"We are discreet sheep; we wait to see how the drove is going, and then go with the drove."

-- Mark Twain

#Inspirational Life Quotes #Sheep Quotes #Waiting Quotes

“Gates has always understood Moore's Law better than anyone else in the industry. If you can make something run at all, get it out there -it may be slow and clunky, but hardware improvements will bail you out. If you wait until it's running perfectly on the hardware already in the field, it will be obsolete before it's released. This philosophy built Microsoft and is the main reason Microsoft won the war IBM declared back in the OS/2 days.”
“My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog. But I have not told you the type of dog which I have. Perhaps you even picture Toto, from 'The Wizard of Oz.' But I warn you, my dog is always with me... WOOF!”

Source : "Fictional character: OO Spool". "Wild at Heart", 1990.
“The "health, education, and welfare" section of government is another boondoggle. First we manufacture indigent and superfluous people by legal monopolies in land, money and idea patents, erecting tariff barriers to protect monopolies from foreign competition, and taxing laborers to subsidize rich farmers and privileged manufacturers. Then we create "social workers, " etc., to care for them and thereby establish a self-aggravating and permanent institutionalized phenomenon ...”

Source : Laurance Labadie (1978). “Selected Essays”
“In regard to the so-called social contract, I have often had occasion to protest that I haven't even seen the contract, much less been asked to consent to it. A valid contract requires voluntary offer, acceptance, and consideration. I've never received an offer from my rulers, so I certainly have not accepted one; and rather than consideration, I have received nothing but contempt from the rulers, who, notwithstanding the absence of any agreement, have indubitably threatened me with grave harm in the event that I fail to comply with their edicts.”
“Ultimately, I'm fine with everything that I've done.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Your story is the greatest legacy that you will leave to your friends.It's the longest-lasting legacy you will leave to your heirs.”
“Life expects of you duties which appear repugnant to you. You mustÂ now know that the most important thing is not duties but what permitsÂ you to be someone good and just. There are many who will say to youÂ that this is a piece of asocial advice, but you only have to reply toÂ them: When the forms of society are so hard and hostile to life, it isÂ more important to be asocial than inhuman”
“I enjoy it all: performIng, doing TV, movies, comedy, drama, stand-up, animation voicework, singing, but you get that instant gratification from stand-up because it's your own commentary and you get to see the reaction from the audience that's right there in front of you. I also love coming up with characters and watching people embrace them and enjoy them.”

Source : Source: aalbc.com

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