Sayings to live by ...

The first 90% of a project takes 90% of the time, then the last 10% takes the other 90% of the time.
Unknown
I like to keep an open mind, but not so open that my brains fall out.
Arthur Sulzberger (New York Times chairman) (or ???)
A scientist should use statistics the way a drunk uses a lamppost: not for enlightenment but just for orientation.
George Philander
10.0 times 0.1 is hardly ever 1.0000000.
Unknown
Most problems precisely defined are already partially solved.
Unknown
A wave process is any process where I can get a solution by integrating along wave characteristics.
It doesn't matter whether or not I can see the waves propagating.
Jay McCreary
When you believe in things that you don't understand, then you suffer.
Stevie Wonder ("Superstition")
In theory there's no difference between theory and practice. In practice, though, there is a difference.
Jan L. A. van de Snepscheut
Measure twice. Cut once.
Carpenter's saying
The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to become sharper.
Bertrand Russell
Bad writing is usually imprecise writing, and its badness usually stems from the writer not having taken the time to think through just what he means to say. The cobwebs of the mind are revealed in bad prose.
Joshua Micah Marshall, 31 Dec 2005
When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong.
Arthur C. Clarke, in the essay "Hazards of Prophecy: The Failure of Imagination", in Profiles of the Future (1962)
Cutting the pieces into smaller ones never makes a jigsaw puzzle simpler.
Peter Huybers
People want to understand the earth, but they don't, so they build a model. Then they have two things they don't understand.
Phil England
Don't believe everything you think.
Unknown
To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle.
George Orwell
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