Quotes tagged with 'life'

You can’t fix stupid. There is not a pill you can take, not a class you can go to. Stupid is forever.
—Ron White life philosophy

One day, the mountain that is in front of you will be so far behind you, it will barely be visible in the distance. But the person you become in learning to get over it? That will stay with you forever. And that is the point of the mountain.
—Brianna Wiest life

Experience is the hardest kind of teacher. It gives you the test first and the lesson afterward.
—Oscar Wilde life

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.
—Oscar Wilde life philosophy

Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.
—Oscar Wilde life

The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised.
—George F. Will / American columnist, journalist & author life

A hungry stomach, an empty wallet and a broken heart can teach you the best lessons of life.
—Robin Williams life

Reading is dreaming with open eyes.
—Yo Yo life philosophy

I squint at the sun because it's bright. I squint at some people because they're not.
—Jedi Master Yoda life philosophy

If they stand behind you give them protection. If they stand beside you give them respect. If they stand against you show them no mercy.
—Jedi Master Yoda freedom life

Pass on what you have learned. Strength, mastery. But weakness, folly, failure also. Yes, failure most of all. The greatest teacher failure is.
—Jedi Master Yoda life philosophy

Wisdom has been chasing you, but you have always been faster.
—Jedi Master Yoda life philosophy

Do or do not, there is no try(ing).
—Jedi Master Yoda life philosophy

Below the surface of the machine, the program moves. Without effort, it expands and contracts. In great harmony, electrons scatter and regroup. The forms on the monitor are but ripples on the water. The essence stays invisibly below.
—Master Yuan Ma / The Book of Programming life programming

Tzu-li and Tzu-ssu were boasting about the size of their latest programs. ‘Two-hundred thousand lines,’ said Tzu-li, ‘not counting comments!’ Tzu-ssu responded, ‘Pssh, mine is almost a million lines already.’ Master Yuan-Ma said, ‘My best program has five hundred lines.’ Hearing this, Tzu-li and Tzu-ssu were enlightened.
—Master Yuan Ma / The Book of Programming life programming

A beginning programmer writes her programs like an ant builds her hill, one piece at a time, without thought for the bigger structure. Her programs will be like loose sand. They may stand for a while, but growing too big they fall apart.
Realizing this problem, the programmer will start to spend a lot of time thinking about structure. Her programs will be rigidly structured, like rock sculptures. They are solid, but when they must change, violence must be done to them.
The master programmer knows when to apply structure and when to leave things in their simple form. Her programs are like clay, solid yet malleable.
—Master Yuan Ma / The Book of Programming life programming

A mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work if it isn't open.
—Frank Zappa life

The most important thing to do in your life is to not interfere with somebody else's life.
—Frank Zappa life

When we were kids we were punished for telling lies, now we are punished for telling the truth.
—Rapper Zuby life