“A problem well put is half solved.”
“When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir?”
“In God we trust. All others must bring data.”
“The point of being done is not to finish but to get other things done.”
“There are only two hard things in Computer Science: cache invalidation and naming things.”
“The end of a melody is not its goal.”
“Language does not simply describe or reflect who we are, it creates who we are.”
“At the end of the day people won't remember what you said or did, they will remember how you made them feel.”
“...(S)uffering is universal. But victimhood is optional. There is a difference between victimization and victimhood. We are all likely to be victimized in some way in the course of our lives. At some point we will suffer some kind of affliction or calamity or abuse, caused by circumstances or people or institutions over which we have little or no control. This is life. And this is victimization. It comes from outside. It's the neighborhood bully, the boss who rages, the spouse who hits, the lover who cheats, the discriminatory law, the accident that lands you in the hospital.
In contrast, victimhood comes from the inside. No one can make you a victim but you. We become victims not because of what happens to us but when we choose to hold on to our victimization. We develop a victim's mind -- a way of thinking and being that is rigid, blaming, pessimistic, stuck in the past, unforgiving, punitive, and without healthy limits or boundaries. We become our own jailors when we choose the confines of the victim's mind.”
“Perfection is achieved [...] when there is nothing left to take away.”
“I think everybody should get rich and famous and do everything they ever dreamed of so they can see that it's not the answer.”
“The gods [...] created us for a reason [...]. In the same way that the function of a fig tree is to do fig tree's work, the function of a dog is to do a dog's work, and the function of a bee is to do a bee's work, the function of a man is to do man's work[...]. What, then, is the function of a man? Our primary function [...] is to be rational. To discover our secondary functions, we need only apply our reasoning ability.
What we will discover is that we were designed to live among other people and interact with them in a manner that is mutually advantageous; we will discover [...] that 'human nature is very much like that of bees, A bee is not able to live alone: it perishes when isolated.' We will likewise discover that [...] 'fellowship is the purpose behind our creation.' Thus, a person who performs well the function of man will be both rational and social.”
“Embarrassment is an under-explored emotion. Go out there and make a fool of yourself.”
“Nothing is worth doing pointlessly.”
“Don’t take criticism from someone you wouldn’t take advice from.”