Brian's Favorite Quotes

Here are some of my favorite quotes, in no particular order.

"Commerce with all nations, entangling alliances with none."
Thomas Jefferson

"Beer is proof that God loves us."
Benjamin Franklin

"I would kill everyone in this room for a drop of sweet beer..."
Homer Simpson

"Good artists copy. Great artists steal."
Pablo Picasso

William Shakespeare

King Henry V

Act IV, Scene III

"The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell."
Confucius

"Remember the difference between a boss and a leader; a boss says, 'Go!'--a leader says 'Let's go!'"
E. M. Kelly

"The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word "crisis." One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity.
Richard Nixon

"Thunder is good, thunder is impressive, but it is the lightning that does the work."
Mark Twain

"A sower went out to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some fell along the path, and was trodden under foot, and the birds of the air devoured it. And some fell on the rock; and as it grew up, it withered away, because it had no moisture. And some fell among thorns; and the thorns grew with it and choked it. And some fell into good soil and grew, and yeilded a hundredfold."
Luke 8:4
The Bible

"If they get a hit, then I am throwing a one-hitter. If they get a walk, it's my last walk. I deal with perfection to the point that it's logical to conceive it. History is history, the future is perfect."
Orel Hershiser

"One person with a belief is equal to a force of ninety-nine who only have an interest."
John Stuart Mill

"Insanely great!"
Steve Jobs

"It's very easy to find products that are not elegant. Microsoft Word is not elegant. It has an incredible number of features, but you almost need the manual by your side when you use it. Its features are one step beyond where you think they should be. People use Word for lack of a better word processor, not because they like it."
Guy Kawasaki
The Macintosh Way

"Whatever does not destroy me makes me stronger."
Neitzsche

"But when two people are at one in their inmost heats, they shatter even the strength of iron or of bronze."
The I Ching

"Five card stud, nothing wild, and the sky's the limit."
Jean Luc Pickard
All Good Things
Star Trek: The Next Generation

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