The Attention Deficit Disorder Thread

When I came back to Dublin I was courtmartialed in my absence and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence.
- Brendan Behan

 

In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.
Dwight D. Eisenhower

 

A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.
Dwight D. Eisenhower

 

What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.
Dwight D. Eisenhower

 

Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.
Robert Frost

 

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.
Robert Frost

 

The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office.
Robert Frost

 

The world is full of willing people, some willing to work, the rest willing to let them.
Robert Frost

 

A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.
Robert Frost

 

If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
J. R. R. Tolkien

 

Little by little, one travels far.
J. R. R. Tolkien

 

All that is gold does not glitter; not all those that wander are lost.
J. R. R. Tolkien

 

Jesus was a bachelor and never lived with a woman. Surely living with a woman is one of the most difficult things a man has to do, and he never did it.
James Joyce

 

Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes.
Confucius

 

Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.
Confucius

 

Ike was quite the quotable guy. One of the USA's best presidents in our brief history.

 

It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.
Confucius

 

A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education.
George Bernard Shaw

 

and if there are more than two of them?

 

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
George Bernard Shaw