Quotable Quotations

A list of interesting quotes collected over time in a single searchable place

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Work as if you live in the early days of a better nation.

Alasdair Gray

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Software is ‘done’ in the same way that the dishes are ‘done’. Software, like clean dishes, is only done if you never plan to use it again.

Dave Cheney

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The only secret of magic is that I'm willing to work harder on it than you think it's worth.

Penn Jillette

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Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

Napoleon Bonaparte

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Every extension is also an amputation

Marshall McLuhan

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The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.

Aristotle

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The reason that we struggle with insecurity is because we compare our behind the scenes with everybody else’s highlights reel.

Steven Furtick

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Tactics is knowing what to do when there is something to do, strategy is knowing what to do when there is nothing to do.

Savielly Tartakower

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Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self-esteem, first make sure that you are not, in fact, just surrounded by assholes.

Steven Winterburn

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Most people doubt online meetings can work but they somehow overlook that most in-person meetings don't work either.

Scott Berkun

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Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.

George Jean Nathan

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An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.

G.K. Chesterton

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Sir, a woman's preaching is like a dog's walking on his hind legs. It is not done well; but you are surprised to find it done at all.

Samuel Johnson

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Brands were a by-product of having great products and communicating them well to people. Power stations that generate a lot of electricity probably have a lot of steam coming out of the chimneys. That doesn’t mean to say that the engineers stand around working out how to make more steam.

Hans Snook

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Everybody has a plan, until they get punched in the face.

Mike Tyson

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Real winners do not compete.

Samuli Puronen

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Accountability is something that is left when responsibility has been subtracted.

Pasi Sahlberg