The distance between dreams and reality is called discipline.

Quote of the Week 23 “ We've got to get in to get out.” ― Peter Gabriel , Carpet Crawlers (Lyrics) Triggered by the introductory tunes of Ordinary by Alex Warren.

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.

June 09, 2025

Quote of the Week 24 “ Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.” ― Sharon Begley ; attributed to Carl Sagan Triggered by a @ProfFeynman tweet : "Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known." — Carl Sagan — Library Path (@LibraryPath) March 20, 2025 While this quote is widely attributed to Carl Sagan, it is actually from a 1977 Newsweek profile of Carl Sagan written by Sharon Begley. Source: Laidlaw Scholars

Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.

July 14, 2025

Quote of the Week 29 “ Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.” ― Simone Weil

All perceptions are real, at least to those who own them.

July 12, 2021

Quote of the Week 28 "All perceptions are real, at least to those who own them." ― Joe Folkman Related quotes: "In politics, perception is reality." ― Lee Atwater "Perception is reality. If you are perceived to be something, you might as well be it because that’s the truth in people’s minds." ― Steve Young "Perception is reality, but it may not be actuality, and you have got to be able to keep the difference between that." ― Bill Cowher Triggered by Ron Lichty's use of the quote in many of his presentations and the book " Managing the Unmanageable: Rules, Tools, and Insights for Managing Software People and Teams " citing Folkman's 1996 book "Turning Feedback into Change!". See also Principle 5 in Folkman's subsequent book " The Power of Feedback ".

Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.

June 22, 2026

Quote of the Week 26 “Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Nothing can bring you peace but the triumph of principles. ” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson Triggered by a recent tweet : "Nothing can bring you peace but yourself." | Ralph Waldo Emerson — Philosophy Thoughts (@Philosophy_DQ) June 6, 2026 Source : Self-Reliance (final sentences) from Essays: First Series (1841) Initial quote therein - originally by Aulus Persius Flaccus : “Ne te quaesiveris extra. ” (Do not seek for things outside of yourself)

Which is more important, the journey or the destination? The company.

February 14, 2022

Quote of the Week 7 "Which is more important," asked Big Panda, "the journey or the destination?" "The company," said Tiny Dragon. ― James Norbury ( Big Panda & Tiny Dragon ) (C) James Nurbory, jamesnurbory .com German translation : "Was ist wichtiger?", fragte der große Panda, "Der Weg oder das Ziel?" "Die Weggefährten", sagte der kleine Drache.

Quotes Of The Week -- Summary

January 02, 2023

2023 Quotes CW 1 "W e do these things not because they are easy, but because we thought they were going to be easy . " ― The Programmers' Credo 2022 Quotes CW 52 " W e do these things not because they are easy, but because we thought they were going to be easy . " ― Maurice Switzer CW 51 "B e conservative in what you send, be liberal in what you accept . " ― Jon Postel (Postel's Law) CW 50 " What I had not realized is that extremely short exposures to a relatively simple computer program could induce powerful delusional thinking in quite normal people . " ― Josef Weizenbaum CW 49 " A user interface is like a joke. If you have to explain it, it’s not that good . " ― Martin LeBlanc CW 48 " Organizations which design systems are constrained to produce systems which are copies of the communication structures of these organizations . " ― Melvin Conway ( Conway's Law ) CW 47 " Adding manpower to a late softw...

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