"Always listen to experts. They'll tell you what can't be done, and why. Then do it."
- Lazarus Long

In other news, I think something's growing in my trashcan. >.< Massive headache, and I can't find where that smell is coming from... Anyhow, brewing some tea to try and help with the headache.

Forgot yesterday's quote. :P Ah well ( Read more... )

Maybe should've saved the selfishness one for today, since I spent a good while pottering around the mall, watching the silly monkeys dance around to the tune of Black Friday. ^_^ Anyhoo...

"Never try to outstubborn a cat."
- Lazarus Long

"Pessimist by policy, optimist by temperament... It is possible to be both. How? By never taking an unnecessary chance and by minimizing risks you can't avoid. This permits you to play out the game happily, untroubled by the certainty of the outcome."
- Lazarus Long

"The greatest productive force is human selfishness."
- Lazarus Long

Almost forgot!

"Anyone who cannot cope with mathematics is not fully human. At best he is a tolerable subhuman who has learned to wear shoes, bathe, and not make messes in the house."
- Lazarus Long

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"When the need arises (and it does) you must be able to shoot your own dog. Don't farm it out, that doesn't make it nicer, it makes it worse."
- Lazarus Long

Just for laughs, I'm going to start putting a quote by Lazarus Long (one of Heinlein's more famous characters) up on my LJ every day until I run out of quotes. They might pertain to the day, they might not ( Read more... )