Ben

“In raising problems without solutions, in posing questions without answers, in retreating to the hermetic, cavernous abode of complaint, pessimism is guilty of that most inexcusable of Occidental crimes—the crime of not pretending it’s for real. Pessimism fails to live up to the most basic tenet of philosophy—the “as if.” Think as if it will be helpful, act as if it will make a difference, speak as if there is something to say, live as if you are not, in fact, being lived by some murmuring non-entity both shadowy and muddied.”
― Eugene Thacker, Cosmic Pessimism

“People are policy! Without the best people in place, the best ideas don’t matter. —DR. ED FEULNER”
― Donald Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld's Rules: Leadership Lessons in Business, Politics, War, and Life

“[Y]ou cannot mention everything in its proper place, you must choose, between the things not worth mentioning and those and those even less so.”
― Samuel Beckett, Molloy

“When I consider life, 't is all a cheat;
Yet, fooled with hope, men favour the deceit,
Trust on and think to-morrow will repay;
To-morrow's falser than the former day.”
― John Dryden