“Failure is an event, never a person.”

        — William D. Brown

“My project is 90% done. I hope the second half goes as well.”

        — Scott W. Ambler (@scottwambler

“The bigger the hat, the smaller the property.”

        — Australian Proverb

“If I agreed with you, we’d both be wrong.”

        — Unknown

“If Tetris has taught me anything, it’s that errors pile up and accomplishments disappear.”

        — Mana (@damana)

“Opportunity may knock only once, but temptation leans on the doorbell.”

        — Unknown

“A man’s feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world.”

        — George Santayana

“God writes a lot of comedy. The trouble is, he’s stuck with so many bad actors who don’t know how to play funny.”

        — Garrison Keillor

“As a nation we are dedicated to keeping physically fit – and parking as close to the stadium as possible.”

        — Bill Vaughan

“The quickest way for a parent to get a child’s attention is to sit down and look comfortable.”

        — Lane Olinghouse

“Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance, is the death of knowledge.”

        — Alfred North Whitehead

“A man may be a fool and not know it, but not if he is married.”

        — H. L. Mencken

“You’re making this too complicated when it’s really quite simple. All you have to do is make the software completely configurable so it can do whatever I need it to.”

        — Unknown, from Clients From Hell

“Children are natural mimics who act like their parents despite every effort to teach them good manners.”

        — Unknown

“Television has changed a child from an irresistible force to an immovable object.”

        — Laurence J. Peter

“The number of those who undergo the fatigue of judging for themselves is very small indeed.”

        — Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The Critic

“If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.”

        — Derek Bok

“The ABC’s of Life: Accept differences; Be kind; Clear your browser history.”

        — Caprice Crane (@capricecrane)

“I dream of giving birth to a child who will ask, ‘Mother, what was war?’”

        — Eve Merriam

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

        — Shirdi Sai Baba