Some Favorite Quotes

· “Nothing is less productive than to make more efficient what should not be done at all.”

Peter Drucker

· “A manager should be like the sweeper in curling: The sweeper runs ahead of the stone and sweeps away debris from the path of the stone so that the progress of the stone will be smooth and undisturbed.”

Richard P. Gabriel

· “If you are always pressing the envelope, you will suffer many paper cuts.”

Scott Fahlman

· “When I do good, I feel good; when I do bad, I feel bad, and that is my religion.”

Abraham Lincoln

· “Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to be always part of unanimity.”

Christopher Morley

· The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.

Terry Pratchett

· "If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop diggin'."

Attributed to Will Rogers

· “Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from poor judgment.”

Attributed to Will Rogers

· “Don't worry about people stealing an idea. If it's original, you will have to ram it down their throats.”

Howard Aiken

· “The early bird may get the worm, but it’s the second mouse who gets the cheese.”

Source Unknown

· "The purpose of time is to keep everything from happening at once.
It's not working."

Source Unknown

· "I have always wished that my computer would be as easy to use as my telephone. My wish has come true. I no longer know how to use my telephone."

Bjarne Stroustrup

· "Writing is easy. All you do is stare at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead."

Gene Fowler

· “The enemy of clear language is insincerity.”

George Orwell

· "Mathematics has given economics rigor, but alas, also mortis."

Robert Heilbroner

· "Millions long for immortality who don't know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon.

Susan Ertz

· “We like to praise birds for their ability to fly, but how much of that is actually flying, and how much is just coasting from the last flap?”

Jack Handey

· "If you can't take the heat, don't tickle the dragon."

Scott Fahlman, with apologies to Harry S Truman

· "Never eat more than you can lift."

Miss Piggy