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"Geeks don't have interests, they have passions." I live by this.
"If you don't have time to do it right, make sure you have time to do it again" --My great-great grandfather
Also:
'Esse quam videri'. "To be, rather than to seem"
'If the only tool you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.'
'In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king.'
'If' by Rudyard Kipling was a compass of mine for a long time, practically every line is a motto.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Specialization is for insects This is literally why we are talking over internet and not using smoke signals.
That's the joke! The quote is meant to be absurd. I've seen this quote generate some interesting discussion before. People seem divided into two camps over whether to take it seriously or as absurdist humour.
"If you don't have time to do it right, make sure you have time to do it again" --My great-great grandfather
"We never have enough time to do it right, but we always have enough time to do it twice"