#pikespeak — Public Fediverse posts
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Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think.
-- Niels Bohr -
Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think.
-- Niels Bohr -
The view that inspired America's most beautiful song
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20260701-the-view-that-inspired-america-the-beautiful
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The view that inspired America's most beautiful song
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20260701-the-view-that-inspired-america-the-beautiful
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A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone.
-- Henry David Thoreau -
A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone.
-- Henry David Thoreau -
No records broken at Pike's Peak this year. At least not in the unlimited category.
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No records broken at Pike's Peak this year. At least not in the unlimited category.
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We may distinguish at the outset two motive forces: (1) An official wants to multiply subordinates, not rivals; and (2) Officials make work for each other.
-- C. Northcote Parkinson -
We may distinguish at the outset two motive forces: (1) An official wants to multiply subordinates, not rivals; and (2) Officials make work for each other.
-- C. Northcote Parkinson -
It's ironic that in a culture swimming with inane, pep-talk nostrums about the triumph of the human spirit and the importance of following your dreams, we have such a hard time seeing what's affirmative about the best [tragic stories]. They show us that a great spirit is still great even when it doesn't win, that aspiration, courage and hope, however doomed, are virtues in their own right.
-- Laura Miller (AlterNet (Dec 4, 2012)) -
It's ironic that in a culture swimming with inane, pep-talk nostrums about the triumph of the human spirit and the importance of following your dreams, we have such a hard time seeing what's affirmative about the best [tragic stories]. They show us that a great spirit is still great even when it doesn't win, that aspiration, courage and hope, however doomed, are virtues in their own right.
-- Laura Miller (AlterNet (Dec 4, 2012)) -
Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and it is shameful to surrender it too soon or to the first comer.
-- George Santayana -
Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and it is shameful to surrender it too soon or to the first comer.
-- George Santayana -
I saw "Pikes Peak" in the patch notes and my heart skipped a beat. Just a scape. Maybe one day... (omg) #GranTurismo #GranTurismo7 #PS5 #PikesPeak #HillClimb
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Many of us living in #Colorado north of Denver live in the shadow of Longs Peak and forget the other anchor of the Front Range: #PikesPeak is *massive*. It looms. It’s majestic. Even from the north west (not its most dramatic face), it’s enormous.
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Many of us living in #Colorado north of Denver live in the shadow of Longs Peak and forget the other anchor of the Front Range: #PikesPeak is *massive*. It looms. It’s majestic. Even from the north west (not its most dramatic face), it’s enormous.
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Stuff your eyes with wonder... live as if you’d drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It’s more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories.
-- Ray Bradbury (Fahrenheit 451) -
Stuff your eyes with wonder... live as if you’d drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It’s more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories.
-- Ray Bradbury (Fahrenheit 451) -
There are no traffic jams along the extra mile.
-- Roger Staubach -
There are no traffic jams along the extra mile.
-- Roger Staubach -
As a manager and service provider, I don't succeed or fail as a loner but look for achievement in the success of my staff and clients. I succeed if the staff enables the clients -- students, faculty and administration of the university -- to succeed. It's not sexy, but it's true.
-- John Stuckey (Ubiquity Jan 2003) -
As a manager and service provider, I don't succeed or fail as a loner but look for achievement in the success of my staff and clients. I succeed if the staff enables the clients -- students, faculty and administration of the university -- to succeed. It's not sexy, but it's true.
-- John Stuckey (Ubiquity Jan 2003) -
"Hacking" comprises anything that requires creativity and resourcefulness to accomplish a task....It's the lifeblood of progress.
-- Ron Poulton -
"Hacking" comprises anything that requires creativity and resourcefulness to accomplish a task....It's the lifeblood of progress.
-- Ron Poulton -
It has become increasingly difficult to keep abreast of and to assimilate the investigative reports which accumulate day after day. My friend. . .was ill at ease because he felt unable to control even the area of his own discipline; one suffocates, he once told me, through exposure to the massive body of rapidly growing information.
-- Bernhard von Langenbeck (German Surgeon 1872) -
It has become increasingly difficult to keep abreast of and to assimilate the investigative reports which accumulate day after day. My friend. . .was ill at ease because he felt unable to control even the area of his own discipline; one suffocates, he once told me, through exposure to the massive body of rapidly growing information.
-- Bernhard von Langenbeck (German Surgeon 1872) -
Open source should be about giving away things voluntarily. When you force someone to give you something, it's no longer giving, it's stealing. Persons of leisurely moral growth often confuse giving with taking.
-- Larry Wall -
Open source should be about giving away things voluntarily. When you force someone to give you something, it's no longer giving, it's stealing. Persons of leisurely moral growth often confuse giving with taking.
-- Larry Wall -
The better work men do is always done under stress and at great personal cost.
-- William Carlos Williams⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #WilliamCarlosWilliams #Creativity #Stress
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The better work men do is always done under stress and at great personal cost.
-- William Carlos Williams⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #WilliamCarlosWilliams #Creativity #Stress
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Poverty exists, not because we cannot feed the poor, but because we cannot satisfy the rich.
-- Anonymous -
Poverty exists, not because we cannot feed the poor, but because we cannot satisfy the rich.
-- Anonymous -
We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.
-- George Bernard Shaw -
We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.
-- George Bernard Shaw -
Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.
-- Frank Zappa -
Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.
-- Frank Zappa -
Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles.
-- Ambrose Bierce (The Devil's Dictionary) -
Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles.
-- Ambrose Bierce (The Devil's Dictionary) -
No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous.
-- Henry Adams -
No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous.
-- Henry Adams -
A censor is a man who knows more than he thinks you ought to.
-- Laurence J. Peter -
A censor is a man who knows more than he thinks you ought to.
-- Laurence J. Peter -
He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.
-- Chinese Proverb -
He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.
-- Chinese Proverb -
We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.
-- Quintilian (35-90 CE) -
We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.
-- Quintilian (35-90 CE) -
Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect. [Anti-conservatism counters that:] The law cannot protect anyone unless it binds everyone; and it cannot bind anyone unless it protects everyone.
-- Frank Wilhoit -
Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect. [Anti-conservatism counters that:] The law cannot protect anyone unless it binds everyone; and it cannot bind anyone unless it protects everyone.
-- Frank Wilhoit -
When possible, refer all matters to committees.
-- Simple Sabotage Field Manual (Declassified by the CIA in 2008)⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #SimpleSabotageFieldManual #Committees #Sabotage
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When possible, refer all matters to committees.
-- Simple Sabotage Field Manual (Declassified by the CIA in 2008)⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #SimpleSabotageFieldManual #Committees #Sabotage
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As a nation, be began by declaring that 'all men are created equal'.... When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read 'all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and Catholics.' When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretense of loving liberty &mdash to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocrisy.
-- Abraham Lincoln⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #AbrahamLincoln #Discrimination #Despotism #Hypocrisy #KnowNothings
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As a nation, be began by declaring that 'all men are created equal'.... When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read 'all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and Catholics.' When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretense of loving liberty &mdash to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocrisy.
-- Abraham Lincoln⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #AbrahamLincoln #Discrimination #Despotism #Hypocrisy #KnowNothings
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To get it right, be born with luck or else make it. Never give up. Get the knack of getting people to help you and also pitch in yourself. A little money helps, but what really gets it right is to never -- I repeat -- never under any conditions face the facts.
-- Ruth Gordon