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“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
― Albert Einstein

“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
― Robert Frost

“Be prepared to re-examine your reasoning”
― Robert S. McNamara

“We see what we want to believe.”
― Robert McNamara

“Rationality will not save us.”
― Robert S. McNamara

“Details matter, it's worth waiting to get it right.”
― Steve Jobs

“Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.”
― Steve Jobs

“It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it.”
― Maurice Switzer, Mrs. Goose, Her Book

“Between the idea
And the reality
Between the motion
And the act
Falls the Shadow”
― T.S. Eliot, The Hollow Men

“Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.”
― Aristotle

“Anybody can become angry — that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way — that is not within everybody's power and is not easy.”
― Aristotle

“Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives - choice, not chance, determines your destiny.”
― Aristotle

“Those who know, do. Those that understand, teach.”
― Aristotle

“The serial killer Gary Gilmore summed up the attitude of someone without moral feelings: “I was always capable of murder.… I can become totally devoid of feelings of others, unemotional. I know I’m doing something grossly fucking wrong. I can still go ahead and do it.”
― Paul Bloom, Just Babies: The Origins of Good and Evil

“Man can live about forty days without food, about three days without water, about eight minutes without air...but only for one second without hope.”
― Hal Lindsey

“Lying makes a probem part of the future; truth makes a problem part of the past.”
― Rick Pitino, Lead to Succeed: 10 Traits of Great Leadership in Business and Life

“Better the devil you know than the devil you don't.”
― Jack Heath, The Lab

“I think; therefore I am.”
― Rene Descartes

“Cogito ergo sum. (I think, therefore I am.)”
― René Descartes

“If you don't believe there's a price for this sweet paradise, just remind me to show you the scars.”
― Bob Dylan

“Those who can -- do. Those who can't -- teach.”
― H.L. Mencken

“Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.”
― Margaret Thatcher

“The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.”
― Margaret Thatcher

“The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.”
― G.K. Chesterton