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uncle phil · 07-24-2011, 03:15 AM

Amelia Earhart - July 24, 1898

“Please know that I am aware of the hazards. I want to do it because I want to do it. Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be a challenge to others.”

uncle phil · 07-25-2011, 02:18 AM

Eric Hoffer - july 25, 1902

“In a time of drastic change it is the learners who inherit the future. The learned usually find themselves equipped to live in a world that no longer exists.”

prudence12 · 07-25-2011, 10:02 AM

Software Engineering principle:

Do it.
Do it right.
Do it right now.

uncle phil · 07-25-2011, 11:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by prudence12

Software Engineering principle:

Do it.
Do it right.
Do it right now.

Quote:

Originally Posted by warrrreagl

My vision for this thread is to post a quote every day from a famous person on their birthday.

"We can lie in the language of dress or try to tell the truth; but unless we are naked and bald, it is impossible to be silent."

Alison Lurie (September 3, 1926)

uncle phil · 07-26-2011, 02:31 AM

Aldous Huxley - July 26, 1894

“Chastity - the most unnatural of all the sexual perversions.”

uncle phil · 07-27-2011, 02:24 AM

George F. Peabody - July 27, 1852

“Education: A debt due from present to future generations.”

uncle phil · 07-28-2011, 03:18 AM

Charles Hard Townes - July 28, 1915

“I think there's a world market for about five computers.”

uncle phil · 07-29-2011, 02:11 AM

Clara Bow - July 29, 1894

"Even now I can't trust life. It did too many awful things to me as a kid."

uncle phil · 07-30-2011, 02:16 AM

Charles Dillon Stengel - July 30, 1891

“You gotta learn that if you don't get it by midnight, chances are you ain't gonna get it, and if you do, it ain't worth it.”

uncle phil · 07-31-2011, 03:35 AM

Sebastian Spering Kresge - july 31, 1867

“I never spent more than 30 cents for lunch in my life."

07-24-2011, 03:15 AM	#921 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	Amelia Earhart - July 24, 1898 “Please know that I am aware of the hazards. I want to do it because I want to do it. Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be a challenge to others.” __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

07-25-2011, 02:18 AM	#922 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	Eric Hoffer - july 25, 1902 “In a time of drastic change it is the learners who inherit the future. The learned usually find themselves equipped to live in a world that no longer exists.” __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

07-26-2011, 02:31 AM	#925 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	Aldous Huxley - July 26, 1894 “Chastity - the most unnatural of all the sexual perversions.” __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

07-27-2011, 02:24 AM	#926 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	George F. Peabody - July 27, 1852 “Education: A debt due from present to future generations.” __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

07-28-2011, 03:18 AM	#927 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	Charles Hard Townes - July 28, 1915 “I think there's a world market for about five computers.” __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

07-25-2011, 10:02 AM	#923 (permalink)
prudence12 Upright	Software Engineering principle: Do it. Do it right. Do it right now.

07-29-2011, 02:11 AM	#928 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	Clara Bow - July 29, 1894 "Even now I can't trust life. It did too many awful things to me as a kid." __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

07-30-2011, 02:16 AM	#929 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	Charles Dillon Stengel - July 30, 1891 “You gotta learn that if you don't get it by midnight, chances are you ain't gonna get it, and if you do, it ain't worth it.” __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

07-31-2011, 03:35 AM	#930 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	Sebastian Spering Kresge - july 31, 1867 “I never spent more than 30 cents for lunch in my life." __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.