“Testing leads to failure, and failure leads to understanding” – Burt Rutan
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Freefall
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βIt’s not the fall that kills you; it’s the sudden stop at the end.β
Douglas Adams
I think I have to re-read all the Douglas Adams books as I’m not sure where he wrote that quote. Anyone?
Happy Reading π
Knowledge
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“If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it.”
Margaret Fuller
I very much like that one fromΒ Margaret Fuller because this does not apply to all of us working in the education industry: so many engineers have so much knowledge, but do not share it, as if they are afraid that they will lose something? Sharing knowledge is an excellent way to increase your own knowledge too.
If you are in a hurry
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“If you are in a hurry, go slowly.”
– Konfuzius
Konfuzius, I hear you. But so hard to follow that advice. Simply too much going on right now. But I’ll give it a try….
Success is going from failure
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“Success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.”
– Winston Churchill
Grass does not grow faster …
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“Grass does not grow faster, if you pull on it.”
– African Proverb
10 Types of People
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“There are 10 types of people in the world;
Those who understand binary and those who don’t.”
– Unknown
Simplicity is a great virtue
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“Simplicity is a great virtue but it requires hard work to achieve it and education to appreciate it. And to make matters worse: complexity sells better.”
– Edsger W. Dijkstra