quotes to keep in mind

Let's eat shit, billions of flies can't be wrong

• p_l on #lisp (Freenode)

When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and other build

windmills

• some chinese dude (Chinese proverb)

Trust Allah, but tie your camel,

• some arab dude (Arab proverb) - it's actually in the Quran

Non ti senti sola se non puoi uscire?

Perche' cosa cambia quando sei solo?

Tu ti senti meno solo se sei nella metropolitana invece che a casa?

• Cache' (french movie)

"Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of

enthusiasm."

• Winston Churchill

There are two types of companies, those that have been breached and

those that don't know that they have been breached

• unknown

Il vaso che fece traboccare la goccia

• unknown

Every machine is a smoke machine if you operate it wrong enough

Si puo' anche scotchare un maiale alla motrice di un camion, pero'

poi non so a cosa possa servire

• Benz

If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only because

they do not realize how complicated life is

— John von Neumann

Remember, a few hours of trials and error can save you

several minutes of looking at the README

• @iamdevloper

Note: Alan Perlis also has some dope quotes.

• the system administrator of this gemini capsule

You're giving me the 'It's not you, it's me' routine?

I invented 'It's not you, it's me.'

Nobody tells me it's them, not me. If it's anybody, it's me.

– George Costanza

Memento: One of the worst offense you could say to someone is "You are

useful as the error messages provided by latex compilers"

• me

The real problem of humanity is the following: We have Paleolithic

emotions, medieval institutions and godlike technology. And it is

terrifically dangerous, and it is now approaching a point of crisis

overall.

• Edward O. Wilson

So it goes (Så kan det gå)

• Kurt Vonnegut and the Tralfamadorians

First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist.

Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a trade unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.

• Martin Niemöller

Le meglio è l’inimico del bene.

—Voltaire

In English it is known as: Perfect is the enemy of good

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_is_the_enemy_of_good

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_plating_(project_management)