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Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain. (Friedrich von Schiller)

I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth. (Umberto Eco)

His ignorance is encyclopedic (Abba Eban)

Do, or do not.There is no ‘try’. (Yoda)

Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems. (Rene Descartes, Discours de la Methode)

The full use of your powers along lines of excellence. (definition of happiness by John F. Kennedy)

The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be regarded as a criminal offense. (Edsgar Dijkstra)

It is much more comfortable to be mad and know it, than to be sane and have one’s doubts. (G. B. Burgin)

It’s kind of fun to do the impossible. (Walt Disney)

We have art to save ourselves from the truth. (Friedrich Nietzsche)

Try to learn something about everything and everything about something. (Thomas Henry Huxley)

In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. (Martin Luther King Jr.)

Give me chastity and continence, but not yet. (Saint Augustine)

In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But in practice, there is. (Yogi Berra)

Whether you think that you can, or that you can’t, you are usually right. (Henry Ford)

Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. (Antoine de Saint Exupery)

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.(Napoleon Bonaparte)

There’s a limit to how many times you can read how great you are and what an inspiration you are, but I’m not there yet. (Randy Pausch)

Basically, I no longer work for anything but the sensation I have while working. (Albert Giacometti (sculptor))