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If one takes pride in one's craft, you won't let a good thing die. Risking it through not pushing hard read more
If one takes pride in one's craft, you won't let a good thing die. Risking it through not pushing hard enough is not a humility.
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
Man's greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper application of his powers to things needed to be read more
Man's greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper application of his powers to things needed to be done.
Nine-tenths of wisdom consists in being wise in time.
Nine-tenths of wisdom consists in being wise in time.
When I'm working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I think only how to solve the problem. But read more
When I'm working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I think only how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.
An expert is someone who knows more and more about less and less, until eventually he knows everything about nothing.
An expert is someone who knows more and more about less and less, until eventually he knows everything about nothing.
The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.
The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.
For an impenetrable shield, stand inside yourself.
For an impenetrable shield, stand inside yourself.
The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.
The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.