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Corwin: Steady movement

“Steady movement is more important than speed, much of the time. So long as there is a regular progression of stimuli to get your mental hooks into, there is room for lateral movement. Once this begins, its rate is a matter of discretion.” — Corwin, Prince of Amber.

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Mark Twain: Annoyance of a good example

“Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example. “—Mark Twain.

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Blaise Pascal: Justified strength

“Having been unable to strengthen justice, we have justified strength.” —Blaise Pascal.

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Mark Twain: Soap and education

“Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre, but they are more deadly in the long run. “ —Mark Twain.

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Edward Gibbon: School of genius

“Conversation enriches the understanding, but solitude is the school of genius.” —Edward Gibbon.

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Helen Schucman: All things answered

“In quietness are all things answered.” —Helen Schucman.

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Steve Jobs: Thinker and doer

“My observation is that the doers are the major thinkers. The people that really create the things that change this industry are both the thinker and doer in one person. And if we really go back and we examine, you know, did Leonardo have a guy off to the side that was thinking five years out in the future what he would paint or the technology he would use to paint it? Of course not. Leonardo was…

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William Butler Yeats: Passionate intensity

“The best lack all conviction, while the worst / Are full of passionate intensity.” —William Butler Yeats.

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Salman Rushdie: AI and humor

“AI has no sense of humor. You don’t want to hear a joke told by ChatGPT. If there is a moment when there is a funny book written by ChatGPT, I think we are screwed.” —Salman Rushdie.

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Robert C Martin: Truth is code

“Truth can only be found in one place: the code.” — Robert C. Martin.

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William Shakespeare: All things that are

“All things that are, are with more spirit chased than enjoyed. “—William Shakespeare.

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Anne Frank: How wonderful

“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” —Anne Frank.

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Anna Wintour: Indecision

“People respond well to those that are sure of what they want. What people hate most is indecision.” —Anna Wintour.

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Ingrid Newkirk: Central nervous system

“When it comes to having a central nervous system, and the ability to feel pain, hunger, and thirst, a rat is a pig is a dog is a boy.” —Ingrid Newkirk.

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Steve Wozniak: 4-kbyte minicomputer

“I knew then (in 1970) that a 4-kbyte  minicomputer would cost as much as a house. So I reasoned that after college, I’d have to live cheaply in an apartment and put all my money into owning a computer.” —Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak.

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Saul Bellow: Need for illusion

“A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.” —Saul Bellow.

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Henry Spencer: Condemned

“Those who do not understand Unix are condemned to reinvent it, poorly.” —Henry Spencer.