A good plan violently executed right now is far better than a perfect plan executed next week.

- General George Patton (1885-1945) US Army General

Just as real events are forgotten, some that never were can be in our memories as if they happened.

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It is a triumph of life that old people lose their memories of inessential things, though memory does not often fail with regard to things that are of real interest to us. Cicero illustrated this with the stroke of a pen: No old man forgets where he has hidden his treasure.


- From Memories of my Melancholy Whores, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

In the end, it is impossible not to become what others believe you are.

According to a study by researchers at the University of Ohio, french fries account for 25% of vegetable consumption of children. Juices make up 40% of fruit intake. This wasn't the case for me - I ate lots of fruit & vegetables. I also ended up much taller than my parents. I'm convinced that's because I had better nutrition than they did.

The US Government's definition of a high-speed train is one that goes 90mph. That's a joke. I wonder how they'd define the speed of the train in Shanghai that can attain a speed of 259mph. Transport infrastructure in the US is poor. I believe it's because the auto industry has been too powerful.

Income tax returns are the most imaginative fiction being written today.
- Herman Wouk

I wish I had an office that I could do a handstand in. An office that I could do a cartwheel in would be even better!

"Why did you tell them what I told you in confidence? That was private."

"It's ok. They are my [taekwondo] team mates. We touch each other with our feet."

You know you're in a position of significance in an organization when you can start engaging in insider trading.

"How do we get Zumbi to come back to capoiera?"

"We should take a pair of wet jeans and beat him with it until it's dry!"

To zap food cravings, tap 10 times on various body parts and hum "Happy Birthday" until the urge disappears.

- Paul McKenna

Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another.

- Anatole France

There is nothing more demoralizing than a small but adequate income.

- Edmund Wilson

It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help.

- Judith Martin

There is the person that you are, and then there is the person that you want to be.

In most cases, you're actually better off and are happier being the person that you are.

If you are a sniper, there are 4 things that give you away, and they all begin with S: shape, shine, silhouette, and shadow.

Being an icon is overblown. Remember, an icon is moved by a mouse.

- William Shatner

"He threw a kettle over a pub. What have you done?"

- Gareth Keenan, from The Office

John Lennon was #1 in the US and the UK when I was born
The songs were "Imagine" and "(Just Like) Starting Over"

Gandhi's Talisman

"I will give you a talisman. Whenever you are in doubt, or when the self becomes too much with you, apply the following test. Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man [woman] whom you may have seen, and ask yourself, if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him [her]. Will he [she] gain anything
by it? Will it restore him [her] to a control over his [her] own life and destiny? In other words, will it lead to swaraj [freedom] for the hungry and spiritually starving millions? Then you will find your doubts and your self melt away."

One of the last notes left behind by Gandhi, in 1948.