Ignorance and Stupidity are not the same thing.

At the Battle of LIttle Big Horn, Crazy Horse was an ignorant savage while George Custer was an educated military tactician.

Custer was also stupid; Crazy Horse wasn't.


A good plan, violently executed now, is better than a perfect plan next week. - George S. Patton


An idealist is one who, on noticing that roses smell better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make a better soup.


Sin is a dangerous toy in the hands of the virtuous. It should be left to the congenitially sinfull who know when to play with it and when to leave it alone.


Ralph's Observation:
It is a mistake to allow any mechanical object to realize that you are in a hurry.


Some will look at a glass half filled with water and say that the glass is half empty. Other's will say it is half full. They are both wrong. The glass is simply twice as big as it needs to be.

Engineer's Philosophy