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"Insisting on perfect safety is for people who don't have the balls to live in the real world."
-- Mary Shafer

"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects."
-- R. A. Heinlein

'"Are you listening?"
"Yes," said Tiffany.
"Good. Now ... if you trust in yourself ..."
"Yes?"
"... and believe in your dreams ..."
"Yes?"
"... and follow your star.. ." Miss Tick went on.
"Yes?"
"... you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy. Good-bye."'

-- Terry Pratchett, _Wee Free Men_

"Build a wall, and I will build a door. Lock the door and I will break a window."
-- Dave Lankes :: The Participatory Librarianship Starter Kit

If you never spend your money
you know you'll always have some cash.
If you stay cool and never burn
you'll never turn to ash.
If you lick the boots that kick you
then you'll never feel the lash
and if you crawl along the ground
at least you'll never crash.
So why why why -
WHAT MADE YOU THINK YOU COULD FLY?
--Adrian Mitchell.