geordiemutant’s most recent Quotables

It is easier to go down a hill than up, but the view is from the top

Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts

They sneezed, wheezed, coughed and made two other kinds of sound for which we have no words in German

There is no bright line at which a particular piece of statistical evidence goes from being meaningful to meaningless

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.

Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.

We are what we repeatedly do; excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.

Writing is 1% inspiration, 99% not getting distracted by the Internet

Write like you are on a bender, edit like you are in rehab.

Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.

One sees clearly only with the heart. Anything essential is invisible to the eyes.

Sometimes in our hyper-cynical world, we forget that it's okay to get enthusiastic about things

You don't have to brush all your teeth - just the ones you want to keep.

Quis custodiet ipsos custodies?

I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.

Without a deadline, baby, I wouldn't do nothing

The ultimate inspiration is the deadline

It always seems impossible until it is done

Ambition becomes counter-productive when you pursue your goals without the humbling realization that things seldom go as planned

What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?