Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.
It is never too late to give up our prejudices.
I don't generally feel anything until noon; then it's time for my nap.
Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'Press On' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.
Never let the demands of tomorrow interfere with the pleasures and excitement of today.
I'm struck by the insidious, computer-driven tendency to take things out of the domain of muscular activity and put them into the domain of mental activity. The transfer is not paying off. Sure, muscles are unreliable, but they represent several million years of accumulated finesse.
If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is the significance of a clean desk?