Observations
Copyright 1995-9 Mark T. Shirey
- Where there's smoke, there's smoke.
- If there's a fine line, be extra careful that you're on the right side of it.
- If you don't know where you're going, you'll get there - like it or not!
- The road to nowhere's paved with plans that never quite got done.
- The enemies are laziness and pretentiousness.
- "I love you" is the most you can say in the fewest words.
- The only way to turn water into wine is with a vineyard.
- People are great and life is good, let us thank THEM for our food.
- Poor is the person whose pleasure depends on approval. (after Madonna)
- Disillusionment is a good thing; to be disillusioned is to be enlightened.
- It's more important to know where the information is than what it is.
- Success is the act of setting reasonable goals and achieving them.
- Thinkers used to be in charge of progress; now businesses are.
- There is no meaning but the mind's. (after Shakespeare)
- Learn to edit before you've said it.
- Small victories win wars.
- Belief in untrue things is immoral.
- There are many reasons for everything.
shirey@acm.org 2000-05-23
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