Image of Nathaniel Borenstein
It should be noted that no ethically-trained software engineer would ever consent to write a DestroyBaghdad procedure. Basic professional ethics would instead require him to write a DestroyCity procedure, to which Baghdad could be given as a parameter.
- Nathaniel Borenstein
Collection: Writing
Image of Franny Armstrong
We have got a very short time to turn climate change around otherwise we will all die.
- Franny Armstrong
Collection: Climate
Image of Mahatma Gandhi
You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.
- Mahatma Gandhi
Collection: Faith
Image of Mark Twain
Now and then we had a hope that if we lived and were good, God would permit us to be pirates.
- Mark Twain
Collection: Pirate
Image of Benjamin Disraeli
Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Image of Will Durant
We teach more by what we are than by what we teach.
- Will Durant
Collection: Justice
Image of Tony Robbins
Successful people ask better questions, and as a result, they get better answers.
- Tony Robbins
Image of David Ogilvy
Great marketing only makes a bad product fail faster.
- David Ogilvy
Collection: Humor
Image of Mary Kay Ash
Do not desire to fit in. Desire to lead.
- Mary Kay Ash
Collection: Courage
Image of Nikola Tesla
Everyone should consider his body as a priceless gift from one whom he loves above all, a marvelous work of art, of indescribable beauty, and mystery beyond human conception, and so delicate that a word, a breath, a look, nay, a thought may injure it.
- Nikola Tesla
Collection: Inspirational
Image of Susan Sontag
A thing is a thing, not what is said of that thing.
- Susan Sontag
Collection: Said
Image of Albert Einstein
For an idea that does not first seem insane, there is no hope.
- Albert Einstein
Collection: Ideas
Image of Guy Kawasaki
If you have more money than brains, you should focus on outbound marketing, If you have more brains than money, you should focus on inbound marketing.
- Guy Kawasaki
Collection: Focus
Image of Ray Bradbury
To everything there is a season. Yes. A time to break down, and a time to build up. Yes. A time to keep silence and a time to speak. Yes.
- Ray Bradbury
Collection: Silence
Image of George Polya
Mathematics is the cheapest science. Unlike physics or chemistry, it does not require any expensive equipment. All one needs for mathematics is a pencil and paper.
- George Polya
Collection: Science
Image of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
We have an infinite number of reasons to be happy, and a serious responsibility not be serious.
- Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Collection: Responsibility
Image of Jack Kerouac
All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together.
- Jack Kerouac
Collection: Dreams
Image of Abraham Lincoln
Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.
- Abraham Lincoln
Collection: Freedom
Image of Maxwell Maltz
Man maintains his balance, poise, and sense of security only as he is moving forward.
- Maxwell Maltz
Collection: Moving
Image of Voltaire
We look to Scotland for all our ideas of civilisation.
- Voltaire
Collection: Scotland
Image of Benjamin Disraeli
The profound thinker always suspects that he is superficial.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Collection: Wisdom
Image of Chanakya
He who is prepared for the future and he who deals cleverly with any situation that may arise are both happy; but the fatalistic man who wholly depends on luck is ruined.
- Chanakya
Collection: Men
Image of John C. Maxwell
Your attitude towards failure determines your altitude after failure.
- John C. Maxwell
Collection: Attitude
Image of Mackenzie Phillips
You never know what someone is dealing with behind closed doors. You only know what you see or what you think you see.
- Mackenzie Phillips
Collection: Thinking
Image of Charlie Munger
Hard work, honesty, if you keep at it, will get you almost anything.
- Charlie Munger
Collection: Honesty
Image of Harbhajan Singh Yogi
The moment you value yourself, the whole world values you.
- Harbhajan Singh Yogi
Collection: Inspirational
Image of Jim Rohn
Ideas are information taking shape.
- Jim Rohn
Collection: Ideas
Image of Wayne Gretzky
Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.
- Wayne Gretzky
Collection: Success
Image of Florence Scovel Shinn
You must live fully in the now to make your dreams come true.
- Florence Scovel Shinn
Collection: Dream
Image of Khalil Gibran
There is a desire deep within the soul which drives man from the seen to the unseen, to philosophy and to the divine.
- Khalil Gibran
Collection: Philosophy
Image of Mark Rothko
Silence is so accurate.
- Mark Rothko
Image of Vasco da Gama
I am not afraid of the darkness. Real death is preferable to a life without living.
- Vasco da Gama
Collection: Real
Image of Rumi
Everything that is made beautiful and fair and lovely is made for the eye of one who sees.
- Rumi
Image of Rene Rivkin
I hate weekends because there is no stock market.
- Rene Rivkin
Image of Neil Armstrong
Research is creating new knowledge.
- Neil Armstrong
Collection: Knowledge
Image of Jeff Bezos
Your margin is my opportunity.
- Jeff Bezos
Collection: Opportunity
Image of Cassandra Clare
I prefer the school of life.
- Cassandra Clare
Collection: School
Image of David Deida
Live with your lips pressed against your fears, kissing your fears, neither pulling back nor aggressively violating them.
- David Deida
Collection: Kissing
Image of Richard Wilkins
Miracles start to happen when you give as much energy to your dreams as you do to your fears.
- Richard Wilkins
Collection: Inspiring
Image of William Barclay
True prayer is asking God what He wants.
- William Barclay
Collection: Prayer
Image of Francis Crick
You can do reverse engineering, but you can’t do reverse hacking.
- Francis Crick
Collection: Engineering
Image of Anne Lamott
Help, Thanks, Wow: The Three Essential Prayers.
- Anne Lamott
Collection: Prayer
Image of Louis Zamperini
God knew my needs and took care accordingly.
- Louis Zamperini
Collection: Needs
Image of Langston Hughes
What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up Like a raisin in the sun? Or does it explode?
- Langston Hughes
Image of Dale Carnegie
Naturalness is the easiest thing in the world to acquire, if you will forget yourself-forget about the impression you are trying to make.
- Dale Carnegie
Collection: Trying
Image of Leonardo da Vinci
The greatest geniuses sometimes accomplish more when they work less.
- Leonardo da Vinci
Collection: Genius
Image of Byron Katie
Who would you be without the thought that happiness depends on someone else?
- Byron Katie
Collection: Happiness
Image of Eckhart Tolle
Look at all the conflict between tribes, nations, and religions. They need their enemies, because they provide the sense of separateness on which their collective egoic identity depends.
- Eckhart Tolle
Collection: Enemy
Image of Rhonda Byrne
People are responsible for their own joy.
- Rhonda Byrne
Collection: Law Of Attraction