ralf chlipalski's Blog Entries
Electrical Engineer
December 26, 2009
Worked for Gandalf data ltd from 1983 to 1997. Then joined Nortel as a senior engineer until the tech crash in 2001. Decided to take a year off improving my house but then returned to find engineering had left Canada and there were few jobs and too many people looking. Couldn't find work for 6 years except hauling lumber and some carpentry work part time. Hated the trades. Then got a help desk job for Dell. Hated that as well. Spent another year unemployed. An engineering degree is worse than a criminal record because no one will hire you thinking you'll leave for your big engineering job.Been inventing for 3 years and have been in the Dragons' Den 3 times (a Canadian TV show). So far, can't make it past R5 in Edison Nation.
Where I'm at
December 26, 2009
Don't like facebook at all but maintain an account for long lost friends to find me. Username: ralfcis. That's the same username I use for everything. I'm on twitter where I generate a lot of thoughts in the form of quotes which I store under Ralfcism and Quotesniper.I'm no longer active on the Dragons' Den forum http://www.cbc.ca/dragonsden/index.html. I have two videos from my Dragons' Den appearances http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktx5l-vio0U and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eVEVPO5Y_o . Was in the Den again in 2010 (but it didn't air) and made it to air in 2011 (search youtube Enventor Man). They also aired an update segment but it's not on youtube. For 2012, they told me to stay away and not even try out for fear that I would make it on again despite their better judgement.
my quotes
March 29, 2010
3. "The mark of a great man is how he shows he cares." Isn’t that the mark of the average woman? 4. Winning's never a given; it's a taken. 5. Humility is often confused with weakness, pride with strength. 6. Persistence is fertile! 7. Behind every great man is a woman who wonders what all the fuss is about. 8. Cash is the sincerest form of flattery. 9. If it sounds too good to be true, you're right! 10. Shared values are essential to shared views. 12. A beauty of aging together is, the most beautiful views are ageless. 13. Young men do, while wise men argue. 14. An idea is magic. It grabs hold and beckons, "Come follow me into madness." 15. Intelligence is only useful when its use is compelled. 16. Control's an illusion, just like lack of it. 17. Evil is the triumph of torment and power over hope. 18. Power is never held by holding. 19. The creative are often confused with the crazy. 20. If you think with your gut, digest with your brain. 21. Life's an oyster and we're just a bunch of shuckers. 22. Truth neither holds nor denies allegiance. 23. Offence doesn't get very far without being taken. 24. Many confuse the ability to learn with the ability to reason. 25. Truth: people unwilling to tell it or accept it are often offended by it. 26. If it didn't pay to be honest, who would support the dishonest. 27. The trick to relationships is meeting the standards of someone meeting mine. 28. Loyalty is the spore of corruption, which like mold, grows hidden from view. 29. An idea comes from nothing and, not put into action, remains nothing. 30. Freedom is the cradle of accomplishment. 31. Great accomplishments arise when limits, responsibilities and attachments are shed. 32. Change is where talent met opportunity. 33. Love! Never has so much been said by so many for so few. 34. Loyalty bridges the gaps of uncertainty in the people we trust. 35. Actions must be judged by selfish intent, execution and consequence. 36. Freedom of action does not guarantee freedom from consequence. 37. It ain’t the truth 'til someone gets hurt. 38. Conscience will turn to help with the same hand that just pushed you down. 39. A "pert" is a humble person who doesn't overbear with opinions or credentials. That explains all the ex-perts! 40. Most people never let facts get in the way of their opinions. 41. People misinterpret what I say. That makes us even. 42. Put your finger in the dyke and keep pluggin away. 43. To fully appreciate what is, one must at times consider what isn’t. 44. When you’ve loved and lost, never consider any of it a loss. 45. A Palin-drone is just as annoying in reverse. 46. Gauge every disaster by whether it'll really matter in 5 yrs, then check back in 5 yrs. 47. The path to glory is lined with headstones; the trick is to stay on the path. 48. When wealth is used to acquire power, capitalism and democracy can no longer co-exist. 49. TV’s proven what’s learned in the 5th grade, stays in the 5th grade. 50. Creation is the storehouse of time's endeavors. 51. If you blow the first impression, shoot for the lasting impression. 52. Nobody's perfect, nor should they be. 53. Good grammer is the first indication of intelligence; spelling the 2nd. 54. Democracy cannot endure without the separation of cash and state. 55. Apparently the only beliefs that work are the ones that can't be questioned. 56. Life depends on selfish acts but quality of life depends on unselfish ones. 57. Time extracts the patterns from chaos. 58. You have to hurdle the first laugh, to get the last laugh. 59. Home is a haven safe from new experiences, discoveries & opportunities. Home is the unluckiest place on the planet. 60. Love my haters cuz baby Jesus told me so. 61. The “Law of Attraction” seems to work fine for the attractive. 62. If we made each moment memorable, we'd spend a lot of time reminiscing. 63. Politics is the delicate balance between being true to oneself and being true to others. 64. At least be sure of yourself because others, quite frankly, won't be. 65. Prophecy always comes true; if not, it was heeded in time. 66. "The Secrect": Believe and things work out; if they don't, you didn't. 67. You never have to admit you're wrong if you have the credentials to back it up. 68. Bulltruth! I'm saying it's bull but you're hearing it's truth. 69. If a Republican speaks in the forest and there's no one around to hear him . . . it's a start. 70. Republicans conspire against the common good for their own good. 71. Politicians are people of the highest integrity. Most have been bought and paid for and deeply honor their commitments. 72. If I lived as if I'll die today, I'd have a lot of 'splainin to do tomorrow. 73. Too bad everything's a pyramid and not a tower, then there'd be as much room at the top as there is at the bottom. 74. Appeal to their hearts and their minds will follow. Appeal to their minds and fuggedaboudit. 75. The true measure of a genius' character is how well he can suffer fools. 76. The loveliest views are usually the loneliest. 77. Politics is the dance between loyalty, truth and pandering. 78. The developer gets the book while the discoverer gets but a footnote. 79. Hesitate, procrastinate, stagnate! Words to live by if you live on a couch. 80. A bureaucract believes in the letter of the law, a reasonable man in its intent. 81. Temper truth with courtesy. 82. Truth is hard to find because there's so much more that isn't. 83. Richness of personality does not exclude bankruptcy of character. 84. Truth is a poor harvest gleaned from the words of fool or liar. 85. Beware the braggart who begs. 86. If an energetic positive attitude were the key to success, DJ's would rule the world. 87. Each endeavor, like a painting, requires a particular frame of mind. 88. Thoughts drop in and rattle around like coins in a blind man's cup. 89. Trust anyone you can keep an eye on. 90. A gift to the self-entitled is their gift to you. 91. Trust is the lazy person's approach to relationships. 92. You always hit what you focus on avoiding. 93. Timing is everything, that's why persistence pays . . . eventually. 94. Reality is a bubble that protects us, thankfully, from an even weirder reality. 95. Art is not an exact science, that's why brushes are fuzzy. 96. Squashing a rumor is like squashing a tomato, it just spreads it further. 97. A picture may be worth a thousand words but a quote’s worth an entire philosophy. 98. Longevity is the ultimate human goal. Just ask Walt Disney's head. 99. Serendipity's a place with no walls, a window of opportunity and a door for it to knock on. 100. When opportunity knocks, it’s never a sales call. 101. Everything that's forced, grates. 102. Quitting often clarifies the solution but, oft times, all too late. 103. A free society is always supported somehow, somewhere by slavery. 104. Capitalists will grind anything into capital. 105. Most ideas expire on the shelf long before they ever get the chance to be stolen. 106. Each stage in life leaves behind an empty cocoon to which there is no return. 107. You can't squeeze blood from a stone but you can from a head. 108. The difference between parents and children: Children are people preoccupied with the present, parents with the past. 109. Focusing on what's supposed to happen often blinds one to what is happening. 110. Vanilla pudding never offended a soul. That's why I don't really care for vanilla pudding and all that it may or may not stand for. 111. If the grass is always greener on the other side, go by what your neighbor thinks 112. Management always seems to attract type-A holes. 113. Bureaucracy starts out as a means to implement change but ends up as an excuse to stifle it. 114. Devote no time to your enemies and soon you won't have any. Works for friends too. 115. Memorable moments are the measure of a life well spent. 116. Stating the obvious has a deep impact the shallow. 117. When there’s nothing new under the sun and most ideas never see the light of day, bright ideas need to shine on their own. 118. Successful people have as much fun making money as the rest of us have spending it. There's your difference. 119. Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery but money is the sincerest form of encouragement. 120. You'd think all genius would be useful but a lot of it really isn't; take chess for example. 121. Freedom entails responsibility but it's way more fun if it didn't. 122. Persistence against the wind requires frequently changing, not staying, the course. 123. "It's not the destination, it's the journey" -quoted from someone on a treadmill. 124. Nobody ever brags about what they're not going to do. 125. "Know thyself" but get a different perspective. 126. An good idea's only as clever as the ones hearing it. 127. Persistence without progress is pointless without a change of perspective. 128. A lecturer is informative, a mentor is formative. 129. You can't hear yourself think when you're too busy listening to what others think. 130. You don't stay number one by turning down challenges. 131. Some words of bad advice: give in to your impulses and trust your feelings. 132. Dinosaurs stuck to their values, that's why we evolved from mammals. 133. Experts are always on the cutting edge of knowledge teetering on the verge of obsolescence. 133a. It's always the new guy with the new idea that puts the "ex" in expert. 134. May you never be shaken . . . only stirred. 135. A good rep will carry you long after your performance starts faltering. 136. What goes around, comes around but you have to let go of the boomerang first. 137. Experience is like a bundle of sticks. It can either be fuel to light your fire or a burden that weighs you down. 138. Failure shouldn't force you to quit, but it should at least force you to consider it. 139. Plucking truth and ideas out of the background requires a trained eye and the patience to chisel away the obvious. 140. Every wealthy man has words he lives by. What these quotes may lack in beauty, they make up for in sheer value. 141. Don't quit! Frustration’s the seed of accomplishment and enjoyment. 142. Complacency’s often the reward of a life spent fighting it. 143. Life's all about eating sh*t and learning to savor the flavor. 144. An angry word never made a dime. 145. When the wind's knocked out of your sails, it only SEEMS like the wind will never come up again. 146. Rock bottom's not a dead end but a U-turn; it's wherever U-turn it around. 147. It's much easier to forgive and forget once you get even. 148. Talent and a good story will get you farther than talent alone. 149. Forget your faults, focus on your strengths, then hire an accountant to handle the cashflow. 150. Time is a whirlpool, the closer to the drain, the faster it spins. 151. The conscious mind makes mistakes, the subconscious mind makes them over and over. 152. Talents are discovered exploring new experiences and developed only so long as they remain frustrating. 153. Bank your mistakes. Gain interest and once they mature into experience, cash in. 154. Modern art is the beauty of suggestion through simplicity. 155. To forgive is human, to get even, divine. 156. The elite and the masses share a common view on excellence, it's on mediocrity where they differ. 157. A life without fear, is a life without challenge. Most prefer the former. 158. When it comes to apologies, haste saves a lot of waste. 159. Apologies are the short cuts to happiness. 160. You need to be gifted to be uplifted. 161. A philanderer is not a philanthropist, unless he's very, very good. 162. Don't follow your dreams if they can't keep up. 163. No man’s a success without a pinch of excess thrown in for good measure. 164. Where a pessimist loses a sock in the dryer, the optimist has found an extra one. 165. A poet has A way with words, a politician has HIS way with words. 166. The support of family and friends goes only so far. Success comes from the support of strangers. 168. You only rise to the level you ask for. 169. Kids recharge through their eyes. They just look at you and you feel drained. 170. Laughter should be the goal of every hymen endeavor. 171. Belief is certainty without reason, knowledge is reason without certainty. 172. Belief stabilizes civilization, knowledge destabilizes it. Belief endures, knowledge renews. 173. Problems are like sand. They're easy to shift until they turn into the size of dunes. 174. Appreciation's a gift that's always returned. 175. I believe only in that I know not. 176. If your values include adapting to the situation, you have the best of both worlds my friend. 177. Growth is the journey from selfishness to selflessness. 178. Pride takes everything personally. 179. A slow learner picks up on the things a fast learner leaves behind. 180. Reget nothing, not even spelling mistakes. 181. Quit everything that does not cause you frustration. Frustration is the seed of enjoyment. 182. Conspiracy needs no more than an uncoordinated loose swarm of like-minded individuals performing like-minded deeds. 183. True sacrifice is love doing something it really hates. 184. Focus emotion into passion. 185. Money is the root of all evil; emotion is the route of all money. 186. For every truth, there is an equal and opposite opinion. 187. The void is filled through love, addiction or connection. Connection being the most durable. 188. Love is missing parts you never even knew were missing. 189. Even if ashes to ashes, dust to dust, it’s still not ok to treat people like dirt 190. Quitter's just another name for someone who moves on with life. 191. Trust, not security, is the glue that secures the integrity of civilization. 192. Most are derailed when their one-track mind switches into the rest of the railroad. 193. In a horserace between love and obsession, the smart money's on obsession. 194. Phone calls are usually from people who want something from you. Except those that offer free vacations. 195. Whether god exists or not, the discussion continues on without him. 196. The smartest man in the room is a question of popularity. 197. Jazz sounds like a 3D laser print looks; if you stare long enough, things start to pop out (or so I'm told). 198. Love is never having to bring up that one time in Vegas. 199. The key to the power within is channeling what's without. 200. Before you take it, remember, advice is never offered with a money back guarantee and operators are never standing by. 201. How far you go is determined by how much skill, stake and stamina you start out with. 202. Great expectations lead to great disappointments. 203. Friendships sail smoother when the expectations are lowered. 204. "Everything happens for a reason", but not necessarily for a good reason. 205. If a student doesn't surpass his teacher, then he hasn't learned a thing. 206. The choice between customer and employer inevitably yields the same result . . . unemployment. 207. A lighter lit once is magic; lit twice it’s technology. 208. My one regret is that I never dared do anything worth regretting. 209. Integrity is the choice between being true to your best interests and being true to yourself. 210. If you think mountains don't move, try standing in a dust storm. 211. Time is the passage from action to outcome. Destiny is the passage of outcome into action. 212. One moment of brilliance far surpasses a lifetime of consistency. 213. "Build it and they will come" but only if you market the hell out of it. 214. Ironic how the fiercest Creationists become the fiercest Darwinists when it comes to the economy. 215. "You miss 100% of the shots you take" facing the wrong direction. –altered Gretzky 216. For every successful self-help guru, there're thousands of followers who aren't. 217. Saplings start out bending with the wind so later they won't have to. 218. "Success is 1% inspiration, 49% perspiration" and 50% guesstimation. 219. Credibility opens doors only after you've kicked in a good number. 220. Good and evil are battles fought in heaven. Here it's ego. 221. Most of us don't know what we can do until we've seen others do it. That's why pioneers are gods. 222. Courtesy is more than manners. It’s respect, tolerance, understanding, consideration and empathy all in one word. 223. Do unto others as they’d like to be treated, not how you'd like to be treated. 224. The mind is a beach head. First one there, controls it. 225. The selfless extend their selves though connection to others. 226. Destiny's the assignment we're given that leads to self-determination and eventually self-awareness. 227. Inventors are just complainers who use actions instead of words. 228. Growth is the switch from helpless and self-full to helpful and selfless. 229. If everyone exercised their creativity, who would run things? 230. The weak lead by consensus, the strong by conviction. 231. Money can't buy friends, but it can sure rent them. 232. Pain is soon forgotten but rarely is the cause. 233. The 3 R's of life: Recognize, Realize and Repeat as necessary. 234. The meaning of life is recognizing then realizing your destiny. 235. Your worst days make for great stories on your best days. 236. Laughter is the noise that often drowns out understanding. 237. Ears can deceive what the eyes behold. 238. Delusion can't be self-diagnosed. It needs a 2nd opinion. 239. Happiness is feeling important. 240. Happiness is beholding beauty. 241. Success favors the longshot as much as the safe bet, just less often. 242. Ideas implanted with emotion are difficult to uproot with reason. 243. Hitting the target requires focus and confidence in your abilities. 244. Destiny is knowing the outcome without yet knowing the path. 245. Happiness is being endlessly surprised. 246. Perceived genius affirms your opinions but real genius changes them. 247. Even bad advice makes you feel obligated but those who gave it won’t be. 248. Belief in sharing is inversely proportional to the amount of stuff you have. 249. When accusing liars, the bigger the lie, the louder the outcry. 250. Violence prevails when reason fails. 251. Evil prevails when hope fails. 252. Regrets set the wake up calls for second chances and future redemption. 253. Success is matching skill, stake and stamina to the odds. 254. Keep your head in the clouds cuz your ideas will fall on deaf ears anyway. 255. If you want to be taken seriously, leave all joking aside. 256. Anger costs especially if you're trying to collect. 257. If you want to sell an eyedear, target the eye, not the ear. 258. Destiny's the road map drawn after the journey's done. 259. "Those who rarely fail, rarely learn." Maybe they're just smarter to begin with. 260. Indifference to privacy is the Achilles heel of freedom. 261. A perfect vacuum’s impossible which confirms nothing IS impossible. 262. Your reach isn't limited by the length of your arms but by the mobility of your feet. Don't plant yourself. 263. When pushed to your limits, push 'em back. 264. Every new idea is laughable until understood 265. “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic” (until it becomes a toothbrush). 266. You're right when you start with, "I really shouldn't be saying this . ." You're wrong when you start with, "It's not my intention to . 267. Compared to security, privacy seems unimportant but without it freedom cannot exist. 268. Great minds discuss why, average minds discuss how, small minds discuss who, what, when and where. 269. Unlike money or trust, respect is earned by freely giving it away. 270. Respect is earned by respecting others. 271. When your best interests often coincide with staying true to your core values, you’re a used car salesman. 272. If you keep your friends close but your enemies closer, you'll soon end up with a whole new bunch of frenemies. 273. What goes around, doesn't come around, it's just always around. 274. The great thing about being stuck in a rut is knowing nothing lasts forever. 275. When you compromise your values, they're no longer values. 276. If assumption is the mother of screw up, compromise is the mother of all regret. 277. The consequences of opinion should be no more dire than disagreement but that's rarely the case. 278. Can absolute laws still be absolute with exceptions? Depends on the number of exceptions. 279. Business ethics is like making a kid in charge of the cookie jar understand it's good not to eat all the cookies 280. The consequence of using your freedom irresponsibly is the loss of that freedom. 281. Appeasement never means peace when values are compromised. 282. I love bureaucrats with fava beans and a nice chianti. ffffffffff 283. Innovation’s a threat to the status quo and the quo don't like to be threatened. 284. There's a line for thinking outside the box, it's called the unemployment line. 285. :Success is based on faith, failure on doubt. Ergo faith is foolproof. 286. The margin between success and failure is a lot thinner than successful people would have you believe. 287. The slightest advantage, over time, over whelms. 288. Evil without intent is indistinguishable from bad luck. 289. Naysayers quickly disperse and are soon forgotten when proven wrong. 290. The wise man brings an umbrella while the fool curses the rain (and the man with the umbrella). 291. Seriousness is what separates the brilliant from the absurd. 292. Belief is just ignorance with attitude. 293. One man's peace is another man’s injustice. 294. The more idiot-proof a system, the more idiots it employs. 295. The more you know, the fewer your opinions. The less you know, the more opinionated others seem. 296. Both genius and madman see things others don’t. 297. Life's like a roller coaster ride; ups and downs then we all end up where we started. 298. The boasts of social status are viewed as collateral but are never a wise investment. 299. Immortality is a lifetime spent summed up in a few key words of truth. 300. The cause of the most recent problem is usually due to the most recent change. 301. Advice is like a bag of sh!t. Pass and it’s considered rude but accept and you’ll be left alone holding the bag. 302. Everyone has a right to their opinion, except in school. 303. It’s a small step between indifference to what you see and indifference to what you cause. 304. Thinkers discuss why, doers discuss how, gossips discuss who, what, where and when. 305. Experts freely share facts, they only charge for perspective. 306. Darth Vader planted the seeds of his own destruction: Luke and Leia. 307. Weak words of warning inwite wiolence. 308. The cost of what you’re doing is what’s not getting done. 309. It seems the Law of Attraction has somehow gotten around Murphy’s Law. 310. Persistence conquers fear, but like courage, is at times foolhardy. 311. Those who think life’s not fair just need to adjust their definition . . of fairness. 312. In a world filled with beliefs, it’s difficult to make a case for reason. 313. Dreams created are rarely as interesting as dreams crushed. 314. Reason requires rationality; religion, rationalization. 315. Brains, hard work and talent are no match for beauty and the ability to schmooze. ~Randy 316. If everything happens for a reason, every result is satisfactory. 317. Class is a measure of how inoffensively one can state opinions. 318. Most discoveries are found in a place one shouldn’t be in. 319. A circular argument begins with a conclusion stated as fact. 320. Marketing is the triumph of truthiness over truth. 321. Questions are best avoided by a plausible story delivered with authority. 322. Talent and passion wither without validation. 323. A positive attitude is a result of ignoring all the evidence to the contrary. 324. 20/20 hindsight contributes to 20/20 foresight. 325. Passion is pointless if not shared. 326. We remember Marathon not for the message but for the messenger. 327. In religion, the messenger is the message. 328. Decision is a moment of doubt followed by a moment of clarity. 329. Caesar's words, "I came, I saw, I conquered" are used often but his opponent's words, "I tried, I failed, I quit" even more so. 330. Unlike money or trust, respect is earned by freely giving it away. 331. Belief ignores exceptions, knowledge builds on them. 332. Those who believe in freedom through security, need to buy a dictionary. 333. You know a society has crossed the threshold of prosperity when children are no longer economically viable. 334. Power is the endless serving of cake that must be eaten to have it too. 335. To be stable, society tends to pull back on the elements that would propel it forward 336. A yes man is someone who recognizes he can ill afford not being one 337. The obvious truth is often superficial. 338. Blessed are the free, just so long as they don't disobey. 339. A theory can only be proved by those intent on disproving it. 340. Nothing sours a positive outlook like a head on collision with reality. 341. Delusion doesn’t wait for hope to be realized. 342. Predictions based on likely are seldom right. 343. A journey of a thousand miles also ends with one step. . . after a THOUSAND miles. 344. Subtle sarcasm sweetly strides both sides of any argument. 345. If perception is reality then delusion ain’t illusion. 346. Unentangle your mind from where you are and entangle it with where you want to be. 347. Many things are just unknowable, especially with that attitude. 348. Things left in the hands of any mythical deity tend to languish. 349. Sarcasm’s never wrong, yeah right! 350. All hope is false until it coincidentally comes true. 351. Blindly embracing the thoughts of those more capable is an embrace of one’s own incapability. 352. Why experts if not to alleviate the burden of thought. 353. With credentials, one no longer has to depend on reason to win arguments. 354. Failure's all about timing. It either starts too early, too late, doesn’t finish or keeps running long after the race is over. 355. A chair that is there, isn't a question of belief. Belief is the question whether the chair that is there, isn't. 356. The things you believe aren't real, if they were, they'd be called knowledge. 357. Life is generally long periods of disappointment interrupted by intense streaks of bad luck. 358. Vampire's skin glowing like diamonds flies in the face of everything we previously knew about vampires. 359. Low expectations lead to tolerance; tolerance-forgiveness; forgiveness-apology; and apology is the shortcut to happiness. 360. If the door doesn't budge, start kicking in the wall. 361. Bureaucracy is the triumph of process over purpose. 362. To do well, don’t dwell. 363. Balance is both harmony through cooperation or equilibrium through conflict. 364. Encouragement is a house of hallmark cards built on a calm day. The first strong breeze comes along and blows all those well wishes away. 365. It’s not enough to fill a need, you need to create one. 366. Conflict cannot survive without your participation. Your participation cannot survive without conflict. -altered Wayne Dyer 367. Everyone deserves respect whether they deserve it or not. 368. Loyalty is a very noble character flaw. 369. Pride hides disguised, cloaked in any strong emotion. 370. Talent is not owed, it’s a debt, a privilege hard fought to pay forward in dues. 371. The path of least resistance, by definition, has no forks. 372. Infinite power yet the universe, unlike us, always takes the path of least resistance. hmmm 373. The true power of a seed is that it doesn't contain all the ingredients, it contains the recipe. 374. Unleash the power of the mind; all 12 watts of it. 375. What worth has beauty if not seen. Conversely, what scene has worth if not beauty. –altered Italian proverb 376. Staying true to your friends and best interests is always easier than staying true to yourself. 377. Loneliness is an infectious disease, that's why we should shun the lonely. Hey, wait a minute . . . 378. Loyalty to the truth requires disloyalty to everything else, especially your beliefs. 379. If you're confident in your beliefs, disagreement should be expected, accepted and then excepted. 380. Turn your wounds into wisecracks –altered Oprah 381. The greatest love is a feeling of honor returned with the deepest gratitude 382. A good man cares, a great man makes others care. 383. The fastest way to be forgotten is to say what's expected. 384. Good is not the opposite of evil; hope is. 385. Religious science tries to explain the natural world but, ironically, in supernatural terms. 386. Great words disperse if detached from deeds of daring do. 387. No matter how brilliant, it's difficult to idolize someone who smells bad. 388. Religion began as a science trying to explain the world around us. Then the facts started trickling in. 389. Nothing clouds issues of right and wrong faster than self interest. 390. Mediocrity is never breaking out of the shell but allowing the shell to encompass everything around you. 391. None are so fond of sharing as those who don't. 392. Technology demystifies magic; jargon re-mystifies it. 393. Bitterness results from the souring of expectations. 394. There are 3 types of people in the world, those who count and those who don’t. – altered JLMoore 395. The difference between a wise man and an opinionated man is the wise man is asked for his opinions. 396. Don’t know where you’re going, then any road will do but if you know, the same roads will still do. 397. Youth is wasted on the young but not for long. 398. No one wants your talent, that would be too easy. 399. The best way to end bribery is to not return any favor. 400. Sick of the rat race; not the race, just the rats. 401. Usually the ass you see is just the tip of the assberg. 402. Space may cradle existence but time determines its purpose. 403. Time controls and remembers every process that occurs or has ever occurred in the universe. 404. 24 hour news is the opiate and the stimulant of the people. 405. The universe is dual in nature, there are no threesomes. 406. Hope is the dream of a waking man or the waking reality of the delusional man. ~ Altered Aristotle 407. It’s never classy to question the class of others. 408. Accuse first, ask questions later then the answers just fall off the bone. 409. No offense, I really shouldn't be saying this but with all due respect it's not my intention to constantly mean the opposite of what I say. 410. I'm sick of living in the moment, I need a little more room than that. 410a. To live in the moment is to embrace chaos without fear. 411. All you need is right in front of you, but you need your mind's eye to see it. 412. In a cyclical universe, if there’s conservation of energy, there must be conservation of entropy. 412a. Evolution is the conservation of entropy. 413. Philosophy is the art of shooting darts at the dartboard of reason. 414. The Secret confirms superstition is the new science. 415. The more you preach, the more you reach. 416. Maybe I spend too much time reading quotes about success for it to actually happen. 417. Genius often needs to be pointed out. 418. Happiness is the byproduct of tolerance. 419. Life’s a journey, more often an ego-trip. 420. You know it’s wrong if you preface an action with, “I don’t normally do this.” 421. It's frustrating when a person's heart's in the right place but his brain isn't. 422. It’s all bulltruth. Truth if you believe it, bull if you don’t. 423. A new idea usually rises from old ashes 424. Money is hated by all those who don't have it. 425. All the positive thinking in the world won’t get your head through the brick wall you didn’t see coming. 426. Unfortunately inspiration has an expiration. 427. Only the stupid don’t know how stupid they really are. 428. Definition of 2nd place: half the reward at twice the effort 429. Patent office bureaucrats are the parking meters on the inventor's road to success. 430. Belief is the bending of perception not reality unless you believe perception is reality. 431. The placebo effect is a scientific fact ergo belief can bend reality. 432. The one unacceptable scientifically proven fact: if you trust your feelings, they will betray you. 433. Nothing shakes faith in positive attitude like the blindside. 434. Unwritten rule: You can never tweet the same unwritten rule twice. 435. One of the most brilliant quotes I've ever heard was "Nuts!" 436. The sword is my pen and I’d say it’s pretty darn mighty. –Zorro 437. The goal of natural selection seems to be the development of exaggerated appendages but, so far, no jackelope. 438. If we're free to believe what we want, why bother with schools then? 439. There's no cure for the cliche driven life. 440. I'm not waiting around for my genius to be acknowledged, I've decided to acknowledge it myself. 441. We all peak then slowly die. Didn't religion peak in the dark ages? 442. A wise man in a room full of idiots is never popular. 443. There's always that uncomfortable silence at the end of every conversation. 444. Math was derived from observation, now observation is derived from math. 445. A great man makes those around him feel great. 446. Nothing starts easy but eventually it becomes easy. 447. Reading has an undue influence over my own thoughts. 448. Time does move backwards, it's called planning. 449. The bureaucrat is the foulest creature known to man; except for the one in charge of my unemployment check. Naw him too. 450. As if history has not taught us enough about the barbarism of religious values, wait ‘til the first human is replicated. 451. Education’s a great way to camouflage lack of common sense. 452. People don’t wait for answers anymore because most questions, nowadays, are rhetorical. 453. It’s fun to interact so long as everyone agrees, then it gets ugly. 454. I can suffer fools but I can't suffer pride. Not really, I can't suffer fools either. 455. It's not enough to love your beliefs, you gotta live your beliefs. 456. It's only human nature that one thinks like-minded individuals are geniuses. 457. The measure of a fly is not how many times he's been knocked down or got up, it's if he finally made it out the window. 458. What goes around comes around only if things are made to happen for a reason. 459. It doan matter how many times you get up. It only matters how many times you took the 8 count to rethink your strategy 460. Procrastination is quitting even before committing. 461. Everyone appreciates honesty until they hear the words, "running on fumes". 462. When one angle of attack doesn't work out, you still have 359 more angles to choose from. 463. When you have nothing, it's easier to risk it. 464. People just want to know "what". "How" is boring and "why" is too intellectual. 465. The lower your expectations, the more tolerant and happier you'll be. Work related 468. The micromanager will assign an advisor to ensure you no longer think outside the advice. However, following his bad advice is still your fault. 469. Micromanagement requires constant correction, strict record keeping and surprise reviews on things never previously mentioned. 470. "There's no problem PowerPoint can't solve." –micromanager’s handbook 471. A no-win situation is having two bosses. Anything done to please one will automatically displease the other. 472. Only once all brain function has stopped can you be pronounced middle management. 473. I can suffer fools but I can't suffer pride. Not really, I can't suffer fools either. Why do I always get a brown nosing idiot as a boss? 474. My total lack of respect for authority gets me constantly into trouble. Very few bosses have enjoyed working for me. 475. Why is there no business school specializing in micromanagement excellence? So many of my bosses sucked at it. 476. Another day of royal screw ups. I must be a highly valued employee to hold onto my job regardless. 477. Companies stress excellent verbal and written skills, yet I often get a boss who seems to have learned his English managing a hot dog stand 478. My boss believes there are no bad managers, only insufficient time to micromanage bad employees. 479. Why does upper management always hire a 2nd boss to micromanage me. Wouldn't it be cheaper just to fire me? 480. A confident, well-running office will always get the outside consultant "to make it that much better." 481. The amazing thing about the micromanager is that nobody admits to being one. 483. Usually you're told you're not management material just before they tell you you're not employee material either. 484. The only time bosses need to hear about your problems is when they need an excuse not to give you a raise. 485. The micromanager will take a keen interest in learning how he can help facilitate your job but only when he needs to cut staff. 486. The micromanager would never tweet about the zany foibles of his employees. That would require a sense of humor. 487. Micromanagers immediately pounce on problems. Not the problems themselves but on the problem that you’re reporting problems. 489. The micromanager demands proactive problem solving from his employees so he can keep his own head in the sand. 490. The micromanager is a top down problem solver. Only problems coming down from the top matter, yours don’t. 491. The micromanager always finds that one shining example amongst his employees. Strangely enough it’s always the one who brings him coffee. 492. The micromanager understands the brown daisy-chain of command. 493. The micromanager, like the dictator, loathes taking power and claims the necessity is only temporary until the employee can be fired. 494. The micromanager’s an expert at setting up mine fields and dissipating tactical information to “sabotest” his employees. 495. Instilling employee insecurity is paramount to ensuring the micromanager’s own job security. 496. A skilled micromanager knows conflicting directives is the key to maximizing employee control through stress. 497. Keeping stats is another important tool in the micromanager’s arsenal; particularly meaningless ones. 498. A micromanager understands maintaining his physical conditioning will undermine his authority. 499. There are no centers for micromanagement excellence, it's more like a collection of bad habits from years of on the job training. 500. A micromanager believes employee training is a great way to unlearn everything on the job. 501. A micromanager believes customer satisfaction is paramount unless it interferes with his quarterly bonus. 502. “Empowerment” is the tool micromanagers use to blame employees for following orders. 503. Perturbing “Paradigm shifts” propel micromanagers to periodically pull the carpet out from under their employees. 504. Hot breath on the back of an employee’s neck is the micromanager’s modern day replacement for the lash. That and halitosis. 505. The micromanager can magically make your work disappear and reappear under his own name. Make sure to copy your original. 506. Never good on a resume: "I bring out the micromanager in people." Not my best stuff: 509. Sometimes you gotta open the gate to have the wind slam it shut. 510. What's the sound of one hand clapping? Kinda like a fish flapping about. 511. The answer to every question is somehow related to the nature of time and space. If only someone understood the nature of time and space. 512. What's worse, asking for what's owed or having to ask for what's owed. 513. You're really proud of your kids when they make you proud of yourself. 514. Knowledge is measurable, repeatable, predictive. Belief handles the rest. 515. Learning's a small consolation prize for failure. 516. It takes a big man to admit he's wrong, an even bigger man to never be wrong. 517. Most see exactly what they're told to see. 518. A ball held in the outfield won't stop anyone from stealing bases. 519. A real vacation is one where you invite your soul to come along. 520. Credentials can crush any reasonable discussion. 521. A strong opinion elicits strong response. 523. The universe favors an exponential failure rate over an asymptotic success rate 524. The purpose of communication is mutual understanding, not a one-sided ego trip. 525. Just because something doesn't work once doesn't mean it won't work the next time 526. It’s sad when the right to an opinion is more important than truth. 527. The lotus and the onion expose their many layers serving the eye in contrast. 528. Everyone has the right to an opinion but the more informed an opinion is, the higher its value. 529. The legal profession: People engaged in defining the obvious thru obfuscation. 530. Intention is harder fought than denied. 531. My brain only kicks into high gear when things look hopeless. The key to success is to give up sooner, then things click into place. 532. The path to success is lined with B.S. 533. Although all that positive thinking stuff is B.S., confidence is crucial to success. 534. Prayer, meditation, visualization, positive thinking are foolproof. They can't fail. If they do, it's because of your lack of faith. 536. I put a lot of garbage in. I guess that explains the garbage out. 537. Those who believe most in sharing are usually the most unwilling to share. 538. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger? Really? I think it would make you wiser; as in wow that was dumb. 539. Everyone's blind to the suckage of their own product 540. Doan like Jezoids because no matter what they do, Jesus will forgive them. It sucks for the rest of us who aren't so forgiving 541. Corruption starts so innocently with loyalty, reciprocity and special treatment for friends, family and benefactors. Keep it transparent 542. Superposition, exclusion, simultaneity and entanglement are the 4 pillars of everything we don't understand about time and space. 543. Rethink-EV-Rethink 544. Reality is a thin veneer sandwiched between the physical below and metaphysical above. 545. Apparently association and conditioning, not connection, beats addiction. 546. Success is the transition from positive thinking to realistic thinking. 547. The universe is not within you. What's within you is in an endless feedback loop with what's with out you. 550. grab life by the rind and squeeze out all the truth you can. 553. Quilters never quit and quitters never quilt. 566. Keep your ideas, away from prying eyes, locked in a cupboard, where they will do no harm, or good. 567. The Dalai is not my ally. He and I don't see eye to eye, nonetheless, he's still a good guy. 568. Imagine the torment religious values would unleash if we gene spliced an artificial slave race of "mankeys". 569. The spoken word and the written word each have their own rythm and tembre. 570. Truth and lies don't take sides for good or evil. 572. When opportunity knocks, it won’t be dressed as a salesperson. 573. Before I turn on my TV, I pray the remote will work and it does. Prayer works people! 575. Slogans and credentials, like megaphones, can shout down any reasonable dialog. 576. The universe is the medium, the message is motion. 577. Truth lies in understanding the relationships between in and out; choice, chance and destiny; and space, time, matter and energy. 579. Reality, and the rules governing it, is simply a matter of scale. Dos Equis The world’s most interesting man 1. He once crossed the Serengeti with a woman on his back just because of the way she whispered in his ear. 2. He’s been spotted at every major historic event, even those before his birth. 3. He has loved and lost but never considers any of it a loss. 4. He understands the meaning of life and the mysteries of the universe but can't share. He knows we're just not ready. 5. He's been abducted by aliens and returned with sincere apologies. 6. He never found an itch worth scratching, even in a field of poison ivy. 7. If asked to discuss the end of the world or the origin of life, it's as if he's been there. 8. He’s never lost a sock in the dryer. In fact, he always finds an extra one. 9. In highschool, he'd often be pulled out of class by teachers from other classes. 10. He remembers past lives and his travels often involve taking care of unfinished business. 11. He can absorb an entire language just through breast feeding. 12. His other drink is water but it’s milked from his private glacier. 13. His name's pre-printed on every guest list, just in case he shows. 14. He can change the subject, just by entering a room. 15. His hair grays, but from the tips back. 16. His insights have been known to spontaneously develop X-ray film. 17. Even dogs are fascinated by his sense of smell. 18. The bulk of his humor is often appreciated hours later. 19. His cars are never brought in for servicing, only for instruction. 20. His clothes look out of date only because they're ahead of their time. 21. When he flies, flight crews are so captivated they often neglect to serve the in-flight meals. 22. Adventure follows him, even on trips to the dry cleaners. 23. He can calm a racing heart just by the timbre of his voice. 24. He makes lederhosen look good. 25. Nothing’s faster than his fists, except maybe his quips which can be just as devastating. 26. He's a bad ass, but his ass ain't half bad. 27. He never follows his dreams, they can't keep up. 28. On apologizing: "It takes a big man to admit he's wrong, an even bigger man to never be wrong." 29. He never takes anything personally. Nonetheless, choose your words wisely, my friends. 30. He can shrug, without moving a muscle. 31. He avoids convents . . . 2 many X’s, hence the name of his beer. 32. He still fills in occasionally on Fantasy Island. 33. He needs no introduction so don’t even try. 34. He once went camping with Fabio, some mountain in Wyoming. He never speaks of it. 35. He never says, "I could tell you but then I'd have to kill you." You just know. 36. He doesn't listen to TV warnings; he tries everything at home. 37. He's a man of success, with a pinch of excess thrown in for good measure. 38. What do you get a man who has everything . . . just ask him. 39. He’s never shaken . . . only stirred. 40. He's a man of action, and a man of leisure; often simultaneously. 41. He's been called a philanderer and a philanthropist, either way, he doesn't distinguish between the two. 42. He keeps his friends close, and his enemies' girlfriends closer. 43. Boxers or briefs? neither, he still makes speedos look good. 44. He's never shed a tear. Except maybe that one time in the middle of a sandstorm. He got something in his eye. 45. His hair is tussled . . . carefully. 46. He was born in the Bronx . . . the French Quarter. 47. He’d never bring up the heat . . . or the humidity. 48. Small talk’s not his forte. Small talk never even uses the word forte. 49. His eyes are piercing, his personality's piercing, it's been said, even his tongue is piercing. 50. His airmiles card has its own airmiles card. 51. GPS? no, a licked finger to the wind is more than sufficient. 52. He was once at a loss for words; turns out it was the fault of the language. 53. His thoughts are so deep, those around him often inexplicably contract the bends. 54. His hand gestures are so expressive, orchestras often spontaneously follow his lead. 55. He could solve any world problem but prefers to keep it interesting. 56. His dreams are so powerful, they involve others against their will. 57. He doesn't have A way with words, he has HIS way with words. 58. When in Rome, they do as he does. 59. On a stroll through the Masai mara, he was joined by a pride of lions, who were temporarily confused by his mane. 60. Even his cigar has it’s own following. 61. His hair’s playful but not even the wind tries to mess with it. 62. Celebrities ask HIM to raise their adopted children.
some more quotes
April 24, 2010
1. The new golden rule: Treat everyone as if they're much bigger than you. 2. True positivity comes from facing the negative, not ignoring it. 3. Positivity is bliss; so is ignorance. 4. If necessity is the mother of invention, laziness is the sperm donor. 5. Never give up, well, at least not until the next setback. 6. Warning: an exchange of ideas may result in a change of ideas. 7. The purpose of reality is, the message requires a medium. 8. Eventually bosses realize if you cut your oats with sawdust, you can always get new workhorses. 9. Leaders develop by developing followers 10. A broken record can’t change its tune. 11. Wealth sticks about as well as Velcro on Teflon (unless you’ve invented one or the other). 12. Beauty fades but its memory lingers. 13. Luckily god defers to free will otherwise he would have rolled up the field taken his ball home long ago. 14. A liar can pick and choose the facts that suit his argument but an expert gets paid for it. 15. For every bold move there’s an equal and opposite backlash. 16. Doesn’t the 2nd rule of fight club violate the 1st rule? 17. Quality is the absence of filler. 18. In the endless sea of knowledge most of it comes with an agenda. 19. In the absence of knowledge, beliefs are free to run rampant. 20. The law of interrelation: everything is related to something unrelated. 21. There’re always those who’ll find your great idea stupid and your stupid idea great. 22. Life’s a terminal illness, only hope shields us from the fear. Ok, maybe obliviousness too. 23. Progress meanders like a slow stream; often contrary to the direction of flow. 25. Integrity and loyalty are often bound to conflict. 26. Talent’s never owed, it’s a debt that must be paid in dues.
More arguments make more quotes
June 04, 2011
1. The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. Genius is finding them. 3. It's better to be a first-rate coming of yourself than the 2nd coming of someone else. –Judy Garland 4. Loyalty is the sin that absolves all others. 6. Those who don't like the answers tend to rewrite the questions. 8. The powerful are forged at their most powerless. 9. I'd rather be a "think I can" over a "wish I was” 10. The only difference between a good business deal and a good swindle is fairness and honesty 11. There's only one way to treat an abomination in the eyes of god; abominally. 12. Atheists don't have all the answers, just the questions 13. You don't have a hell in hope. 14. Jargon's purpose is to exclude the clueless and exclusively include the clued in. 15. Gloating's a bender; sometimes we regret the hangover, other times the party’s worth it. 16. “What if everybody did it” is bullsh!t. 17. Infinity is mostly filler. 18. An infinity that contains all possibilities seems impossible. This means infinity is impossible by being the opposite of impossible. 19. Irony is the amusement of the intelligent and the anathema of the ignorant. 20. I wonder if magnetic monopoles could be used in a perpetual motion machine and is the reason neither exist. 21. I believe in both climate change and evolution in that each is the cause of the other. 22. I'd like to be the world's first rich pessimist of vision but that would make me an optometrist. 23. It’s less important to share the same aspiration for happiness than to share fair rules for its pursuit. 24. Are all religions equal or, like people, are some better than others? 25. Which religion is best? Can one keep an eye out for something better or is it like a marriage? 26. Life’s not about inner wealth, it’s about inter-wealth, connection and interesting conversation. 27. I can accept the wrongness of my choices but I could never abdicate my ability to choose for the sake of being right. 28. There’s nothing more wrong than abdicating one’s freedom of choice for the sake of being right. 29. What your values can't unravel will eventually unravel your values. 30. Beliefs out in the open become fair game. 31. I have a dream that one day we will live in a nation where we will not be judged by the content of our paper trail. 32. Universal love won't solve the world’s problems but solving the world’s problems may bring about universal love. 33. We may all aspire to happiness but unhappiness is the result when we aspire at the expense of others. 34. If everyone recognized their "great capacity", that would by definition diminish mine to relatively average. 35. I hold this truth to be self-evident, we're not equal but should be treated equal. 37. A waterfall can't flow without the stream that feeds it yet we can love without being loved. 38. When it comes to knowledge, facts are just the ingredients, reason is the recipe. 39. Don't believe everything you read but don't disbelieve it either. 40. Love's not the 1st step nor even the goal; it's the byproduct of everyday steps towards making oneself more attractive to the world. 41. Words are powerful and their power is co-opted when their meaning is corrupted. 42. Preventative prayer: How can we predict where god will strike next? An ounce of prayer is worth a pound of care. 43. An intellectual may be faulted for the content of his opinions but a pseudo-intellectual is faulted for just having opinions. 44. I believe all beliefs are holey . . in that they're full of holes. 45. I confuse patience with procrastination and often reflect on its benefits while waiting. 46. I kept capital letters out of my tweets because I couldn't be bothered. But then I thought what others thought I couldn't be bothered with 47. A fountain of empathy needs to be fed from a source of kindness. 48. Reality is simply a matter of scale. 49. Inventing's like taking a dump; you gotta push really hard and you never know what's going to come out in the end. 50. Falling in love with your decisions is much like falling in love; both result in bad decisions. 51. Atheists: people religiously faithful to their belief in non-belief. 52. Atheists: people preoccupied with disproving the existence of the non-existent. 53. I'm not an atheist, I'm just indoctrinally challenged. 54. No doubt the greatest invention of all time: Religion; very inventive. 55. The future's only palatable once it’s been digested by the past. 56. The Eternal Impasse: God beseeches humanity and we beseech him right back. 57. We're not the "same" because we share reality, we're only the same when we share the same values. 58. Success is the art of turning talent into money. The art of turning money into talent is called boy bands. 59. Future shock is only shocking in the present. 60. Only 4 things are known to slow time: cold, gravity, velocity and Wednesdays. 61. It's a universal feeling that our cleverness is the main thing that differentiates us from other people. 62. Shared reality rarely results in shared perceptions, yet shared beliefs almost always do. 63. I'm no longer convinced opportunity knocks so much as answers. 64. Shakespeare's words get in the way of his plays the same way music gets in the way of opera. 65. Mankind could use more mankindness. 66. If we view all evil as random, without intent or blame, evil has no doorway, and anger no foothold, to claim. 67. The pain of doing the right thing can never exceed the benefit. 68. They say good advice is worth its weight in gold but neglect to mention advice doesn't weigh anything. 69. Fairness and honesty allows taking advantage of a good business situation without taking advantage of good people. 70. If you don't know where you're going, take the road less travelled. -Lewis Carroll/Robert Frost 71. Friends in deed are friends in need. 72. Rarely do the truly simple brag how simple they are. 73. Hope for the best, prepare for the worst, enjoy what's in between. 74. Success is exceeding others expectations but never your own. 75. IF YOU HATE THIS MESSAGE!!! then you're case sensitive. 76. I cried because I had no shoes, until I saw a man who had no feet. So, as a joke, I asked if I could borrow his shoes. We both laughed. 77. Open-mindedness is more a suspension of belief than a suspension of disbelief. 78. As Pauli said some theories are not even wrong, they can't be proven wrong and even if right, shed no light 79. The purpose of life is to breach the barrier between dreams and reality, to drag them kicking and screaming into the real world. 80. Now is all there is. What would have been never was and can’t be gauged against. 81. The only problem in making your dreams a reality is the reality part. 82. The art of love draws in all the senses and makes for one loud, messy, pungent, slightly salty picture. 83. The tightest snare is made from words, one's own. 84. Love less loyalty leaves loneliness. 85. Failure is just another way of getting an education unless it's an actual education, then F's are not so good. 86. Becoming a priority in someone's life doesn't mean 100% of the time; to juggle priorities, one must have options. 87. The key to happiness is a long term commitment to short term memory. 88. Altruism the truest of all truisms: Treat others as they wish to be treated. 89. If history has taught us anything it's that every prevailing theory is eventually proven wrong 90. Rejection makes the dispassionate less determined and the passionate more so. 91. Quotes are like seashells, some are too far out and beyond one's depth 92. It's ok to poke people on their beliefs so long as they're not too closely tied to them or C4. 93. Turn pursuit into attraction; make what you want, want you. 94. The greatest rewards will be incidental to the direct pursuit of your passions. 95. Reality is a puzzle; the reward is getting enough of the pieces to fit. 96. Some goals are like the horizon, the harder we pursue, the faster they recede 97. Your words are like bird droppings on my clean page. I try to brush them aside but they still smear. 98. I prefer those who can take it but can’t dish it out. 99. Religions need to be organized by definition. No way could 2 people come up with the same unlikely stuff independently 100. It’s ironically difficult not to get angry when defending people who speak out against anger and intolerance. 101. Religions require 2 things: miracles and a messenger who's more memorable than the message 102. Nearly everyone agrees on what's great. It's agreeing on what's mediocre that separates the classes 103. The key to everything: warm hearts/cool heads. 104. Never take a truth for granted or as self-evident. 105. Tolerance is oft confused with weakness, anger and intolerance with strength 106. Keep your enemies close and their girl-friends even closer 107. Those who wrestle with you are not necessarily your enemies. Those who knee you in the groin, are 108. Good and evil aren't like oil and water; they mix quite readily 109. Happiness is the score after you count your blessings. 110. Happiness isn't counting your blessings; it's not having to count your blessings 111. There are tears of joy, sorrow, pain but fears are shed when tears are shed of determination 112. Treat people how THEY wish to be treated. Consider their values without imposing your own. 113. There is nothing so powerful as a man armed with a dream and nothing so vulnerable. 114. Nothing can stop a man armed with a dream except maybe reality or a con man 115. Favors are like wishes; not to be wasted or given away 116. Life's a test but you're allowed to look at anyone’s answers 117. The worst thing about living in a soap bubble would be slowly coming to that realization. The same may be true for any reality 118. People don't become divas because they're really successful, they become successful because they're really divas 119. It’s one thing to say you’re young at heart but no one wants to see the actual proof. 120. Religions are nothing more than savings plans for spiritual capital (or regular capital on the ancient Egyptian plan) 121. Twitter: Follow to be followed but the more you follow, the less you're actually following 122. Many who claim they can alter reality, begin by distorting the facts 123. To build a wider comfort zone, one must spend a lot of time outside it 124. Conjecture is inversely proportional to the amount of information available 125. The Universe is listening but unfortunately sound doesn't travel in a vacuum 126. Blame: If it ain't broke, don't fix it and if it is broke, don’t call attention to yourself. T. Bert Lance 127. Intersation: Interesting conversation is what sates our inter-selves. 128. The 4 elements of intersation: people, places, events and ideas. 129. The true measure of a man's character is not how he fights for his beliefs but how gracefully he slinks away when wrong. 130. It takes a big man to admit he's wrong, an even bigger man to admit he's big. I need to drop 30 lbs. Fletch 131. Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything like my ex-wife's wiener schnitzel." - Albert Einstein 132. Women always worry about the things that men forget; how does the rest of this go? - Albert Einstein 133. Let everyone sweep into the front of his own door and the whole world will be clean; except for indoors." - Goethe 134. Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind, throw matter and those who throw matter don't mind.” ~Dr. Seuss 135. Nothing's impossible? the very words say "Sigh, I'm n,not possible." Audrey Hepburn stuttering 136. Truth is stranger than fiction but only when it’s embellished with fiction. Mark Twain 137. If I lived as if I'll die today I’d have a lot of ‘splainin to do tomorrow. James Dean and Ricky Ricardo 138. What doesn’t kill you will probably thrill you. Friedrich Nietzsche 139. Life is like a coin. Spend it wisely and don't suck at it." ~Lillian Dickson 140. It's okay to make mistakes. Mistakes are our teachers - so it's ok to make your teacher. John Bradshaw 141. We hold these "truths" to be pre-evolutionary, that all "men" are "created" "equal". Thomas Jefferson 142. Take the first step in faith so long as it's not down an open elevator shaft. Dr Martin Luther King Jr. 143. It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness unless you can't find the damn matches. Carl Sagan 144. You can lead a vegetarian to water, but you can't teach him to fish. proverb 145. Misery loves company, until someone starts whining, then misery is company. John Ray 146. Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are asleep at the time. - Les Brown 147. Seth Godin : “If you can’t state your position in eight words or less, you don’t have a position.” 1,2,3 . . doah!. 148. Payback is the fragrance that the doggydo sheds on the heel that has crushed it. Mark Twain 149. It is amazing what you can accomplish once you take all the credit. - Harry Truman 150. The difficult and the improbable are often mistaken for the impossible. 151. People say I have the mind of a 15 year old and should give it back! 152. What doesn't fulfill you will slowly kill you. 153. Success is only a matter of time and timing. 154. Laughter: I don't care if it's with me or at me so long as it's laughter. 155. Racism, like any "ism", requires indoctrination and brainwashing usually from an early age; much like religionism. 156. The wise see what they think about what they see; the shallow think what they see is all they need think. -altered Huang Po 157. You'd think lotteries would be where the Law of Attraction would have proven itself. 158. Cash is not the measure of a man, just everything else. 159. Life's like a pyramid not a tower, that's why there's no room at the top. 160. One should never compound ignorance with insistence. 161. Inventors are architects who bridge the ideal to the real. 162. Beliefs require an emotional attachment that reason does not. 163. The measure of a man's annoying character is how he continues to fight for his beliefs in the face of all reason. 164. The way we treat each other is our fault. The way we treat the earth is our folly. 165. Positive thinking is the only scientifically proven way to ward off hexes and jinxes. 166. Genius is often proven without the prerequisite of practicality. 167. Sometimes undoing unto others is what they'd like done. 168. Treat people how THEY wish 2B treated. 169. Do unto others as they’d like to be done unto. 170. Doing unto others involves understanding what they’d like done. 171. To right something worth righting, write something worth writing. 172. Respect is given to those who earn it and earned by those who give it. 173. What doesn't break you, may make you, but will definitely mark you. 174. This just in, airplanes and bumble bees can fly afterall. No need for any more quotes about the impossible being possible. 175. A choice not made has no consequences except in one's own mind. 176. Procrastination is patience without the pain, or gain. 177. Salespeople! Keep your mettle to the peddle! 177.5 A salesman goal is dispensing happiness the same way a lawyer's goal is dispensing justice. 178. The head's always trying to talk the heart out of something. 179. The enemy of mine enemy is someone I can't really vouch for. 180. If looking for someone to hate, find someone to blame. 181. Light: it's not that nothing's faster, it's that everything else is relatively slower. 182. Conversely if anything's possible, arriving at the truth is not. 183. Blame is the seed of guilt and loathing. 184. Progress is the continual adjustment of one's beliefs. 185. The spoken word just doesn't have the same depth and rhythm when written. 186. Education’s purpose is to keep the number of opinions down to a manageable level. 187. A perfect vacuum's impossible which confirms that nothing’s impossible. 188. If played well, procrastination can pass for patience. 189. The enemy of mine enemy is me; the rest are just more enemies 190. Like whiskey, the future is mellowed by the passage time. 191. Progress is the unfamiliar residue of yesterday's endeavors. 192. Loving what you do is better than succeeding at what you don`t. 193. Fashion's a passion but the cash-in's the trash in that's never in fashion. 194. It's better to gather and float on the salvage than go down with the ship. 195. Fork off! If you can't follow your dreams, follow your opportunities . . . to new dreams. 196. Dick Wagner said, Joy's not in things it's in us? Not true, it's in things until we suck the joy out of things, then we get new things. 197. Knowledge begins with questions, belief begins with answers. 198. The only force that conquers evil is an equal and opposite one. 199. Ethics is a great way to teach people what to avoid getting caught at. 200. It must be tough to be a public servant and hated by the public you serve.. 201. What doesn’t kill you will mark you strongly. 202. The eyes are the windows to the mind, the ears are the blinders. 203. Great people are forged in the furnace and fire of feeling powerless. 204. Men are not so often judged for their choices but for the unexpected results. 205. 206. Only at the moment of impact does a bug see its “end” coming. 207. Beliefs endure when they can’t be questioned. Knowledge endures when they can. 208. In unfamiliar territory, the longer you remain, the more familiar it becomes. 209. To paraphrase Edison, "Opportunity knocks but with the work gloves on." 210. For some, education's a can opener for the mind; for others, it's a lid. 211. Mistakes are the temper to our mettle. 211a. Look back on mistakes with gratitude and look forward to them without apprehension. 212. As in quantum physics, taking a read of where you are will affect where you're going. 213. Imagination is oft limited to the imaginable; reality is not. 214. Innovation is like any flower, it blooms when the time is right. 215. Meditation is not about problem solving, it's about enlightenment. You produce no useful output, you just feel lighter. 216. Recognize bad intentions and advice by how readily they're taken to heart. 217. Quitting’s like a brush that cleans the slate and clears the mind. 218. Peer pressure is an excellent motivator for doing something stupid. 219. Conversation’s the goal of all endeavors great and small 220. Exhaust your options, quit, then come back with more options. 221. Risk->reward, recklessness->regret. 222. The more you get, the more you need to clean. 223. Filter through your head before taking anything to heart. 224. Success is driven by the wish for happiness, the result of failure 225. Take a chance, bet the farm, just believe and fail as often as possible. Huh? What? Really? 226. The key to money is staying close to the flow. 227. "Failure is an event, never a person" (unless he's the one responsible for the event.) 228. The horizon's not the goal; it's the paths crossed moving towards it. 229. The horizon beckons but is neither guide nor goal. With each foot fall it recedes forever in every and any direction. 230. All seeds can, but the few who do are the ones who find their niche. 231. You can halve your cake and then eat two. 233. Twitter’s for those, who love the sound of their own prose. 234. The peak’s not a sign of even more to come, but the start of the inevitable decline. 235. The difference is a wise man is asked for his opinions, an opinionated man is not. 236. Love is continuous renewal, even of all that is old and familiar. 237. Love is missing someone even if they’re right beside you. 238. A painting of love would be drawn in and also draw in all the senses. 239. The only choice I have is the one I make. All the rest are inconsequential. 240. What’s known, dwarfs what’s understood. 241. The benefit of the doubt rarely benefits the doubter. 242. Just listen, people will inadvertently cough up what they want most hidden. 244. Every system eventually subverts the ideal that spawned it. 245. Success breeds confidence; confidence, success. 246. The physics of love: It's a reaction, rarely equal but often opposite. 247. Always strive for perfection but accept never reaching it. 248. Fascism lies disguised, cloaked in pride and blindly obeyed. 250. Fascism is the worm at the core of every ideology. 251. A good manager views his employees as not the obstacles to success, but the means. 252. Belief endures unchanged, knowledge endures through change. 253. The squeaky wheel doesn't get the grease; it gets replaced. 254. May you live without ever having to get your affairs in order. 255. My judgment’s just good enough to realize how bad my judgment is. 256. If we could just foresee the consequences of our decisions, we’d make really good decisions. 257. May you live forgetful of the past, unaware of the present and mindless of the future. 258. The unlikely, although infrequent, is inevitable. 259. Know the impossible knot is knot possible. 260. The best helping hands are the ones you apply to your own bootstraps. 261. There are no dumb ideas, just unexplored marketing opportunities. 262. Mistakes are relative to all the possible outcomes and choices never made. 263. Dignity commands respect, starting with self-respect. 264. We’re all dying. I myself could go anytime within the next 40 or 50 years. 265. Mistakes are life’s tuition, best avoided with intuition. 266. Foresight is far less costly than hindsight. 267. Fight hate with hate and hate wins. 268. happiness is charged with surprises and discharged through disappointments. 269. Happiness is a warm puppy; unhappiness is a cold one. 270. Happiness is not having to deal with tedium, stupidity or dishonesty. 271. Creation cancels its own conditions. 272. Say what you mean unless it’s mean. 273. Enlightenment comes at the darkest moments. 274. Argue with a fool (or liar) and no one will know the difference. 275. The opposite of nothing is hing. 276. There's no excuse for what happened and I won't rest ‘til I find one 277. If change is the only constant, the only true radicals are conservatives. 278. Truth can never be found by placing your beliefs above the system of proof that gave them to you. 279. The consequence of dismissing a coincidence is missing its significance. 280. The problem with being put up on a pedestal is dealing with the people who put you there. 281. I'm all for religious persecution so long as religion isn't doing the persecuting;) 283. If there’s one thing I can’t tolerate it’s intolerance. 285. Without science, no truth. Without religion, no hope.
Quotes from others
June 07, 2011
898. Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him. ~ Aldous Huxley 899. Thomas Edison “To have a great idea, have a lot of them.” 900. "The greatest thing about Twitter is that you can quote something and completely make up the source" – Albert Einstein 906. "A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd." – James Crook 908. Mahatma Gandhi "Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress." 909. "The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding." - Leonardo da Vinci 910. “The most dangerous strategy is to jump a chasm in two leaps.” Benjamin Disraeli 911. "The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken." – Samuel Johnson 912. All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness. Tennessee Williams 913. Chris Rock: A man is only as faithful as his options 914. The kindest word in all the world is the unkind word, unsaid. 915. "Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves." – Abraham Lincoln 916. “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” - Mahatma Gandhi 917. "He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves,& sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.'' Burke 918. It ain't the parts of the Bible that I can`t understand that bother me, it is the parts that I do understand. - Mark Twain 919. Sometimes you find your destiny on the road you took to avoid it. ~ Cliff Owen 920. To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funnybone 921. The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese 922. Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony - Mahatma Gandhi 923. If U're going to be able to look back on something & laugh about it, you might as well laugh about it now - Marie Osmond 924. Live without pretending, Love without depending, Listen without defending, Speak without offending 925. "There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact." - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 926. If God opens a window when he closes a door there's a good chance he's in the bathroom 927. 'Let's just put it in front of us and move on' she said 928. "The greatest oak was once a little nut who held its ground. 929. It's better to lose a lover than love a loser 930. If someone tells you, "you can't" they really mean, "I can't 931. Adam's dilemma: Happiness without Freedom or Freedom without Happiness 932. "Being a professional is doing the things you love to do, on the days you don't feel like doing them" Julius Erving 933. "It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong." - Voltaire 934. "Worry is the misuse of your imagination". 935. "Men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all the other alternatives." - Abba Eban 936. “Man can believe the impossible, but can never believe the improbable” Oscar Wilde 937. for me, every big success I had came after I thought I'd exhausted 100% of my options –babs corcoran 938. There is nothing like returning 2 a place that remains unchanged 2 find the ways in which you yourself have altered. N Mandela 939. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts - Daniel Patrick Moynihan 940. Depression is just anger without enthusiasm. 941. Possession isn't nine-tenths of the #law. Its nine-tenths of the problem ~John Lennon 942. We are no longer happy as soon as we wish to be happier. -Walter Savage Landor 943. Fate leads the willing, and drags along the reluctant 944. "I use to be Snow White... but I drifted." Mae West 945. Only Robinson Crusoe had everything done by Friday. Author Unknown 946. A free lunch is only found in mousetraps. - John Capozzi 947. "The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism." ~ George Bernard Shaw 948. The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.Oliver Wendell Holmes 949. Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought. - Henri Bergson 950. No good deed goes unpunished - Clare Boothe Luce 951. when you say to someone "you're a bright woman(/man), you'll figure it out", they'll never want to come back and say "I can't do it" babs Corcoran 952. "Give me the splendid silent sun with all his beams full-dazzling."~Walt Whitman 953. I try to leave out the parts that people skip. - Elmore Leonard, author 954. There is no right or wrong, only consequences 955. It requires a very unusual mind to undertake the analysis of the obvious - Alfred North Whitehead 956. Success is my only motherfn option, failure’s not. – eminem 957. Where there's change, there's opportunity. -Terry Matthews 958. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone elses, we’d grab ours back. Regina Brett 959. Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind dont matter and those who matter dont mind.Theodore Geisel 960. The love that lasts the longest is the love that is never returned. - William Somerset Maugham 961. What we anticipate seldom occurs; what we least expect generally happens - Benjamin Disraeli 962. A big man is one who makes us feel bigger when we are with him. -John C. Maxwell 963. Don't think there are no crocodiles because the water is calm. -Malayan Proverb 964. Name the greatest of all inventors. Accident." Mark Twain 965. It is easier to stay out than get out.-M.Twain 966. Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.Groucho Marx 967. Just think of all the billions of coincidences that DON'T happen. - quoted by Dick Cavett 968. Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see. –Schopenhauer 969. Essentials to Happiness - something to do, something to love, something to hope for." Joseph Addison 970. Don't raise your voice. Improve your argument. Desmond Tutu 971. If lightning is the anger of the gods, the gods are concerned mostly with trees." Lao Tse 972. I always keep a supply of stimulant handy in case I see a snake--which I also keep handy. -W. C. Fields 973. I'd love to have faith... But I have thoughts. And that can really fuck up the faith thing" Lewis Black 974. Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived.~Abraham Lincoln 975. What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself” ~Abraham Lincoln 976. I wish I was a glow worm, a glow worm's never glum. 'Cos how can you be grumpy when the sun shines out your bum? 977. Being second is to be the first of the ones who lose." - Ayrton Senna 978. When you label me, you disable me –altered Kierkegaard. 979. Keep your mind focused on what you want, not what you want to avoid." -Napoleon Hill 980. My life has been full of terrible misfortunes…most of which never happened- Mark Twain 981. I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody. ~ Bill Cosby 982. Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you'll have to ram them down people's throats. Howard Aiken 983. Good judgement is the result of experience ... Experience is the result of bad judgement. -Fred Brooks 984. The only people with whom you should try to get even are those who have helped you." John E. Southard 985. Success is simply a matter of luck. Ask any failure 986. Life isn't fair. It's just fairer than death, that's all.William Goldman 987. There are three ingredients in the good life: learning, earning and yearning.” Christopher Morley 988. Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered - either by themselves or by others." Mark Twain 989. When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt - Henry J. Kaiser 990. Turn your wounds into wisdom." ~ Oprah 991. The towels were so thick there I could hardly close my suitcase." Yogi Berra
Another installment
September 28, 2011
1. Never doubt that a lone voice from the fringe will always overturn scientific consensus. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has. -altered Mead 2.Not caring is never having to say you don't. 3.Allowing people to have the last word is like allowing yourself only 1 potato chip. 4. A stitch in time doesn't even rhyme. 5.Too few journeys begin and end with warm welcomes and fond farewells. 6. Imagine when science gives us all the possibility of aligning the planets favouraby for ourselves. 7.When people tell you to act your age, tell 'em to stop acting theirs. 8.Mathematics: it just boils down to a numbers game. 9.My neighbors often tease me about my beliefs in unicorns. They tape narwhal tusks to their horses foreheads . But the joke's on them, I don't believe in narwhals. 10.The key to real climate change: warm hearts/cool heads. 11.Whoa, 15 minutes of fame can really age a person. 12."Dyslexia" if you can read it, you're cured! 13. If you douse yourself in honey, don't complain about the bees. 14.No matter how insignificant or ignored, a rule can never survive its exceptions. 15. Republicanism is a philosophy based on self-determination, self-reliance, self-interest and,ultimately, self-ishness 16.The early bird gets the worm but the second spouse gets the house. 17.Vulnerabilities make us only human; courage, superhuman. 18.Expectations are the sails of friendship, and, at times, need to be lowered. 19.Poor but happy is an option rarely taken by the rich and wretched or by those who recommend it. 20.Success is more a measure of attitude than aptitude. 21.Money is the root of all evil unless it's spent on hoes (to uproot evil). 22.Struggle is so important in our lives that if we don't go through it, we invent it. 23.The path to Someday, leads to Nowhere. 24.Evolution is the conservation of entropy. 25. To have your cake and eat it too is about finding the time to enjoy the fruits of your labor. To eat your cake and have it too is about regreting that time. 26.I wonder therefore I wander. 27.The views expressed are my own, the interpretations are not. 28.We're gonna laugh about this someday, why not make that today. 29. A gift to the self-entitled is their gift to you. 30.Many theories are gibberish wrapped in jargon stuffed with buzzwords and blown with smoke up the ass. 31."Punching time in the clock" 32. Believe in yourself even if you're bluffing.
