"Little by little one walks far" -- Peruvian Proverb

"with less news out there than there used to be, you have to create a little yourself. Since most newspapers lack the wherewithal and expertise to start a war or cure cancer, it's a lot more cost-effective to do sex. And because it's a subject nobody really knows anything about, you don't have to get stuck on accuracy issues" -- Peter Ruehl AFR 22/11/2005

"The man who does things makes many mistakes, but he never makes the biggest mistake of all - doing nothing" -- Benjamin Franklin

"Failure is the opportunity to begin again, more intelligently" -- Henry Ford

"If there is any one secret of success, it lies in the ability to get the other person's point of view and see things from that person's angle as well" -- Henry Ford

"Democracy is an awful way to run a country, but it's the best system we have" -- Winston Churchill

"I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught" - - Winston Churchill

"The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only to support your weight long enough so you can reach for something higher" -- Anonymous

Quantum Mechanics is God's version of "Trust me."

"I not only use all the brains I have, but all I can borrow" -- Woodrow Wilson

"It's not enough that we do our best; sometimes we have to do what's required" -- Sir Winston Churchill

"Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in" -- Napoleon Bonaparte

Apologise fast, apologise first

"An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest" -- Benjamin Franklin

"The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing" -- Walt Disney

“Do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires” -- Song of Songs 2:7

“Whether a tree falls to the south or to the north, in the place where it falls there will it lie” -- Ecclesiastes 11:3

“As dead flies give perfume a bad smell, so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honour” -- Ecclesiastes 10:1

“The first to present his case seems right, till another comes forward and questions him” -- Proverbs 18:17

“The labourer’s appetite works for him; his hunger drives him on” -- Proverbs 16: 26

“Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid” -- Proverbs 12:1

“Of what use is money in the hands of a fool, since he has no desire to get wisdom” -- Proverbs 17:16

All work and no pay makes a housewife

Leveraging always beats prototyping

“I have great faith in fools - self confidence my friends call it” -- Edgar Allan Poe

“These baked beans look bully” –- John D Rockefeller Jnr

Open Source; Every now and then, you get what you don't pay for

Lowery's Law: “If it jams - force it. If it breaks, it needed replacing anyway”

"We have many children but none to spare. Please drive carefully" –- Golf Manor Subdivision

Ever notice that even the busiest people are never too busy to tell you just how busy they are?

Put your brain in gear before starting your mouth in motion

“Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit” -- Proverbs, 26:5

“Guns are only deadly if used for their intended purpose” – The Onion

“Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans; it's lovely to be silly at the right moment” –- Horace

“All I kin say is when you finds yo'self wanderin' in a peach orchard, ya don't go lookin' for rutabagas” -- Kingfish

“Computers are unreliable, but humans are even more unreliable. Any system which depends on human reliability is unreliable” –- Gilb

“The stone age did not end because they ran out of stones. It ended because they found something better” –- Sheikh Yamani

“Where there is no revelation (or prophetic vision), the people cast off restraint; but happy is the one who keeps the law” -- Proverbs 29:18

Ahh, but a person's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for?

The girl who stoops to conquer usually wears a low-cut dress.

The girl who stoops to conquer usually wears a low-cut dress.

“Money can't buy love, but it improves your bargaining position” -- Christopher Marlowe

“I'm not a robot like you. I don't like having disks crammed into me... unless they're Oreos, and then only in the mouth” –- Fry

If life isn't what you wanted, have you asked for anything else?

"If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning." -- Mahatma Gandhi

If Patrick Henry thought that taxation without representation was bad, he should see how bad it is with representation

"Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia" -- Charles Schultz

“Exceptions prove the rule, and wreck the budget” –- Miller

Theory of Selective Supervision: The one time in the day that you lean back and relax is the one time the boss walks through the office

“In defeat, unbeatable; in victory, unbearable” -- W. Churchill, on General Montgomery

An ounce of clear truth is worth a pound of obfuscation

The part of the world that people find most puzzling is the part called "Me"

“It's not easy, being green” -- Kermit the Frog

“Any sufficiently advanced bug is indistinguishable from a feature” -- Rich Kulawiec

"The future is here. It's just not evenly distributed yet" -- William Gibson, Science-Fiction Writer

“Think network. Think open. Think extensible. Play well with others” -- Tim O'Reilly, founder and president of O'Reilly & Associates

“You don't need permission to innovate” -- Mike O'Dell

"First they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win" –- Gandhi

"Any sufficiently advanced technology appears to be magic" -- Arthur C. Clarke

“My question was whether they had ever discussed governing with a bunch of pinko fruitloops like Rod Donald or not?” -- Winston Peters

"I'm not a god, I was misquoted" -- Lister, Red Dwarf

If your life were a horse, you'd have to shoot it

"I'm gonna walk around Downtown - I love it. I'm gonna contribute to the New Zealand economy" -- Bill Clinton

Many people feel that if you won't let them make you happy, they'll make you suffer

"Excellence is not a skill. It is an attitude" -- Ralph Marston

“Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them” -- Publilius Syrus

There's nothing like good food, good wine, and a bad girl

(1) Everything depends. (2) Nothing is always. (3) Everything is sometimes

To err is human, to moo bovine

“A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the word you first thought of” -- Burt Bacharach

“Reality must take precedence over public relations, for Mother Nature cannot be fooled” -- R.P. Feynman

“People seem to enjoy things more when they know a lot of other people have been left out on the pleasure” -- Russell Baker

"Simulations are like miniskirts, they show a lot and hide the essentials" -- Hubert Kirrman

"If you do not think about the future, you cannot have one" -- John Galsworthy

”Where there is much light there is also much shadow” -- Goethe