Not perfect
It distresses us to return work which is not perfect.
From a note he once got back from Sycamore Cleaners upon struggling to clean his leather jacket. "So I'm having that on my tombstone", as he told to David Letterman
Reality defined
I can think of nothing more gallant, even though again and again we fail, than attempting to get at the facts; attempting to tell things as they really are. For at least reality, though never fully attained, can be defined. Reality is that which, when you don’t believe in it, doesn’t go away.
Reality and technology
For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled.
Everything is connected
Realize that everything connects to everything else.
Experience
Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes
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Moralizes
A man who moralizes is a hypocrite, and a woman who does so is invariably plain.
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Rules
I think life too complex a thing to be settled by these hard and fast rules.
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Marriage
Good heavens! how marriage ruins a man! It's as demoralizing as cigarettes, and far more expensive
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Cynic
What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing
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How long?
How long could you love a woman who didn't love you, Cecil?
A woman who didn't love me? Oh, all my life!
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