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Saw this on wikipedia today. Wikiquote

Unknown author:

Always remember you are unique, just like everyone else.

If you lend someone $20, and never see that person again, it was probably worth it.

Don't drink and park; accidents cause people.

Tony, these last few were really funny!

Here are some of own philosophical quotes that I have dreamed up over the years:

“Architecture is a series of aesthetic cover-ups on an imperfect science.”
5/11/93

”A Professional is one whose personal liability dramatically outweighs the financial gain obtained for his work.”
5/11/93

“He who consumes experience the fastest, has the most time left to use it.”
11/93

“If you can’t get it perfect, get it done.”
9/95

“Conclusion is what you get when you’re tired of thinking.”
10/95

“Life would be a lot quieter without the little voices in our heads.”
10/97

"The role of an architect is to Communicate, Consult, Coordinate, Conceive, and Control a project.
8/99

"Construction is what you get as the end result to a project where the accidents, mistakes, and dumb things don't add up to enough to make a disaster."
5/2002

“In construction, you will achieve more by striving to minimize the imperfections than you will to expect perfection.”
2/2003

“If you don't watch em like a hawk, they will steal like a turkey vulture.”
2/2003

“Art is appreciating the imagination and creativity of others.
5/2003

“I’m so busy I don’t have time to hyperventilate”
1/2004

“Welcome to the world of construction where the final product usually never reflects the efforts, problems, solutions, and angst that goes into the job to get the end result. ”
3/2004


"A project consists of the appropriate apportionment of size, content,
and budget. Any one of those elements not in sync and there is no
project." 4-2004

“’Twenty years off in time’ used to seem like forever. You know you are getting older when ’20-years ago” seems like yesterday.”
1-2005

“Drawings always make construction seem precise and pristine and it rarely ever works out that way when built.”
12-2005

“In construction, “simple” may mean less expensive whereas “complicated” always means more expensive.”
2-2006

“The memory is the first thing to go but I can never seem to remember that.”
10-2006

“The squeaky wheel gets the grease unless one owns a good set of ear plugs.”
2-2007

Build a man a fire, and he will keep warm for a day.
Set a man on fire, and he will keep warm for the rest of his life.

John!!

Where have you been? We've missed you.

Hey Dick! What up?

I've been practicing architecture, doing a bit of Lisp programming, and keeping myself busy with all sorts of things. I get the automatic announcements that Mark Madura sends out, and recently switched my email notification thing. So on the same day, I thought I'd see what was shaking at the DataCAD forum...who should I see but you, Dave G, and several others from the old days! Of course, I gravitated towards the "Off Topic" thread. But I also notice a "Revision Clouds" thread, so it verily warmed the cockles of my heart to see that good software never dies, it just keeps getting used.

Then I accidentally set myself on fire.... and the rest, as they say, is history....

Stay warm, dude. And, keep in touch.

Haven't had any posted for awhile.....

If you think no one cares that you are alive try missing a couple of car payments.

Good judgement comes from bad experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgement.

Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.

Here is one of my personal favorite:

"Second place is the first looser" - No Fear

These are a few I remember from college:

"Hard work often pays off after time,
But laziness always pays off now"

"It could be that the purpose of your life is
Only to server as a warning to others"

"If you can't learn to do something well,
Learn to enjoy doing it poorly"

"You'll always miss 100% of the shots you don't take,
and, statistically speaking, 99% of the shots you do"

"It could be that the purpose of your life is
Only to server as a warning to others"

A true programmer.

"Symmetry isn't often required, but is often beautiful" - Roy Ward (my boss)

"Consistency is the hob goblin of little minds" - Roy Ward (my boss)

"I'm Chevy Chase and you're not." - SNL Anchor

"I think the Clintons are brilliant. I've never met a person as intelligent as Bill, and I think Hillary is right up there with him. They're too smart for Washington." - Chevy Chase

"Everywhere is within walking distance if you have the time." - Steven Wright

"A hospital bed is a parked taxi with the meter running."
"Alimony is like buying hay for a dead horse."
"I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury."
"Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies."
"Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others." - Groucho

"If Saddam rejects peace and we have to use force, our purpose is clear. We want to seriously diminish the threat posed by Iraq's weapons of mass destruction program." - Bill Clinton

In all large corporations, there is a pervasive fear that someone, somewhere is having fun with a computer on company time. Networks help alleviate that fear.
- John C. Dvorak