Thought Provoking Quotes

Those who restrain their desires, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.

Fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves.

As was his language so was his life.

If one can't be happy, one must be amused.

The temptation of the age is to look good without being good.

Words are loaded pistols.

The goal is to turn data into information, and information into insight.

A disciple is a disciple maker.

May each of you live lives of immersion. They won't necessarily be easy lives. But in the end, it is all that will sustain us.

No man however great is greater than his people

If you don't like someone's story, write your own.

Mistakes are a great educator when one is honest enough to admit them and willing to learn from them

The worst thing about the miracle of modern communications is the Pavlovian pressure it places upon everyone to communicate whenever a bell rings.

Librarian is a service occupation. Gas station attendant of the mind.

This company doesn't pay anybody. Only customers can do that. The company merely handles the money.

Truthful words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not truthful. Good words are not persuasive; persuasive words are not good.

Sometimes the most important things that we do are things we cannot measure.

Fun for us just happens to be screwing around with anything that gets our attention and is thought-provoking.

Failure isn't something to be embarrassed about; it's just proof that you're pushing your limits, trying new things, daring to innovate.

To learn is to be young, however old.

You yourself may not be luminous, but you are a conductor of light.

A man who makes trouble for others is also making trouble for himself.

Perfection can be a fetish

The truth is libraries are raucous clubhouses for free speech, controversy and community.

There's only one thing a bully respected: bigger bully.

You're stressing too much about what might be. Do something to take your mind off thinking about what might never happen.

However much we know about birth in general, we know nothing about a particular birth. We must let it unfold with its own uniqueness.

Look after your laundry, and your soul will look after itself.

Life goes by fast. Enjoy it. Calm down. It's all funny.

Quite often, lyrics get misunderstood - and I never mind that. I guess what all artists want is for their work to touch someone or for it to bethought provoking.

My son even if you want to fall, at least fall where your bones can be gathered

If you wouldn't write it and sign it, don't say it.

You will find that you survive humiliation. And that's an experience of incalculable value.

The time for change is now.

Every lizard lies on its belly, so we cannot tell which has a belly-ache

What is more important in a library than anything else-than everything else-is the fact that it exists.

With too little data, you won't be able to make any conclusions that you trust. With loads of data you will find relationships that aren't real... Big data isn't about bits, it's about talent.

We lost weight and grew thin. We stopped bleeding. We stopped dreaming. We stopped wanting.

All of life is a risk; in fact we're not going to get out alive. Casualness leads to casualties. Communication is the ability to affect other people with words.

The standard library saves programmers from having to reinvent the wheel.

If we have data, let's look at data. If all we have are opinions, let's go with mine.

Jesus asks for everything, but we try to give Him less.

It is praiseworthy to be brave and fearless, but sometimes it is better to be a coward. We often stand in the compound of a coward to point at the ruins where a brave man used to live.

Any relationships that would reject you for being true to yourself are - by definition - abusive relationships. You'll be much better off when you let them go.

Don't ever miss a day without improving something personally.

We choose our next world through what we learn in this one. Learn nothing, and the next world is the same as this one, all the same limitations and lead weights to overcome.

We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.

What a man does not know is greater than he.

Writers don't give prescriptions. They give headaches!

Dignity is more important to the human spirit than wealth.