13 Oct , 2011
To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance. Great short quote and quotation by: Oscar Wilde , Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 – 1900)
15 Feb , 2011
We are at the very beginning of time for the human race. It is not unreasonable that we grapple with problems. But there are tens of thousands of years in the future. Our responsibility is to do what we can, learn what we can, improve the solutions, and pass them on. Great short quote and […]
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Gerald Weinberg, "The Psychology of Computer Programming"
15 Feb , 2011
We have come through a strange cycle in programming, starting with the creation of programming itself as a human activity. Executives with the tiniest smattering of knowledge assume that anyone can write a program, and only now are programmers beginning to win their battle for recognition as true professionals. Not just anyone, with any background, […]
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15 Feb , 2011
We live in a vastly complex society which has been able to provide us with a multitude of material things, and this is good, but people are beginning to suspect we have paid a high spiritual price for our plenty. Great short quote and quotation by: Euell Gibbons ,
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15 Feb , 2011
We trained hard, but it seemed every time we were beginning to form up into teams, we would be reorganised. I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganising, and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while producing confusion, inefficiency and […]
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Caius Petronius, Roman Consul, 66 A.D.
15 Feb , 2011
We trained hard, but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form up into teams we would be reorganised.? I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganising: and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress, while producing confusion, inefficiency […]
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15 Feb , 2011
When we are born we die, our end is but the pendant of our beginning. Great short quote and quotation by: Manilius , Roman politician (~1 BC)
15 Feb , 2011
Wonder is the beginning of wisdom. Great short quote and quotation by: Greek Proverb ,