"The extravagant and ostentatious lifestyles that pass for charisma in a time when almost anybody talks about charisma but if you think about it there's precious little to be seen."

-- Lester Bangs

#Thinking Quotes #Littles Quotes #Lifestyle Quotes

“Morally repugnant and tactically stupid are a lousy combination.”
“Where there are two bugs, there is likely to be a third.”

Source : Brian W. Kernighan, P. J. Plauger (1978). “The Elements of Programming Style”, Computing McGraw-Hill
“She knew the intensity of adolescence, and knew no cure for it except growing up. And then one has age and experience, and mourns the loss of intensity. Maybe it's why musicians and mathmaticians are said to peak young-poetry needs the fire of an unbounded universe.”
“Quadratic reciprocity is the song of love in the land of prime numbers.”
“I think it's still hard for me to turn down work if it's really good because for so many years I was so desperate to get a job and couldn't and so it's kind of an anathema for me to turn down work.”
“We are not called on to believe this or that doctrine which may be proposed to us till we can do so from honest conviction. But we are called on to trust--to trust ourselves to God, being sure that He will lead us right--to keep close to Him--and to trust the promises which He whispers through our conscience; this we can do, and we ought to do.”
“Our mission statement about treating people with respect and dignity is not just words but a creed we live by every day. You can't expect your employees to exceed the expectations of your customers if you don't exceed the employees' expectations of management.”

Source : Robin Crow (2010). “Evolve or Die: Seven Steps to Rethink the Way You Do Business”, p.53, John Wiley & Sons
“Let those who thoughtfully consider the brevity of life remember the length of eternity.”

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