Laughing at our mistakes can lengthen our own life. Laughing at someone else’s can shorten it.
Cyril Connolly
That one sounds familiar. I’m pretty sure I saw it in a John D. MacDonald novel years ago.
“I’d rather ask a stupid question than make a stupid mistake because I didn’t ask.”
Me
I took a speed reading course and read ‘War and Peace’ in twenty minutes. It involves Russia.
Woody Allen
“Find the good. It’s all around you. Find it, showcase it and you’ll start believing in it.”
- Jesse Owens
“Never make excuses. Your friends don’t need them and your foes won’t believe them.”
― John Wooden, Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court
The most technologically efficient machine that man has ever invented is the book.
Northrop Frye
Your opinion although interesting is irrelevant.
I reject your reality and substitute my own.
-Adam Savage
Things work out best for those who make the best of how things work out.
John Wooden
May I add what I told my children…
“If you don’t believe me, Ask Me”
A different language is a different vision of life.-Federico Fellini
A couple to add
“I’d rather be looking at it than looking for it”
Heard from an old friend
“The only person that never makes a mistake is the person that doesn’t do anything”
Me
“I can explain it to you, but I can’t make you understand it.”
-a former boss
I’ve heard something similar - “I can explain it to you, but I can’t understand it for you.”
Here’s a quote by one of Northrop’s relatives, Philip J.:
“People said I was dumb, but I proved them.”
I’d rather be thought a fool than open my mouth and confirm it.
It’s not uncommon for one of the engineers here to go into a long detailed explanation about something, and then ask “Did that make sense?” My standard reply is “Probably, but I didn’t understand it.”
Those willing to sacrifice freedom for a sense of security deserve neither.
Benjamin Franklin