Whats your favorite quote that you like to live by

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TootSweet@latte.isnot.coffee · 5 pts · 3y (1 reply)

“Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.”

― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Airman's Odyssey

That makes it sound like I live a much more minimalistic life than I do. But when I write code (and writing code is a big part of my life), I apply the fuck out of that quote.

Just_A_Human@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 3y

Hahaha I love this quote, I came by it recently when I was looking up the history / philosophy of fixed gear bikes. The quote summarizes the fixie ideology perfectly 😂

SmolderingSauna@midwest.social · 3 pts · 3y (1 reply)
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Just_A_Human@sh.itjust.works · 0 pts · 3y

This one is spicy

Just_A_Human@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 3y

Mine are:

"you don't have to talk about what you know, but you have to know what you're talking about."

And

"don't have a wish bone where a back bone should be."

Hamon_Rye@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Call on god, but row away from the rocks.

sideone@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y

Trust in God, but padlock your bike.

TheCookieButter@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y

I just try to follow the messages Picard laid down. The two "The Drumhead" speeches are my favourites though.

"The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we're all damaged."

"Vigilance, Mr. Worf. That is the price we have to continually pay."

Cyder@lemmy.one · 2 pts · 3y

“All you touch and all you see, Is all your life will ever be.” ― Pink Floyd

withersailor@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 3y

“Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.” — Dalai Lama XIV

Confuzzeled@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Stellario@pawb.social · 1 pts · 3y

"Be kind, for every man is fighting a hard battle." -Ian MacLaren

sideone@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y

There may be questions about who said it, but

“Do not raise your children the way [your] parents raised you, they were born for a different time.”