Notebooks

There are only two ways of telling the complete truth--anonymously and posthumously. Thomas Sowell

An incompetent attorney can delay a trial for months or years. A competent attorney can delay one even longer. Evelle J. Younger

I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not. Kurt Cobain

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them. Henry David Thoreau

I can't understand why a person will take a year to write a novel when he can easily buy one for a few dollars. Fred Allen

If people knew how hard I had to work to gain my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all. Michelangelo

When a thing is funny, search it carefully for a hidden truth. George Bernard Shaw

You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger. Buddha

Dream is not the thing what you see in sleep, dream is the thing that does not let you sleep. Adbul Kalam

'Someday' is the day after you die. Steve Pavlina

Who is wise? He who learns from all men. Ben Zoma

Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week. Spanish Proverb

Time is that quality of nature which keeps events from happening all at once. Lately it doesn't seem to be working Unknown Author

When I was young, I observed that nine out of ten things I did were failures. So I did ten times more work. George Bernard Shaw

Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana. Groucho Marx

When I'm working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I think only how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong. R. Buckminster Fuller

It's no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense. Mark Twain

You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take. Wayne Gretzky

Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good. Samuel Johnson

When your friends begin to flatter you on how young you look, it's a sure sign you're getting old. Mark Twain

The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails. William Arthur Ward

Before enlightnment, chop wood, carry water. After enlightnment, chop wood, carry water. Zen proverb

I don't mind what Congress does, as long as they don't do it in the streets and frighten the horses. Victor Hugo