Bite off more than you can chew, then chew it. Plan more than you can do, then do it. Anonymous1 A goal without a plan is just a wish. Antoine de Saint-Exupery (1900 - 1944) Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir mens blood...Make...

The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources. Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955) Dont worry about people stealing an idea. If its original, you will have to ram1 it down their throats. Howard Aiken (1900 - 1973) I dont like compo...

All science is either physics or stamp collecting. Ernest Rutherford (1871 - 1937), in J. B. Birks Rutherford at Manchester (1962) In physics, your solution should convince a reasonable person. In math, you have to convince a person whos tr...

To the complaint, There are no people in these photographs, I respond, There are always two people: the photographer and the viewer. Ansel Adams (1902 - 1984) I have often thought that if photography were difficult in the true sense of the...

I think we ought always to entertain our opinions with some measure of doubt. I shouldnt wish people dogmatically to believe any philosophy, not even mine. Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970) The point of philosophy is to start with something so...

If a dog jumps in your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer. Alfred North Whitehead (1861 - 1947) We call them dumb animals, and so they are, for they cannot tell us how th...

Energy and persistence2 conquer all things. Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790) Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded geniu...

By perseverance1 the snail2 reached the ark. Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834 - 1892) I think a hero is an ordinary individual who finds strength to persevere3 and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles. Christopher Reeve The difference bet...

I never expect to see a perfect work from imperfect man. Alexander Hamilton (1755 - 1804), The Federalist The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself. Anna Qui...

We shall find peace. We shall hear the angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds. Anton Chekhov (1860 - 1904), 1897 We make war that we may live in peace. Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC), Nichomachean Ethics1 For peace is not mere2 a...