A sufficiently advanced stupidity is indistinguishable from malice.
“These are my friends, I do not need to be afraid”
in combination with:
“I trust you with my life, but not my dignity.”
Wisconsin: Eat Cheese or Die
or,
Wisconsin: Smell our dairy air.
I am Grey. I stand between the candle and the star. We are Grey. We stand between the darkness and the light–Delenn
My motto when running ultras is “Relentless Forward Progress”.
If you can’t be a big wheel in the great machine, at least try to be a good screw.
This is what I came in here to say. Whenever I start getting flustered I think of this line and calm down.
Act - don’t react.
Alas, I am not good at it.
It’s easier to apologize than get permission.
Regards,
Shodan
Never take a “no” from someone who didn’t have the authority to give you a “yes” in the first place.
When someone shows you who they are are, believe them the first time.
I guess I don’t know what this means. Is it saying that if someone isn’t in a position of authority over you, their permission doesn’t matter?
You can’t control the wind, but you can adjust your sails.
Always remember, you are unique. Just like everyone else.
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Keep it simple.
If it ain’t broke don’t fix it.
Se hace lo que se puede con los materiales disponibles (we do what we can with the resources at hand: it means both “don’t ever give less than you can” and “if you’ve done all you can, banging your head against the wall won’t make it better, it will just make your head hurt”).
Seen shortly after 9/11:
“Dear God, protect us from those who believe in you.”
Let me see, a couple seem fairly universal,
“It is better to know than to not know.”
“Follow your conductor and fear no evil.” (Who can get that reference?)
And from Malcolm X via a Doper,
"“I’m for truth, no matter who tells it. I’m for justice, no matter who it is for or against.”
I would rather have a half a bottle in front of me than a full frontal lobotomy.
“Never believe a straggler.”
“Make haste slowly.” (Both old US Army pearls of wisdom)
Luck is what happens when preparedness meets opportunity.