"Wishful thinking is the weakest form of hope."
One of my favorite scenes from the show Community: https://youtu.be/HFKuBuRNOBA?si=Oc50QmeQ-4RgX7d0
Ask HN: What is a quote that permanently changed the way you think?
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#52I was born not knowing and have only had a little time to change that here and there
-Richard Feynman
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#53"When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure."
(Goodhart's law)
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#54"Only idiots refuse to change their minds" which i just learned is a quote of Brigitte Bardot
also "always think with your own brain" - my mom :P
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#55"Success is only rented, and the rent is due every day." -Hansi Flick, as Coach of FC Bayern Munich
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#56"To see with eyes unclouded by hate" - Ashitaka, Princess Mononoke
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#57“The graveyards are full of indispensable people” Told to me by a more senior colleague at work when I was still wet behind the ears.
My own somewhat related saying: "Nobody's gravestone reads 'if only I had worked longer hours'"
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#58Everything in moderation, including moderation
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#59Systems are built on systems.
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#60“Never whistle while you’re pissing” - Robert Anton Wilson in Illuminatus trilogy.
Wasn't that a quote by Hagbard Celine in the Illuminatus! Trilogy by Robert Anton Wilson and Robert Shea