“Well done is better than well said.”

        — Benjamin Franklin

“Use what talents you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.”

        — Henry Van Dyke

“We’ve spent more money bailing out the banks, in one year, than we’ve spent on Science in Britain, since Jesus.”

        — Professor Brian Cox

“For every complex problem, there is a solution that is simple, neat, and wrong.”

        — H. L. Mencken

“It’s only impossible if you stop to think about it!”

        — The Pirates! Band of Misfits

“A kiss can be a comma, a question mark or an exclamation point.”

        — Mistinguett

“Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week”

        — Spanish Proverb

“Nobody realises that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.”

        — Albert Camus

“Before you speak, ask yourself: Is it necessary? Is it true? Does it improve upon the silence?”

        — Shirdi Sai Baba

“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.”

        — Samuel Beckett

“One reason a dog can be such a comfort when you’re feeling blue is that he doesn’t try to find out why.”

        — Unknown

“I will get through today with coffee and patience. Right now, what I have is coffee.”

        — Unknown

“To love would be an awfully big adventure.”

        — J. M. Barrie (Peter Pan)

“Inside every well-written large program is a well-written small program.”

        — C. A. R. Hoare

“He flung himself upon his horse and rode madly off in all directions.”

        — Stephen Leacock

“There are two kinds of failures: those who thought and never did, and those who did and never thought.”

        — Laurence Peter

“A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.”

        — Greek proverb

“The first time I see a jogger smiling, I’ll consider it.”

        — Joan Rivers

“Never try to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and it annoys the pig.”

        — Robert Heinlein

“Never be afraid to try, remember… Amateurs built the ark. Professionals built the Titanic.”

        — Unknown

“A library is thought in cold storage.”

        — Herbert Samuel

“Belief like any other moving body follows the path of least resistance.”

        — Samuel Butler

“No matter how hard you push and no matter what the priority, you can’t increase the speed of light.”

        — R. Callon, RFC1925: The Twelve Networking Truths