Notebooks

Don't panic

Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence. H. L. Mencken

Quiet is the absence of sound. Silence is the presence of silence. Robert Fripp

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day. Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

I have been through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened. Mark Twain

Silence is so accurate. Mark Rothko

If you don't make mistakes, you're not working on hard enough problems. And that's a big mistake. Frank Wilczek

Time is the stuff life is made of. Benjamin Franklin

When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty. George Bernard Shaw

Before you go and criticize the younger generation, just remember who raised them. Unknown Author

Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted. John Lennon

It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit. Harry Truman

Money doesn't change you; it reveals who you are when you no longer have to be nice. Unknown Author

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. George Bernard Shaw

I hope that while so many people are out smelling the flowers, someone is taking the time to plant some. Herbert Rappaport

It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer. Albert Einstein

A man is but the product of his thoughts; what he thinks, he becomes. Gandhi

Practice doesn't make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect. Vince Lombardi

Never judge a book by its movie. J. W. Eagan

I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. And I can picture us attacking that world, because they'd never expect it. Jack Handey

The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is. George Bernard Shaw

Why does the Air Force need expensive new bombers? Have the people we've been bombing over the years been complaining? George Wallace

The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from. Andrew S. Tanenbaum

Eighty percent of success is showing up. Woody Allen