What goes up must come down. Ask any system administrator.
—Anonymous
Topics: Computers
At the dictation of a mathematician, it will solve in a matter of hours equations never before solved because of their intricacy and the enormous time and personnel which would be required to work them out on ordinary office calculators.
—Anonymous
Topics: Computers
Live your life as an exclamation—not an explanation.
—Anonymous
Topics: Living
“I can’t” isn’t a reason to give up, it’s a reason to try harder.
—Anonymous
Topics: Trying
Character is defined by what we are willing to do when the spotlight has been turned off, when the applause has died down, and no one is around to give us credit.
—Anonymous
Remember, life is not what happens to you but what you make of what happens to you. Everyone dies, but not everyone fully lives. Too many people are having "near-life experiences."
—Anonymous
Topics: Living
When friendships are real, they are not glass threads, or frostwork, but the solidest things we know. A friend is the first person who come in when the whole world has gone out.
—Anonymous
Topics: Friendship
As armed conflict is highly gendered and women
—Anonymous
Topics: Women
A friend hears the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails.
—Anonymous
Topics: Friendship, Memory, Friends
Your words are heard with the ears,
But understood with the heart.
—Anonymous
People don’t grow old. When they stop growing, they become old.
—Anonymous
Topics: Aging, Growth
Another advantage of being rich is that all your faults are called eccentricities.
—Anonymous
Topics: Wealth
In the fall, when you see geese heading south for the winter fly along in v formation, one might consider what science has discovered as to why geese fly this way.
Each bird flaps its wings creating uplift for the bird immediately following. A flock has a greater flying range in formation than a single bird would have on its own.
When a goose falls out of formation, it feels the drag and resistance of trying to fly alone and quickly rejoins the formation. The goose takes advantage of the lifting power of the bird in front.
The geese in formation honk from behind to encourage those flying up front to keep their speed. When a goose gets sick or wounded and falls out of formation, two other geese will fall out of formation with that goose to follow it down to lend help and protection. They stay with that fallen goose until it is able to fly or it dies. Only then do they launch out on their own or with another formation to catch up with their flock.
People, who share a common direction and sense of community, can reach a goal more quickly and easily because they are traveling on the thrust of one another. It is harder to do something alone than together.
It is beneficial to take turns doing demanding work. By sharing leadership and depending upon others in a group, there is a chance to lead and an opportunity to rest.
—Anonymous
Topics: Teamwork
Too many people run out of ideas long before they run out of words.
—Anonymous
Topics: Ideas
When one is out of touch with oneself, one cannot touch others.
—Anonymous
Those who seek faultless friends, remain friendless.
—Anonymous
Assassination is the perquisite of princes.
—Anonymous
I only wish to be the fountain of love from which you drink, every drop promising eternal passion.
—Anonymous
Topics: Romance
Volunteers
Many will be shocked to find,
When the day of judgement nears,
That there’s a special place in Heaven
Set aside for volunteers.
Furnished with big recliners,
Satin Couches and footstools,
Where ther are no committee chairmen,
Nor yard sale or rest area coffee to serve.
No library duty or bulletin assembly,
There will be nothing to print and staple.
Not one thing to fold and mail,
Telephone lists will be outlawed.
But a finger snap will bring
Cool drinks and gourmet dinners
And rare treats fit for a king.
You ask,
Who’ll serve these privileged few
And work for all the’re worth?
Why, all those who reaped the benifits,
And not once volunteered on Earth.
—Anonymous
Topics: Service
It’s easy to pick children whose mothers are good housekeepers; they are usually found in other yards.
—Anonymous
Topics: Mothers
God in His goodness sent the grapes, to cheer both great and small; little fools will drink too much, and great fools not at all.
—Anonymous
Topics: Wine
Gentility is neither in birth, wealth, manner, nor fashion—but in the mind! A high sense of honor, a determination never to take a mean advantage of another, an adherence to truth, delicacy, and politeness toward those with whom we have dealings, are its essential characteristics.
—Anonymous
An arrogant tycoon once told his minister that there really was no need for him to pray ever again. After all, he had everything—he was young, rich, and good-looking.
After hearing this, the minister said, “Well, you might want to pray for humility.”
—Anonymous
Topics: Humility
He who forgives ends the quarrel
—Anonymous
Topics: Forgiveness
Serenity is not freedom from the storm, but peace amid the storm.
—Anonymous
Topics: Serenity
The six most important words: I admit I made a mistake The five most important words: You did a good job The four most important words: What is your opinion? The three most important words: If you please The two most important words: Thank you The one least important word: I.
—Anonymous
Topics: Teamwork, Words
When error is confuted, vice reproved, and hypocrisy exposed, some are sure to complain of uncourteousness, uncharitableness, and an unchristian spirit. Such men would have been loud in their complaints, and bitter in their censure, of the prophets and apostles, and would have doubted the personal piety, and ultimate salvation, of Luther, and Knox, and Whitefield.
—Anonymous
Topics: Reform
God will hold us responsible for all the wonderful things that we have refused to enjoy.
—Anonymous
Crime, like disease, is not interesting; it is something to be done away with by general consent, and that is all about it.
—Anonymous
Topics: Crime
We take these risks, not to escape life, but to prevent life from escaping us.
—Anonymous
Topics: Life and Living
Happiness or unhappiness is often a matter of choice.
—Anonymous
Topics: Happiness, Choice
Hope is grief’s best music.
—Anonymous
Topics: Happiness, Hope
There is but one good throw upon the dice, which is, to throw them away.
—Anonymous
Tell the truth; there’s less to remember.
—Anonymous
Integrity is shown when no one is looking.
—Anonymous
The giant oak is an acorn that held its ground.
—Anonymous
A true friend is not like the rain which pours and goes away. A true friend is like the air, sometimes silent but always around you.
—Anonymous
To succeed in politics, it is often necessary to rise above your principles.
—Anonymous
Topics: Politics
Never judge a man by his umbrella. It may not be his.
—Anonymous
Topics: Judgment, Judging
Who’s General Failure and why’s he reading my disk?
—Anonymous
Topics: Computers