The end of the world

"Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia."

- Charles M Schulz

A musical ear

"If you develop an ear for sounds that are musical it is like developing an ego. You begin to refuse sounds that are not musical and that way cut yourself off from a good deal of experience."

- John Cage

Heroes

"We can't all be heroes because somebody has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by."

- Will Rogers

Criticism

"If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much."

- Donald Rumsfeld

The life I'm supposedly leading

"I'm kind of jealous of the life I'm supposedly leading."

- Zach Braff

Weariness

"Every increased possession loads us with new weariness."

- John Ruskin

Matters of style and matters of principle

"In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock."

- Thomas Jefferson

Thinking and Living

"We think in generalities, but we live in detail."

- Alfred North Whitehead

Laziness...

"Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired."

- Jules Renard

Theory and Practice

"In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice; In practice, there is."

- Chuck Reid

Thinking outside the box

"I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it."

- Terry Pratchett

Bad news...

"Nothing travels faster than the speed of light with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own special laws."

- Douglas Adams