Quote Of The Day: Kinds Of Biking

I like muddy trails over rocky trails because I'd rather be wet and muddy than dead and bloody.

-- DT

Quote Of The Day: Communications

People (especially those coming out of cultures where a long chain of <censored> that is coming ouf of a mouth of the one higher positioned must be tolerated) often accuse me of interrupting them. Attempts to explain that what they have said so far clearly indicates that they're already going in a wrong direction don't help, either.

Well, at least I've found a joke that gives the situation a different light:

I'm not interrupting you, I'm putting our conversation in full-duplex mode.

-- Antone Roundy

(via Royal Pingdom)

Quote Of The Day: Perseverance

The past is indestructible. Sooner or later things turn up again. One of the things that turn up is a plan to destroy the past.

-- Attributed to Borges in Tango

Quote Of The Day: Creativity

That's what you call an evolution: create a mess and then make it extinct.

-- Y.

Quote Of The Day: Express Delivery

Prayer is the best way to meet the Lord. Trespassing is faster.

-- here

Quote Of The Day: Life

Life - the way it really is - is a battle not between good and bad, but between bad and worse

-- Joseph Brodsky

Quote Of The Day: Cowardice

Most civilization is based on cowardice. It's so easy to civilize by teaching cowardice. You water down the standards which would lead to bravery. You restrain the will. You regulate the appetites. You fence in the horizons. You make a law for every movement. You deny the existence of chaos. You teach even the children to breathe slowly. You tame.

-- Frank Herbert, God Emperor of Dune

Quote Of The Day: Expression

Ideas imbedded in a language require that particular language for expression.

-- Frank Herbert, God Emperor of Dune

PS: Yes, "imbedded" is the word used in the book. Don't ask me why.

Quote Of The Day: Certification

I'm certifiable, not certified. It just means my answers are from experience, not a book.

-- Internet lore

Afterthought: Nice play of words on the definition of "certifiable".

Quote Of The Day: Obscenity

What is the opposite of obscenity?

-- Frank Herbert, God Emperor of Dune

Quote Of The Day: Reason

Never attempt to reason with people who know they are right.

-- Frank Herbert, God Emperor of Dune

Quote Of The Day: Administration

The difference between a good administrator and a bad one is about five heartbeats. Good administrators make immediate choices.

-- Frank Herbert, God Emperor of Dune

Quote Of The Day: Expert

My definition of an expert in any field is a person who knows enough about what's really going on to be scared.

-- P. J. Plauger

Quote Of The Day: Bore

A bore is a man who deprives you of solitude without providing you with company.

-- Gian Vincenzo Gravina

Quote Of The Day: Wealth

The wealth is a tool of freedom. But the pursuit of wealth is the way to slavery.

-- Frank Herbert, God Emperor of Dune

Quote Of The Day: Positioning

Never put another man in a corner where the only way out is over you.

-- here

Quote Of The Day: Learning

...when you think you know something, that is the most perfect barrier against learning

-- Frank Herbert, God Emperor of Dune

Quote Of The Day: Motivation

Men must want to do things out of their own innermost drive. People, not commercial organizations or chains of command, are what make great civilizations work. Every civilization depends upon the quality of individuals it produces. If you over-organize humans, over-legalize them, suppress their urge to greatness - they cannot work and their civilization collapses.

-- Frank Herbert, Children of Dune

^civilization^corporation

Quote Of The Day: Government

Good government never depends upon laws, but upon personal qualities of those who govern. The machine of government is always subordinate to the will of those who administer that machinery. The most important element of government, therefore, is the method of choosing leaders.

-- Frank Herbert, Children of Dune

Quote Of The Day: Motivation

Don't try to race sheep.
Don't try to herd race horses.

-- How to Motivate Programmers