Technology
“Recording is not what one hears, but what one must make others hear” – George martin
“No one hates audio as much as someone who loves audio”
“IF THE WORK DOESN’T REQUIRE CREATIVITY, DELEGATE IT, AUTOMATE IT, OR LEAVE IT.”
“Tesla built motors in his head and ran them in his head for months to test bearing wear”
“If engineers were capable of faking empathy they’d make great politicians.”
“Boredom is an insult to your intelligence”
“If elevators were never invented the Penthouse would be the cheapest”
“One accurate measurement is worth a thousand expert opinions” – Grace Hopper
“You don’t manage people, you manage things. You lead people.” – Grace Hopper
” corporate tears, music to my ears”
“A CREATIVE PERSON IS MOTIVATED BY THE DESIRE TO ACHIEVE, NOT BY THE DESIRE TO BEAT OTHERS.”
Knowledge:
“The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and in a thousand
things well.” ― Horace Walpole
“Interested people are interesting”
“Two months in the lab will save you two hours in the library”
“Don’t be afraid to start over. This time you’re not starting from scratch. You’re starting from experience”
“IF YOU’RE MAKING MISTAKES, IT MEANS YOU’RE OUT THERE DOING SOMETHING.”
Larry King: ‘I Never Learned Anything While I Was Talking’
“THE ANSWER IS ALWAYS NO UNTIL YOU ASK.”
“Every public action, which is not customary, either is wrong or, if it is right, is a dangerous precedent. It follows that nothing should ever be done for the first time ” Francis Cornford
“The problem with the english language is there too much English in it”
Attitude
“THE BEST APOLOGY IS CHANGED BEHAVIOR.”
“Friends are family chosen by you.”
“YOU WILL NEVER BE GREAT IF YOU DON’T HAVE THE PATIENCE TO BE AVERAGE FOR A WHILE”
“THE MOST SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE ARE THOSE WHO ARE GOOD AT PLAN B.”
“NO ONE CAN MAKE YOU FEEL INFERIOR WITHOUT YOUR CONSENT.”
“THINKING IS STRESSFUL. DOING IS EASY.”
“HARSH FEEDBACK HURTS LESS THAN HARSH OUTCOMES.”
“I WAS WRONG BUILDS MORE RESPECT THAN I TOLD YOU SO.”
“Kites rise highest against the wind – not with it.” – Winston Churchill:
“here’s hoping a random universe works out in your favour” – Young Sheldon Chem teacher
“I have a formula (for good management) – three words: Oraganize Deputize and Supervise. You can always find people who are smarter than you are to do a job – if you pick the right people and you give them full authority to run it – and let them run it without any interfearence. If they make too big of a mistake, you fire them” – Wilkie Leighton
“It’s amazing what you can accomplish when you do not care who gets the credit,” – Harry Truman
“The early bird gets the worm, But the late worm dodges Death”
“Too many people think arguments are about finding out who’s right, rather than what’s right.”
“A MAN DOES NOT BUILD HIS REPUTATION ON WHAT HE IS “GOING” TO DO. DON’T JUDGE YOURSELF BY YOUR INTENTIONS BUT BY YOUR ACTIONS.”
“DISCIPLINE IS DOING WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE EVEN IF YOU DON’T WANT TO DO IT”
“BITE LESS; CHEW MORE.”
“SUCKING AT SOMETHING IS THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS BEING KINDA GOOD AT SOMETHING.”
“YOU BECOME WHO YOU SPEND YOUR TIME WITH.”
“Great moments in human history usually have an opposition that is exactly proportional to their greatness”
“research not re-search, why do you need to search for something again?”
“And remember, no matter where you go, there you are.” Confucius
“Success is getting what you want, happiness is wanting what you get” ― W.P. Kinsella
“EXPERIENCE IS A HARD TEACHER BECAUSE SHE GIVES THE TEST FIRST, THE LESSON AFTERWARDS.”
People
“DON’T TRY TO UNDERSTAND WOMEN. JUST TRY TO UNDERSTAND ONE WOMAN AT A TIME.”
There’s two types of parent: The “I’m in deep shit, I hope my parents don’t find out!” and the “I’m in deep shit, better call them!”
A fish tank is the opposite of a submarine.
“A man with one watch knows the time, a man with two is never sure.”
Teach a man to fish he’ll pay you once, sell a man a fish and he’ll pay you for a lifetime
“NORMALITY IS A PAVED ROAD. IT’S COMFORTABLE TO WALK, BUT NO FLOWERS GROW”
“why should I buy something for $100 when I can spend 6 weeks of my life making it for $500?”
“crafting is actually two hobbies – doing it, and shopping for it.”
“If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man.” –Mark Twain
“With the All Spark gone, we cannot return life to our planet. And fate has yielded its reward: a new world to call… home. We live among its people now, hiding in plain sight… but watching over them in secret… waiting… protecting. I have witnessed their capacity for courage, and though we are worlds apart, like us, there’s more to them than meets the eye. I am ,Optimus Prime and I send this message to any surviving Autobots taking refuge among the stars: We are here… we are waiting.” –
Optimus Prime
“It’s better to take care of it now than have to think about it later”
“If you want facts read a book – if you want to learn, find a teacher”
Found on a shop drawing:
“Cut to length, Beat to fit, File to suit, Paint to hide”Or Hammer to shape, File to fit, Paint to match.
The 5 phases of any Government project:
1. Enthusiasm
2. Disillusionment
3. Search for the guilty
4. Punishment of the innocent
5. Praise and accolades for the non-participants
definition of a craftsman, regardless of field is: “10 years, 10 fingers”…
“so dumb he’s thinking in 7 bit words”
