My head rang like a gong.
The better part of valor is discretion, in the which better part I have saved my life.
I think people want their illusions and writers are mostly illusion. When you read their words, you read a flattened, incomplete version of the writer.
Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.
Looks are part of business. A businessman should never stand out more than his customers. His mannerisms, his clothes, everything about him... Moderation is the key.
We play the hands of cards life gives us. And the worst hands can make us the best players.
Do what you feel in your heart to be right - for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't.