Ideas
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Familiar and Unfamiliar Quotations (norvig.com)
The work is forgotten, kindness and love remains
Fear both the heat and the cold of your heart, and try to have patience, if you can
I'm gonna shoot 'em on general principle
Though this be madness, yet there is method in't
The mind can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven
And if you listen very hard The tune will come to you at last
Past glories are poor feeding
No one will bring back the years; no one will restore you to yourself
We overvalue people we don't know and undervalue those we do
Cast aside fear and regret, do the deed at hand
In the beginning, the universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move
Never put off till tomorrow what may be done day after tomorrow just as well
All in all it's just another brick in the wall
A man's got to know his limitations
Oh well, whatever, never mind
You can, you should, and if you're brave enough to start, you will
The great way is low and plain, but people like shortcuts over the mountains
Success comes from genuine interest
Is this the most important thing you should work on?
Happiness, only real when shared
Often times we call a man cold when he is only sad
Consider beginnings
You cannot find peace by avoiding life
Life is what happens when you're not looking at a screen
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?
May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out
For the loser now Will be later to win For the times they are a-changin'
Do nothing in anger
Let's take the backstreet
Do not lie to yourself
Do what you feel in your heart to be right, you'll be criticized anyway
I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once
California dreamin' On such a winter's day
All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost
Action is the antidote to despair
Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way
Life is a great balancing act
Judge less, accept more
How would your best version handle this?
O snail Climb Mount Fuji, But slowly, slowly!
A problem well stated is a problem half-solved
Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known
Finish each day and leave the old nonsense behind. Tomorrow is a new day
Fear is the path to the dark side
There will come soft rains
Do nothing against your will, nor against community, nor without due examination, nor with reluctancy
Do what is right, not what is easy nor what is popular
Suspend judgment
How many roads must a man walk down Before you call him a man?
How would you live if you had two years left? You may even have less
Nothing new under the sun
Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans
Man may have discovered fire, but women discovered how to play with it
Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught
A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it
Criticize less, appreciate more
Man only likes to count his troubles; he doesn't calculate his happiness
Dust to dust
The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool
Walk slowly but walk
Finally, from so little sleeping and so much reading, his brain dried up and he went completely out of mind
What are men to rocks and mountains?
A fit, healthy body is the best fashion statement
Don't be unhappy before the crisis comes
All is well that ends well
Come out better on the other side
Good is better than perfect
And you better start swimmin' Or you'll sink like a stone For the times they are a-changin'
Expect less, give more
It's not personal
Each of us can heal
How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live
Let not future troubles you, for you will have the same reason
Truly wonderful, the mind of a child is
Suit up!
Take a sad song and make it better
False hopes are dangerous
My ambition is handicapped by laziness
Are you still young and dumb enough to know everything?
Nature doesn't make long speeches
Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional
Never wrestle with a pig, you get dirty; and besides, the pig likes it
Enjoy yourself, it's later than you think
Life will follow its path, neither reverse nor check its course, nor remind you of its swiftness, but glide on quietly
Well, I never heard it before, but it sounds uncommon nonsense
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!
..Be a simple man, be something you love and understand
Create more than you consume
All along the watchtower, princes kept a view
I jump to conclusions and oversimplify
If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?
One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple
Respect was invented to cover the empty place where love should be
Whether to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles
Environment affects us more than we suspect
hollowed out, clay makes a pot where the pot is not, is where it's useful
The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing
If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you
Any fool can know. The point is to understand
The world needs a wash and a week's rest
Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking
You don't have to get everything right. Define the few that must be right, and let go of the rest
Action is the antidote to despair
You make your habits, then your habits make you
Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not
Courage is found in unlikely places
Why do you fight with yourself?
...remember that what has once been done may be done again
Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what's for lunch
Resist much, obey little
The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness
Go take a walk
If you are going through hell, keep going
Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead
It's not personal
Everything you can imagine is real
This is it
There is only one day left, always starting over
C'est la vie
In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra
Predicting the future is overrated
Hell is truth seen too late
Don't panic
You become what you give your attention to
Mistakes of others are easier to notice than our own
Inside every old person is a young person wondering what happened
I wandered lonely as a cloud
A distracted mind is a weak mind
Focus on what is important
I always arrive late at the office, but I make up for it by leaving early
On the day they were to kill him, Santiago Nasar arose at five-thirty in the morning to wait for the boat carrying the bishop
..The dawn mist glowing The water flowing The endless river Forever and ever
You can choose a different path
..With all memory and fate, Driven deep beneath the waves
Poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese
The future is not written yet It depends on what you do today
Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger
Don't take yourself too seriously
How miserable to acquire by toil and keep by worry
Expect less, appreciate more
If you are making mistakes...you're Doing Something
What do you NOT want in life?
It's impossible. No, it's necessary
Go take a walk
Ride ride for ruin And the world's ending
I see my red door and I want it painted black
The line it is drawn The curse it is cast The slow one now Will later be fast As the present now Will later be past The order is rapidly fadin'
I don't know enough about this to have an opinion
Ashes to ashes
Happy slaves are the bitterest enemy of freedom
Truth has many faces
You're the average of the five people you spend the most time with
Don't be so humble, you're not that great
Chop wood, carry water
The first draft of anything is shit
Stupidity is not ignorance, it is using the wrong mental model
I don't need no arms around me And I don't need no drugs to calm me
Enjoy the sun
Stay humble
Only with the heart one can see, what is essential is invisible to the eye
Walk no more in shadows
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle
If you can't forgive others, how can you forgive yourself?
Judge less, accept more
Beautiful is the moment, When the heart indifferent But finds time to just be
I have seen these trees innumerable times yet have I appreciated them?
Time is heavy only when it is empty
Was du erlebst, kann keine macht der Welt dir rauben
Hands of a king are hands of a healer
Life is pain, highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something
'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all
Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple
The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it
Lay your weary head to rest
Hope itself is often better than what you are hoping for
I'm not young enough to know everything
Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter
Make your mistakes, take your chances, look silly, but keep on going. Don't freeze up
Have little and gain much Have much and be confused
Sometimes the road less traveled is less traveled for a reason
Whatever you are, be a good one
You can always choose your way
Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky, Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone
If cats looked like frogs we'd realize what nasty, cruel little bastards they are. Style. That's what people remember
Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again
It's no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then
What are the most important problems in your field, and why are you not working on them?
Do. Or do not. There is no try
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it
I don't go looking for trouble. Trouble usually finds me
Focus on what is in your control
I look at the world And I notice it's turning While my guitar gently weeps
Let no man pull you so low as to hate him
Half doing is an expensive way of not doing
There are years that ask questions and years that answer
Wealth is being content, greed is a curse
Neither blame yourself nor others
Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do
Treat the small as large, the few as many, easy as hard
When we are tired, we are attacked by ideas we conquered long ago
What matters most is how well you walk through the fire
The future depends on what you do today
Leave it better than you found
Give support, not advice
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; The best lack all conviction, while the worst, Are full of passionate intensity
These violent delights have violent ends
We wear the mask that grins and lies
Mischief, thou art afoot, Take thou what course thou wilt!
Love is the absence of judgment
Happiness is getting enough sleep, nothing more
古池や 蛙飛び込む 水の音
Like all magnificent things, it's very simple
It's too easy to take good health for granted
If you know when to stop, you are in no danger
The hour's getting late
We deal out judgment to others and seek understanding for ourselves
Things flourish then perish
Look below the surface
Don't be a try-hard
I have substituted myself for providence in rewarding the good; may the God of vengeance now yield me his place to punish the wicked
Aus so krummem Holze, als woraus der Mensch gemacht ist, kann nichts ganz Gerades gezimmert werden
Past and future are only in your head
Grinding your wheels won't solve your problem
Nature doesn't hurry, yet everything is accomplished
The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do
No good deed goes unpunished
Don't let the bastards grind you down
All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream
Be here and now
The weak can never forgive
I pensieri stretti ed il viso sciolto
The planet is fine. The people are fucked
What would your best version do?
Hell is empty and all the devils are here
Under the bludgeonings of chance, My head is bloody, but unbowed
Short cuts make long delays
Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Being busy is wasting time
Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light
Fear leads to anger Anger leads to hate Hate leads to suffering
Il faut cultiver notre jardin
April is the cruellest month
What does your heart tell you?
How many seas must a white dove sail Before she sleeps on the sand?
Treat people with kindness and respect, out of principle, even when they don't deserve it
Old pond... a frog jumps in water's sound
For even the very wise cannot see all ends
Make it work but also make it beautiful
Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight
And the first one now Will later be last For the times they are a-changin'
You can have too much liberty, equality, or truth, yet not too much justice
The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry
There must be some kind of way outta here, Said the joker to the thief
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow
You can't argue with all the fools in the world
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts
The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity
Reality doesn't go away when you stop believing in it
Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer
Be kind to yourself. If you won't, who will?
The trouble with being in the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat
Many that live deserve death And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgment
This is not misfortune, to bear this worthily is good fortune
The world owes you nothing. It was here first
She generally gave herself very good advice, (though she seldom followed it)
..Far from the twisted reach of crazy sorrow
The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something
Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes.
Take a walk
Comparison is the thief of joy
It's only a drop of possible troubles all could go wrong yet only a few did
It has to be simple to be reliable
Take responsibility of your own happiness, never put it in other people's hands
And you will know I am the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon you
Context is worth 80 IQ points
Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart
Difficulties vanish when faced boldly
Don't think or judge, just listen
Still waters run deep
Enabling great good also enables great evil
What is better than freedom and love?
If you're too open-minded; your brains will fall out
Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig
..The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here
The price of freedom is dear yet it's worth it
Sic vita est
So it begins
Take the best and spread it around
A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it
Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city
Ars longa, vita brevis, occasio praeceps, experimentum periculosum, iudicium difficile
The power of the unaided mind is highly overrated
..silhouettes of strange illuminated mannequins
Always go to other people's funerals, otherwise they won't come to yours
It's good to learn from your mistakes, even better to learn from the mistakes of others
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed
I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree
Living is easy with eyes closed Misunderstanding all you see
Set aside your opinion, listen with a beginner's mind
Everybody gotta learn sometime
Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference
The pain is neither unbearable nor unending, as long as you keep in mind its limits, and don't magnify them in your imagination
The more I see, the less I know, the more I like to let it go
The trouble with an open mind is that people will try to put things in it
When you get it, will you still want it?
The point is, who will stop me?
My course is set for an uncharted sea
This life's hard, but it's harder if you're stupid
Stand at the brink of the abyss of despair, and when you see that you cannot bear it anymore, draw back a little and have a cup of tea
Happiness is not the absence of problems, it's the ability to deal with them
But yesterday the word of Caesar might Have stood against the world; now lies he there
Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent
Right words sound wrong
Need little, want less
Yellow tigers crouched in jungles in her dark eyes
You must make a decision that you are going to move on
Give your mind some space
The best way to predict the future is to create it
What happens to a dream deferred?
Wherever you go, there you are
Fear is the mind-killer
Even the darkest night will end, and the sun will rise
Exercise is a wonder drug
Sub specie aeternitatis
Expect everything, there might be no tomorrow morning for you
Success is being free
Neither blame yourself nor others
Don't bother to impress anyone, impress yourself
I am free of all prejudice. I hate everyone equally
..living as playing music
In the white room with black curtains Near the station
Desire is the mind-killer
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us
Wars not make one great
If you realized, you'd be cheerful
It won't be as good as you hope, neither as bad as you fear
Hope excites more hope, ambition more ambition
Of course motivation is not permanent. But then, neither is bathing
Nothing really matters, Anyone can see
Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendia was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice
We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be
Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him
Outta order? I'll show you outta order!
May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out
The truth is rarely pure and never simple
Begin at the beginning, the King said, very gravely, and go on till you come to the end: then stop
Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment
Any fool can make a rule And any fool will mind it
Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer
Think of yourself as dead You have lived your life. Now take what's left and live it properly
Expect less, appreciate more
Soft overcomes hard Weak overcomes strong
Never miss a good chance to shut up
With every mistake, We must surely be learning Still my guitar gently weeps
The measure of intelligence is the ability to change
So through the night rode Paul Revere; In the hour of darkness and peril and need
Don't compromise yourself, you're all you have
I'd rather be happy than right any day
Whatever it is you're seeking won't come in the form you're expecting
You can't stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes
Nothing in excess
How much of our lives have we spent fighting shadows rather than simply enjoying the sun?
Confidence is ignorance. If you're feeling cocky, it's because there's something you don't know
I read a book one day and my whole life was changed
Know where to stop