Jesse’s

Pearls of Wisdom

(Original and Borrowed)

A Dynamic Work in Progress; Things Here Will Change as I Change

Revision date: July 7, 2009

1. Never mistake hard work for progress, especially when starting something new.

2. “Do not mistake temptation for opportunity.”

3. “Work smarter, not harder.” Scott Adams, Dogbert's Top Secret Management Handbook,

4. Get a job where they pay you for what you know how to do and not for how productive you are.

5. There is nothing that can be done at 7 or 8 AM that cannot be done better at 9 or 10 AM.

6. A diagnosis of cancer is not the end of the world; but it sure reshapes the way it looks.

7. “If you’re not having fun, why are you doing it?”

8. “Quoting one without attribution is plagiarism; quoting many without attribution is research.”

9. “No good deed ever goes unpunished.”

10. “It is easier to ask forgiveness than to seek permission.” See: http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?DontAskPermission

11. “A failure to plan on your part doesn't constitute an emergency on mine.”

12. “A bartender is just a pharmacist with a limited inventory.”

13. Drugs should be titrated until tolerated. For many patients, this means that they should be given increasingly larger doses until the patient is well tolerated by the caregiver.

14. The real challenge to living a successful life is to decide which battles are worth fighting for and letting go of the ones that don’t count for much. Put another way, do you want to be a warrior of a King (Queen)?

15. Pharmacists expect people to say yes to drugs.

16. “So many Drugs…So little time.”

17. “I said no to drugs but they just wouldn’t listen.” Anon.

18. “If you can’t convince them, confuse them.” Harry S. Truman

19. “If you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans.”

20. “Most plans are just inaccurate predictions.” Ben Bayol

21. “When you got nothing, you got nothing to lose.” Bob Dylan, Like a Rolling Stone

22. “Politics is like a circus: the worst job is cleaning up after the elephants.” James Carville

23. “You don’t have to be sick to get better.”

24. “A story is never finished; it’s just abandoned,”

25. “A conclusion is simply the place where you got tired of thinking.” Chinese Fortune Cookie

26. “May you live in interesting times.” Ancient Chinese Curse (or is it? See http://www.noblent.org/reference/inter.htm).

27. “The real test in life is not keeping out of the rough, but in getting out after you are in.” Chinese Fortune Cookie

28. “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, with a Martini in one hand and a chocolate bar in the other--- shouting at the top of your lungs, ‘O my God…. What a ride!’ ”

29. “Here’s a nice image for a life in balance: You’re juggling these four balls that you’ve named work, family, friends and spirit. Now work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it bounces back. The other balls—they’re made of glass” said Betsy Cavalierre to Alex Cross in Roses are Red, by James Patterson, 2000, p.248 (hardcover).

30. “Keep your friends close and keep your enemies even closer” said Michael Corleone in Godfather Part ll (1974).

31. “It is easy to be blinded to the essential uselessness of computers by the sense of accomplishment you get from getting them to work at all.” Douglas Adams

32. “If it doesn't work, they can't eat you.” Advice from the father of Bob Parson, CEO and founder of GoDaddy.com (http://www.bobparsons.com/index.php?/archives/19-Robert,-they-cant-eat-you!-My-rules-for-survival..html)

33. “When putting the success of honored people into perspective, look at a turtle sitting on the top of a fence post: you know he didn’t get there alone.” T. Donald Rucker

34. “Revenge is a dish best served cold.” From Kill Bill I and II (Quentin Tarantino); appeared originally in the 1782 novel Les Liasons dangereues (Dangerous Liaisons), written by the French official and army general Pierre Choderlos de Laclos. http://www.mtannoyances.com/?p=646

35. “Breeding is no substitute for intelligence.” Dr Campbell (Sean Connery) in The Medicine Man, 1992.

36. “The lazier a man is, the more he plans to do tomorrow.” Fred Thompson, former Republican Senator and Co-Star of Law and Order in his High School Yearbook, reported in Newsweek, June 11, 2007.

37. “The number one goal of a teacher is to help students learn how to judge themselves. It’s more important to see a light go on in a student’s head than to have him or her copy you.” Randy Pausch, The last Lecture at Carnegie Melon University, September 2007.

38. Speaking about Woodstock, he said, “I wasn't there. I am sure it was a cultural and pharmaceutical event. I was tied up at the time." John McCain (R., AZ), during a Presidential debate, Orlando, Florida, October 21, 2007. (At the time of Woodstock, McCain was in a cell in the infamous Hanoi Hilton. He was shot down over North Vietnam in 1967, and not released until 1973) http://voices.washingtonpost.com/fact-checker/2007/10/one_up_one_down_for_john_mccai_1.html.

39. “If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.” Henry Ford

40. “Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.” Henry Ford

41. “Sometimes leadership is planting trees under whose shade you’ll never sit.” Jennifer Granholm, Governor of Michigan, 2008.

42. Everyone seems normal until you get to know them. Anon. Caveat: "Abnormal is so common, it's practically normal." Cory Doctorow