Workers of the world, the chains that bind you are not held in place by a ruling class, a "superior" race, by society, the state, or a leader. They are held in place by none other than yourself. Those who seek to exploit are not themselves free, for they place no value in freedom. Who is it that really employs you and commands you to pick up your daily load? And who is it that you allow to pass judgment on the adequacy of your toil? Who have you empowered to dangle the carrot before you and threaten with disapproval? Who, when you wake each morning, sends you off to what you call your work? Is there an "I want to" behind all your "I have to," or have you been so long forgotten to yourself that "I want" exists only as an idea in your head? If you have disconnected from your soul's desire and are drowning in an ocean of "have to," then rise up and overthrow your master. Begin the journey toward emancipation. Work only in such a way that you are truly self-employed. -- Tim Gallwey, The inner game of work
- If you give him a penny for his thoughts, you'd get change. - Not the sharpest knife in the drawer. - A prime candidate for natural deselection. -- [Ideas for flamewars]
It's like a condom; I'd rather have it and not need it than need it and not have it. -- some chick in Alien vs. Predator, when asked why she always carries a gun
I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him. -- Galileo Galilei
Lisp is a programmable programming language. -- John Foderaro
An expert is, according to my working definition "someone who doesn't need to look up answers to easy questions". -- Eric Lippert.
Believe you can and you’re halfway there. –Theodore Roosevelt
Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can. –Arthur Ashe
Nothing is impossible, the word itself says, “I’m possible!” –Audrey Hepburn
The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary. ~Vidal Sassoon