If you want to put some white caps on your gray matter, check out these observations.
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o “We have met the enemy and he is us.” Pogo the Possum
o “There is nothing so practical as a good theory.” Kurt Lewin
o “Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.” Voltaire
o “You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” Buckminster Fuller
o “My belief has always been that timing is the major variable of entrepreneurial risk in the tech industry, and I think maybe by a wide margin.” Marc Andreessen
o “Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re probably right.” Henry Ford
“If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I’d spend the first six hours sharpening the axe.” Abraham Lincoln
o “In order to be irreplaceable, one must always be different.” Coco Chanel
o “The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking about with the majority. A second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority. A first-rate mind is only happy when thinking.” A.A. Milne
o “If I had four hours to solve a problem, I’d spend the first three hours making certain that I understand what the problem is.” Albert Einstein
o “The early bird may get the worm but the second mouse gets the cheese.” Steven Wright
o “Man plans and then God laughs.” Hebrew proverb
o “Vision without execution is hallucination.” Thomas Edison
o “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” African proverb
o “‘Potential’ means you ain’t done it yet.” Darrell Royal
o “If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.” Eppie Lederer (aka Ann Landers)
o “It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.” Mark Twain
o “If you’ve always done it that way, you’re probably wrong.” Charles Kettering