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!
Tuesday, November 15, 2022
"There is more to life than increasing its speed"
-- Mahatma Gandhi
Friday, September 09, 2022
"You are probably a bystander in someone's most precious and most memorable photo."
-- unknown
Wednesday, October 06, 2021
"Not all those who wander are lost"
--Tolkien
Wednesday, February 03, 2021
“Remember to wander. Let curiosity be your compass. It remains Day 1.”
-- Jeff Bezos
Thursday, January 28, 2021
You can do it all. You just can’t do it all at once.
-- ?
Friday, October 30, 2020
Encryption algorithms are much like sports cars as the more letters and symbols around the name the better it seems to be.
--Brettski
Sunday, October 18, 2020
"Our future is up to us"
-Enola Holmes (and Millie Bobby Brown 🙂)
Tuesday, October 13, 2020
"You are so not perfect in the most perfect way ❤️"
~Brettski
"When you think you know something, that is the most perfect barrier against learning"
~Frank Herbert
(From God Emperor of Dune)
Tuesday, May 26, 2020
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.
--Modified from Jerry Seinfeld by Brettski
Wednesday, March 11, 2020
“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.”
"The trouble is, you think you have time." -- Jack Kornfield
Friday, November 02, 2018
I have many troubles in my life. Most of which have never happened.
-- Mark Twain
Friday, October 12, 2018
Multitasking is merely the opportunity to screw up more than one thing at a time.
-- Steve Uzzell
Saturday, June 23, 2018
"code is like farts... you can only stand your own."
--Ron Gilbert
Sunday, April 01, 2018
"Even the smallest person can change the course of the future."
-- J.R.R. Tolkien
Wednesday, March 14, 2018
The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge. --Stephen Hawking
Tuesday, February 20, 2018
Focus determines reality
-- Some Jedi
Friday, December 15, 2017
"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony."
— Mahatma Gandhi
Saturday, December 09, 2017
Boredom is the enemy
-Brettski
“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.” -Rodney Dangerfield
Saturday, August 19, 2017
"Culture: You end up becoming what you settle for"
-- Heard on Mitch Shue's keynote at AWS Summit, Chicago 2017 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhNvhJGOhSw) Unknown original source
Saturday, July 08, 2017
"Ways in which things go right are special cases of the ways in which things go wrong." ~John Allspaw
Monday, May 08, 2017
You cannot remove command and control through command and control --Unsure
I am a married father of two (which is enough for us) who works as a DBA, Programmer, Systems Admin, and general IT slug--Oh, and now manager too. I now live in the Northwest Chicago 'burbs; trying to get used to it after spending my life on the South (West)side.
I am not big on Favorites. This profile list favorites, well there are so many things that I enjoy, I can't really pick out favorites. And once I do, there is a good chance I missed something and it's not getting the recognition it deserves.