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As a technology, the book is like a hammer. That is to say, it is perfect: a tool ideally suited to its task. Hammers can be tweaked and varied but will never go obsolete. Even when builders pound nails by the thousand with pneumatic nail guns, every household needs a hammer.

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Wine and cheese are ageless companions, like aspirin and aches, or June and moon, or good people and noble ventures.
Meetings are indispensable when you don't want to do anything.
Architecture is the art of how to waste space.
Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.
First thing every morning before you arise say out loud, 'I believe,' three times.
There is little success where there is little laughter.
Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get.
If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.
When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.
Thanksgiving, man. Not a good day to be my pants.
It is an immutable law in business that words are words, explanations are explanations, promises are promises-but only performance is reality.
Everyone is your best friend when you are successful. Make sure that the people that you surround yourself with are also the people that you are not afraid of failing with.
An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.
My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.
In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.
One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.
I like to go to parties where I know everyone. How are you going to have fun with people you don't know?
I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.
Seeds of faith are always within us; sometimes it takes a crisis to nourish and encourage their growth.
Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game one foot from a winning touchdown.
Work, apart from devotion or love of God, is helpless and cannot stand alone.
A lot of good love can happen in ten years.
Some memories are unforgettable, remaining ever vivid and heartwarming!