyone could be too young to remember things we remember. The basis of all love is respect. Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy. You don't become a failure until you're satisfied with being one. Subtlety is the art of saying what you think and getting out of the way before it is understood. You've got to dance like nobody's watching, and love like it's never going to hurt. I will not drag you along, I will not leave you alone; I will stand by you and have my hand there for you to hold when you need to. A real friend is someone who treat you kindly behind your back. And the robot says: "In the begining was man. Man created all things. Man, with his infinite skill, created machines in his own image. A real friend is someone who knows all about you and still respects you. You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you. When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it. Once you get people laughing, they're listening and you can tell them almost anything. The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said. If you teach someone 'what' to think, you make them a slave to your knowledge. If you teach someone 'how' to think, you make all knowledge their slave. Learning is understanding something you've understood all your life, but in a new way. Faster, Better, Cheaper; pick any two. He who knows little quickly tells it. If you want to be respected, you must respect yourself. The best index to a person's character is the way he treats people who can't do him any good or can't fight back. If you can't smile when things go wrong, you've someone in mind to blame. Absence is to love what wind is to fire. It extinguishes the small, it enkindles the great. He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever. Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't. You will never find time for anything. If you want time you must make it. Never argue over unimportant details. Even if you win, you'll have gained no advantage. Character is what you know you are, not what other think you have. Fear can hold you prisoner, hope can set you free. Nothing is interesting if you are not interested. Complain to one who can help you. We have strange and wonderful relationship. You're strange and I'm wonderful. What's right isn't always popular, what's popular isn't always right. Worry takes as much time as work and pays less. Failures are divided into two categories: Those who thought and never did, and those who did and never thought. If you don't invest very much, then defeat doesn't hurt very much and winning is not very exciting. The whole point of getting things done is knowing what to leave undone. To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, be nothing. He that never changes his opinions, never corrects his mistakes, will never be wiser tomorrow than he is today. Business is like riding a bicycle. Either you keep moving or you fall down. If you can't find the time to do it right the first time, when are you going to find time to do it over? Discoveries are made by not following instructions. The climb upwards will be easier if you take others with you. Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail. We are born with our eyes closed and our mouths open, and we spend our whole lives trying to reverse that mistake of nature. Don't dream a dream, live a dream and let reality sleep. I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it. I always wanted to be somebody, but I see now I should have been more specific. If you don't run your own life, somebody else will. The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us. The first sign of a nervous breakdown is when you start thinking your work is terribly important. If you and your partner always agree, one of you is unnecessary. Good judgment comes from experience, and experience... well, that comes from poor judgment. Be smarter than other people, just don't tell them so. There are things so serious that you can only joke about them. Children are the most expensive form of entertainment. I hope life isn't a big joke...Because I don't get it. Talk is cheap because supply exceeds demand. A conclusion is simply the place where you got tired of thinking. A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the other. Democracy is three wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for supper. Always remember you're unique, just like everyone else. The only thing worse than infinite recursion is infinite recursion. In theory, theory and practice are the same, but in practice they're different. A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God. People who work hard make many mistakes, people who work little make few mistakes, some people don't make any mistakes. Never argue with fools, they don't know when you win. You can love someone and not like the way they act. It's easier to glorify the past then to work on the future. Sex is sweet, death is bitter, love is both. Smart people learn from their mistakes, wise people learn from others' mistakes. A bore is a man who, when you ask him how he is, he tells you. Minds are like parachutes... they work best when open. |
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