When people say they’re “raising awareness” about something, often what they really want is to raise awareness of themselves.
You can blow your friends and you can blow your nose, but you can’t blow your friend’s nose.
There are some mistakes you only get to make once.
“I had the right of way” is a poor epitaph.
Unless you know exactly what to do - Don’t just do something, stand there.
Never dance in hiking boots.
I’ve yet to meet a woman who disagrees with this one: Two women working together can do anything. Three women working together will do the impossible.
“It’s a matter of principle” is code for “I’m about to do something stupid and self-destructive.”
Sort of what Chefguy said:
‘Having the right of way won’t stop you from getting run over if the other guy can’t see you.’
You can never tell someone who to love.
Creating a simple solution takes a lot more work and experience than creating a complex one.
From my days as a software developer.
Give a man a fish and he’ll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he’ll go ask other people to give him a fish.
Try the simple thing first.
Print statements never hurt debugging.
(Corollary: If print statements do hurt debugging, you’ve learned something very important.)
If you’re doing too much, there’s something you’ve missed.
Learn their way of doing things first. Then try to improve it.
Copies are cheap. Time and ulcers are expensive.
When faced with multiple tasks, do the worst first, because dreading it is ofttimes worse than doing it.
And, when all else fails, wax the rails. That one came from running an Emba folding gluer.
Would you rather be right or would you rather be happy?
I may have stolen that one.
Never go anyplace where they’re sending body bags ahead of time.
I used to know everything till everything changed.
- my friend Phil, during a profound moment.
Also applies to mechanical engineering. The simple, elegant designs aren’t always obvious at the outset. It takes a lot of thought to eliminate the unnecessary.
It’s easier to stop a 200 lb person than a 2000 lb car.
Just remember that if you decide get drunk tonight, tomorrow morning you’re going to feel like a sackful of assholes with the good ones picked out.