tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65401772024-03-13T00:03:47.137-05:00Brettski's Sayings (The Bar Napkin)Sayings, one-liners, I love them. There are many I have come across through the years, and quite a few I have made up. This is a good of a place as any to store them. Enjoy!brettskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14771977258945734905noreply@blogger.comBlogger167125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540177.post-67773573756185739342023-03-20T19:57:00.002-05:002023-03-20T19:57:32.337-05:00<p> "Any community which doesn't have an edge is the human race."</p><p>--Alexis Kennedy</p>brettskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14771977258945734905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540177.post-19980034772405201312023-03-20T19:56:00.005-05:002023-03-20T19:56:52.021-05:00<p>"That mans asshole must be tight enough right now to bend space"</p><p>--James S. A. Corey, Caliban's war</p>brettskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14771977258945734905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540177.post-45806569983389499542022-11-15T08:05:00.004-06:002022-11-15T08:05:39.321-06:00<p> "There is more to life than increasing its speed"</p><p><br /></p><p>-- Mahatma Gandhi</p>brettskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14771977258945734905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540177.post-49156545039395182682022-09-09T08:09:00.004-05:002022-09-09T08:09:20.257-05:00<p>"You are probably a bystander in someone's most precious and most memorable photo."</p><p><br /></p><p>-- unknown </p>brettskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14771977258945734905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540177.post-7480889217645418932021-10-06T16:18:00.005-05:002021-10-06T16:18:31.168-05:00<p> "Not all those who wander are lost"</p><p><br /></p><p>--Tolkien</p>brettskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14771977258945734905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540177.post-68752620048543903462021-02-03T08:18:00.008-06:002021-02-03T08:18:48.151-06:00<p> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">“Remember to wander. Let curiosity be your compass. It remains Day 1.”</span></p><p>-- Jeff Bezos</p>brettskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14771977258945734905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540177.post-32005822509156005332021-01-28T08:21:00.005-06:002021-01-28T08:21:37.903-06:00<p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">You can do it all. You just can’t do it all </span><em style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">at once</em><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">-- ?</span></p>brettskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14771977258945734905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540177.post-37968611137559197432020-10-30T18:59:00.004-05:002020-10-30T18:59:47.017-05:00<div style="text-align: left;">Encryption algorithms are much like sports cars as the more letters and symbols around the name the better it seems to be.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">--Brettski</div>brettskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14771977258945734905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540177.post-67297586245701923152020-10-18T20:39:00.004-05:002020-10-18T20:39:59.126-05:00<p> "Our future is up to us"</p><p>-Enola Holmes (and Millie Bobby Brown 🙂)</p>brettskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14771977258945734905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540177.post-73378039340423644832020-10-13T22:44:00.000-05:002020-10-13T22:44:03.273-05:00<p>"You are so not perfect in the most perfect way ❤️"</p><p>~Brettski</p>brettskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14771977258945734905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540177.post-38626617568797960632020-10-13T22:41:00.002-05:002020-10-13T22:41:58.590-05:00<p> "When you think you know something, that is the most perfect barrier against learning"</p><p>~Frank Herbert</p><p>(From God Emperor of Dune)</p>brettskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14771977258945734905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540177.post-3274592438350511812020-05-26T14:53:00.003-05:002020-10-13T22:46:13.395-05:00<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;">People like to make a bucket list, so I made one too. After adding a bunch of items I changed the 'B' to and 'F' and I'm done with that now.</span><div>
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--Modified from Jerry Seinfeld by Brettski</div>
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“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”</h1>
<br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">― </span><span class="authorOrTitle" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold;">Frank Herbert, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;"></span><span id="quote_book_link_234225" style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;"><a class="authorOrTitle" href="https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/3634639" style="color: #333333; font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;">Dune</a></span>brettskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14771977258945734905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540177.post-87447122985547720712020-02-15T11:20:00.002-06:002020-02-15T11:20:51.801-06:00<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "noto serif", serif; font-size: 19px;">"The trouble is, you think you have time."</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "noto serif", serif; font-size: 19px;">-- Jack Kornfield</span>brettskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14771977258945734905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540177.post-62126446362325397512018-11-02T23:17:00.003-05:002018-11-02T23:17:47.764-05:00I have many troubles in my life. Most of which have never happened.<br />
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-- Mark Twainbrettskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14771977258945734905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540177.post-1775662613530553762018-10-12T21:11:00.004-05:002018-10-12T21:11:25.275-05:00Multitasking is merely the opportunity to screw up more than one thing at a time.<br />
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-- Steve Uzzellbrettskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14771977258945734905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540177.post-44246423061642715412018-06-23T22:24:00.000-05:002018-06-23T22:25:18.833-05:00"code is like farts... you can only stand your own."<br />
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--Ron Gilbertbrettskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14771977258945734905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540177.post-81283863391597318782018-04-01T16:11:00.003-05:002018-04-01T16:11:28.856-05:00"Even the smallest person can change the course of the future."<br />
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-- J.R.R. Tolkienbrettskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14771977258945734905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540177.post-67100027705660441152018-03-14T21:06:00.000-05:002018-03-14T21:06:27.575-05:00<span style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #545454; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">--Stephen Hawking</span></span></span>brettskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14771977258945734905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540177.post-42964299257535048712018-02-20T08:23:00.002-06:002018-02-20T08:23:09.298-06:00Focus determines reality<br />
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-- Some Jedibrettskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14771977258945734905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540177.post-54506953825878545172017-12-15T20:44:00.004-06:002017-12-15T20:44:38.367-06:00"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony."<br />
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— Mahatma Gandhibrettskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14771977258945734905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540177.post-54710982936505577482017-12-09T22:16:00.000-06:002017-12-09T22:16:51.656-06:00Boredom is the enemy<br />
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-Brettskibrettskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14771977258945734905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540177.post-63522373497715362352017-12-09T21:54:00.002-06:002017-12-09T21:54:37.830-06:00<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "SF Optimized", system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: -0.12px;">“With cigarettes, my wife and I, we made a deal. We only smoke after sex. I've got the same pack now since 1975. What bothers me is my wife. She's up to three packs a day.”</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "SF Optimized", system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: -0.12px;">-Rodney Dangerfield</span>brettskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14771977258945734905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540177.post-55690842563243368652017-08-19T08:11:00.002-05:002017-08-19T08:11:30.659-05:00"Culture: You end up becoming what you settle for"<br />
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-- Heard on Mitch Shue's keynote at AWS Summit, Chicago 2017 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhNvhJGOhSw) Unknown original sourcebrettskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14771977258945734905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540177.post-64747901123221254672017-07-08T11:43:00.000-05:002017-07-08T11:43:01.468-05:00<span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-size-adjust: auto;">"Ways in which things go right are special cases of the ways in which things go wrong." </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-size-adjust: auto;">~John Allspaw</span>brettskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14771977258945734905noreply@blogger.com0