We've got to get in to get out.
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.
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All perceptions are real, at least to those who own them.
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 ".
Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.
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
Which is more important, the journey or the destination? The company.
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
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...
Sometimes the moments that never happen matter the most.
Quote of the Week 48 “ Sometimes the moments that never happen matter the most.” ― Volvo (not Jaguar) Triggered by Jaguar 's recent rebranding failure. Introducing the fully electric EX90. Sometimes the moments that never happen matter the most. pic.twitter.com/hVSotYUNLD — Volvo Cars of Vestavia Hills (@volvovestavia) October 4, 2024 Volvo posted a 3 min and 46 second ad on Instagram, shot by Hoyte Van Hoytema, the cinematographer of Interstellar and Oppenheimer. It goes against every single rule you can think about as a social lead. Length. Format. Over-produced. Every comment under the ad said it… pic.twitter.com/wkmghuP4ye — Guillaume Huin (@HuinGuillaume) November 21, 2024 The tag line dates back to at least 2017: Sometimes the moments that never happen matter the most. #VolvoXC60 pic.twitter.com/VTNGwu5sNJ — Volvo Cars (@volvocars) June 8, 2017
If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.
Quote of the Week 49 “ If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” ― Wayne Dyer Related: “ Change your thoughts and you change your world. ” ― Norman Vincent Peale
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