Your Favorite Philosophical Quote!

[IKE]

Originally Posted by Jeff K.

"I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have."
-Benjamin Franklin

I have always loved that quote. Another couple work hard quotes are:

"Chop your own wood, it will warm you twice."-Henry Ford

"“Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish; and you have fed him for a lifetime”"
-I always thought this was a quote from Jesus, but I found a ton of different references as authors of this quote. Whoever said it I love its application to FIRST.

Lastly one of my favorites is:
"An open mind is an open door to opportunity."
Either I thought of this one a long time ago or read it somewhere when I was a kid.

[James1902]

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.
-Douglas Adams

[EricH]

Originally Posted by IKE

"“Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish; and you have fed him for a lifetime”"
-I always thought this was a quote from Jesus, but I found a ton of different references as authors of this quote. Whoever said it I love its application to FIRST.

It's not in the Bible. I believe it's commonly attributed to Confucius or one of the other great Chinese philosophers.

[klrswift]

One of my favorites is "Only Nixon could go to China."

[Stephi Rae]

The best way to predict your future is to create it. ~Peter Drucker

"There is nothing harder than being given your chance."
~ Deborah Chiel ~

"There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle."
~ Albert Einstein ~


"The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one."
~ Elbert Hubbard ~

"To be nobody but myself -- in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else -- means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight, and never stop fighting."
~ E. E. Cummings ~
(1894-1962)


It's hard to pick just one... These are the top 5 most relevant to me right now... I keep a word doc on my desktop with my favorite quotes to keep me going when times are rough... And then there's fantastic movie quotes.

[Kims Robot]

I used to love this one when I was in high school....

"If everything is possible, there is a possibility that something is imposible..."

[joshsmithers]

I heard this one from a friend while in Utah recently:

"If you're ever worried that tomorrow will never come, don't worry; it's already tomorrow in Australia."

[dlavery]

Originally Posted by joshsmithers

I heard this one from a friend while in Utah recently:

"If you're ever worried that tomorrow will never come, don't worry; it's already tomorrow in Australia."

We used to say that all the time when I was growing up in Australia. For some reason, it just never seemed to make much sense.

-dave



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[ATannahill]

Originally Posted by dlavery

We used to say that all the time when I was growing up in Australia. For some reason, it just never seemed to make much sense.

-dave



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austrilia, kangaroo game?

[lingomaniac88]

Originally Posted by rtfgnow

austrilia, kangaroo game?

I can see it now... we build robotic kangaroos, and the human players ride in the pouches!

(With significant padding on the robots to prevent any injury, of course!)

[vivek16]

Originally Posted by Wetzel

Dude.

Wetzel

Sweet

-Vivek

[Pat Major]

Philosophers question: Is the glass half full or half empty?

Engineers answer: The glass is the wrong size!


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[Alex.Norton]

"Give a man a fire and you keep him warm for a night. Light a man on fire and you keep him warm for the rest of his life." - I have no idea.

[Eric Finn]

Originally Posted by Alex.Norton

"Give a man a fire and you keep him warm for a night. Light a man on fire and you keep him warm for the rest of his life." - I have no idea.

Aww, I was going to use that one.
Oh well.

"The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time"
--Bertrand Russel

[Bob Steele]

You measure the size of your accomplishments by the obstacles you had to overcome to reach your goals. Booker T. Washington

If you set your hair on fire and you put your feet in a bucket of ice water, on average you feel pretty good. anon

The attainment of wholeness requires one to stake one’s whole being. Nothing less will do; there can be no easier conditions, no substitutes, no compromises.
Carl G Jung