Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Catch Phrases to Live By

Subject to future additions and redactions, and offered here without attribution other than to say that none are attributed to me. You may recognize some - if I've misquoted, apologies are offered in advance.

1. Worry is interest paid in advance on a debt that never comes due.

2. Everything will be alright in the end. If it isn't alright, then it isn't the end.

3. If you want to hear God laugh, make a plan.

3a. A plan has value only insofar as it proves that some planning has occurred.

4. All models are wrong. Some are useful.

5. Sad designers make sad designs.

6. A designer is not a screwdriver.

7. In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice - but in practice, there is.


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