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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 (SĂĄ kan det gĂĄ)
- 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)