Engineering Quotes - Adafruit Industries

Engineering Quotes - Adafruit Industries https://www.adafruit.com/quotes Quotes by and for engineers Fri, 17 Jul 2026 09:15:01 -0400 https://www.adafruit.com Engineering Quotes - Adafruit Industries https://www.adafruit.com/blog/adafruit.gif https://www.adafruit.com/quotes en hourly 1 <![CDATA[If you can't make a mistake, you can't make anything - Marva Collins]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#190 Tue, 26 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500 adafruit Marva Collins]]> Marva Collins]]> <![CDATA[What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from - T. S. Eliot]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#189 Mon, 11 Jul 2022 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit T. S. Eliot]]> T. S. Eliot]]> <![CDATA[The most valuable thing you can make is a mistake - you can't learn anything from being perfect - Adam Osborne]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#188 Tue, 14 Jun 2022 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Adam Osborne]]> Adam Osborne]]> <![CDATA[As we enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others, we should be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours; and this we should do freely and generously. - Benjamin Franklin]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#187 Sun, 22 May 2022 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Benjamin Franklin]]> Benjamin Franklin]]> <![CDATA[Either I win or I learn - Nelson Mandela]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#186 Sat, 07 May 2022 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Nelson Mandela]]> Nelson Mandela]]> <![CDATA[Only through an inner spiritual transformation do we gain the strength to fight vigorously the evils of the world in a humble and loving spirit - Martin Luther King Jr.]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#185 Wed, 27 Apr 2022 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Martin Luther King Jr.]]> Martin Luther King Jr.]]> <![CDATA[A Certain Darkness Is Needed to See the Stars - Osho]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#184 Mon, 18 Apr 2022 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Osho]]> Osho]]> <![CDATA[If I want to live in a world I like, I have to help create it - Caroline Caldwell]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#183 Tue, 11 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0500 adafruit Caroline Caldwell]]> Caroline Caldwell]]> <![CDATA[Blowing out someone else's candle won't make yours shine brighter - Unknown]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#182 Sun, 09 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0500 adafruit Unknown]]> Unknown]]> <![CDATA[I always wanted to be someone better the next day than I was the day before - Sidney Poitier]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#181 Fri, 07 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0500 adafruit Sidney Poitier]]> Sidney Poitier]]> <![CDATA[Plans are worthless, but planning is everything - Dwight D. Eisenhower]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#179 Fri, 31 Dec 2021 00:00:00 -0500 adafruit Dwight D. Eisenhower]]> Dwight D. Eisenhower]]> <![CDATA[Everybody needs a passion. That's what keeps life interesting. If you live without passion, you can go through life without leaving any footprints - Betty White]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#180 Fri, 31 Dec 2021 00:00:00 -0500 adafruit Betty White]]> Betty White]]> <![CDATA[Remember what the dormouse said: feed your head, feed your head - Grace Slick]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#177 Sat, 25 Dec 2021 00:00:00 -0500 adafruit Grace Slick]]> Grace Slick]]> <![CDATA[Take the tools in hand and carve your own best life - Douglas Lurton]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#178 Sat, 25 Dec 2021 00:00:00 -0500 adafruit Douglas Lurton]]> Douglas Lurton]]> <![CDATA[You just stand in the darkness until you can’t endure it any long, and then you move forward until you’re standing in the light - Ahmir Questlove Thompson]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#176 Fri, 24 Dec 2021 00:00:00 -0500 adafruit Ahmir Questlove Thompson]]> Ahmir Questlove Thompson]]> <![CDATA[When you destroy art, you make it stronger - Jens Galschiot]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#175 Thu, 23 Dec 2021 00:00:00 -0500 adafruit Jens Galschiot]]> Jens Galschiot]]> <![CDATA[Forgive many things in others; nothing in yourself - Ausonius]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#174 Fri, 17 Dec 2021 00:00:00 -0500 adafruit Ausonius]]> Ausonius]]> <![CDATA[The whole point of getting things done is knowing what to leave undone - Oswald Chambers]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#173 Wed, 15 Dec 2021 00:00:00 -0500 adafruit Oswald Chambers]]> Oswald Chambers]]> <![CDATA[Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don't - Bill Nye]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#172 Mon, 13 Dec 2021 00:00:00 -0500 adafruit Bill Nye]]> Bill Nye]]> <![CDATA[Only to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation can that which is indestructible in us be found - Pema Chödrön]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#171 Sun, 12 Dec 2021 00:00:00 -0500 adafruit Pema Chödrön]]> Pema Chödrön]]> <![CDATA[It is not down on any map; true places never are - Herman Melville ... JC]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#170 Thu, 09 Dec 2021 00:00:00 -0500 adafruit Herman Melville ... JC]]> Herman Melville ... JC]]> <![CDATA[Anything not saved will be lost - Nintendo Wii 'Quit Screen']]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#168 Tue, 07 Dec 2021 00:00:00 -0500 adafruit Nintendo Wii 'Quit Screen']]> Nintendo Wii 'Quit Screen']]> <![CDATA[The most worth-while thing is to try to put happiness into the lives of others - Robert Baden-Powell]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#169 Tue, 07 Dec 2021 00:00:00 -0500 adafruit Robert Baden-Powell]]> Robert Baden-Powell]]> <![CDATA[Rather than being suffocated by the terrible things that are happening... wonder might stimulate the curiosity we need to work through those problems - Anna L. Tsing]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#167 Sun, 05 Dec 2021 00:00:00 -0500 adafruit Anna L. Tsing]]> Anna L. Tsing]]> <![CDATA[I don't want to be part of a world where being kind is a weakness - Keanu Reeves]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#166 Sat, 04 Dec 2021 00:00:00 -0500 adafruit Keanu Reeves]]> Keanu Reeves]]> <![CDATA[The great advantage about telling the truth is that nobody ever believes it - Dorothy L. Sayers]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#165 Sat, 27 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0500 adafruit Dorothy L. Sayers]]> Dorothy L. Sayers]]> <![CDATA[Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them - Bruce Lee]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#164 Tue, 29 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Bruce Lee]]> Bruce Lee]]> <![CDATA[Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you - Ruth Bader Ginsburg]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#163 Tue, 01 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Ruth Bader Ginsburg]]> Ruth Bader Ginsburg]]> <![CDATA[Every person is born with a creative mind. Everyone has the ability - Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#162 Tue, 25 May 2021 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner]]> Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner]]> <![CDATA[...save us from succumbing to the tragic temptation of becoming cynical - Martin Luther King Jr.]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#161 Sun, 17 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0500 adafruit Martin Luther King Jr.]]> Martin Luther King Jr.]]> <![CDATA[I see little of more importance to the future of our country & our civilization than full recognition of the place of the artist - John F. Kennedy]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#160 Tue, 12 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0500 adafruit John F. Kennedy]]> John F. Kennedy]]> <![CDATA[Gratitude is the art of seeing a gift in everything - Unknown]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#159 Thu, 03 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0500 adafruit Unknown]]> Unknown]]> <![CDATA[We must use time creatively, in the knowledge that the time is always ripe to do right - Martin Luther King Jr.]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#153 Mon, 08 Jun 2020 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Martin Luther King Jr.]]> Martin Luther King Jr.]]> <![CDATA[We are what we amplify - Unknown]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#154 Mon, 08 Jun 2020 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Unknown]]> Unknown]]> <![CDATA[You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas - Shirley Chisholm]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#155 Mon, 08 Jun 2020 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Shirley Chisholm]]> Shirley Chisholm]]> <![CDATA[Artists are here to disturb the peace - James Baldwin]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#156 Mon, 08 Jun 2020 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit James Baldwin]]> James Baldwin]]> <![CDATA[Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced - James Baldwin]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#157 Mon, 08 Jun 2020 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit James Baldwin]]> James Baldwin]]> <![CDATA[... when you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, say something, do something. Get in trouble, good trouble, necessary trouble - John Lewis]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#158 Mon, 08 Jun 2020 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit John Lewis]]> John Lewis]]> <![CDATA[Do what you can, with what you have, where you are - Theodore Roosevelt]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#152 Wed, 08 Apr 2020 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Theodore Roosevelt]]> Theodore Roosevelt]]> <![CDATA[Adversity is revealing of character - Unknown]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#151 Thu, 26 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Unknown]]> Unknown]]> <![CDATA[Think about the metric by which your life will be judged, and make a resolution to live every day so that in the end, your life will be judged a success - Clayton M. Christensen]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#150 Sun, 26 Jan 2020 00:00:00 -0500 adafruit Clayton M. Christensen]]> Clayton M. Christensen]]> <![CDATA[Being honest may not get you a lot of friends but it’ll always get you the right ones - John Lennon]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#149 Mon, 21 Oct 2019 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit John Lennon]]> John Lennon]]> <![CDATA[My father considered a walk among the mountains as the equivalent of churchgoing - Aldous Huxley]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#148 Fri, 20 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Aldous Huxley]]> Aldous Huxley]]> <![CDATA[If you have some power, then your job is to empower somebody else - Toni Morrison]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#147 Tue, 06 Aug 2019 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Toni Morrison]]> Toni Morrison]]> <![CDATA[Here, you learn what it is to be human. You are a creator of order, of beautiful shapes and systems, an organizer of chaos - Dune]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#146 Wed, 20 Mar 2019 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Dune]]> Dune]]> <![CDATA[I don’t care that they stole my idea — I care that they don’t have any of their own - Nikola Tesla]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#145 Sun, 07 Jan 2018 00:00:00 -0500 adafruit Nikola Tesla]]> Nikola Tesla]]> <![CDATA[Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise - Margaret Atwood]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#144 Tue, 31 Oct 2017 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Margaret Atwood]]> Margaret Atwood]]> <![CDATA[They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself - Andy Warhol]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#143 Wed, 26 Apr 2017 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Andy Warhol]]> Andy Warhol]]> <![CDATA[Eternal vigilance is not only the price of liberty; eternal vigilance is the price of human decency - Aldous Huxley]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#141 Fri, 17 Mar 2017 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Aldous Huxley]]> Aldous Huxley]]> <![CDATA[Get as much education as you can. Nobody can take that away from you - Eben Upton]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#142 Fri, 17 Mar 2017 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Eben Upton]]> Eben Upton]]> <![CDATA[To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; to be credible we must be truthful. - Edward R. Murrow]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#140 Sun, 12 Mar 2017 00:00:00 -0500 adafruit Edward R. Murrow]]> Edward R. Murrow]]> <![CDATA[Nothing is work unless you'd rather be doing something else - George Halas]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#139 Wed, 22 Jun 2016 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit George Halas]]> George Halas]]> <![CDATA[Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art. Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art. - Andy Warhol]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#137 Wed, 08 Jun 2016 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Andy Warhol]]> Andy Warhol]]> <![CDATA[Every great dream begins with a dreamer - Harriet Tubman]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#135 Thu, 21 Apr 2016 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Harriet Tubman]]> Harriet Tubman]]> <![CDATA[A strong spirit transcends rules - Prince]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#136 Thu, 21 Apr 2016 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Prince]]> Prince]]> <![CDATA[Achieving a goal provides immediate satisfaction; the process of achieving a goal is a lasting pleasure - Evelyn Berezin]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#134 Wed, 13 Apr 2016 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Evelyn Berezin]]> Evelyn Berezin]]> <![CDATA[Two aesthetics exist: the passive aesthetic of mirrors and the active aesthetic of prisms - Jorge Luis Borges]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#133 Wed, 16 Dec 2015 00:00:00 -0500 adafruit Jorge Luis Borges]]> Jorge Luis Borges]]> <![CDATA[By always thinking unto them. I keep the subject constantly before me and wait till the first dawnings open little by little into the full light - Isaac Newton]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#132 Sun, 06 Dec 2015 00:00:00 -0500 adafruit Isaac Newton]]> Isaac Newton]]> <![CDATA[Striving for excellence motivates... striving for perfection is demoralizing - Harriet B. Braiker]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#131 Sun, 22 Nov 2015 00:00:00 -0500 adafruit Harriet B. Braiker]]> Harriet B. Braiker]]> <![CDATA[That brain of mine is something more than merely mortal; as time will show - Ada Lovelace]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#130 Sat, 07 Nov 2015 00:00:00 -0500 adafruit Ada Lovelace]]> Ada Lovelace]]> <![CDATA[What I cannot create, I do not understand - Richard Feynman]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#129 Sun, 25 Oct 2015 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Richard Feynman]]> Richard Feynman]]> <![CDATA[Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing - Theodore Roosevelt]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#128 Mon, 12 Oct 2015 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Theodore Roosevelt]]> Theodore Roosevelt]]> <![CDATA[An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field - Niels Bohr]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#127 Fri, 11 Sep 2015 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Niels Bohr]]> Niels Bohr]]> <![CDATA[Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist in creating out of void, but out of chaos - Mary Shelley]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#126 Thu, 27 Aug 2015 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Mary Shelley]]> Mary Shelley]]> <![CDATA[I would rather walk with a friend in the dark than alone in the light - Helen Keller]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#125 Mon, 13 Jul 2015 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Helen Keller]]> Helen Keller]]> <![CDATA[From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life - Arthur Ashe]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#124 Mon, 06 Jul 2015 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Arthur Ashe]]> Arthur Ashe]]> <![CDATA[Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty - Frank Herbert]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#121 Sat, 04 Jul 2015 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Frank Herbert]]> Frank Herbert]]> <![CDATA[Prepare for what is difficult when it is easy - Lao Tzu]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#122 Sat, 04 Jul 2015 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Lao Tzu]]> Lao Tzu]]> <![CDATA[Only knowledge that is used sticks in your mind - Dale Carnegie]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#123 Sat, 04 Jul 2015 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Dale Carnegie]]> Dale Carnegie]]> <![CDATA[The mind is not a vessel that needs filling, but wood that needs igniting - Plutarch]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#120 Sat, 20 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Plutarch]]> Plutarch]]> <![CDATA[The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid order - Alfred North Whitehead]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#119 Thu, 11 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Alfred North Whitehead]]> Alfred North Whitehead]]> <![CDATA[Nothing is work unless you'd rather be doing something else - George Halas]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#118 Wed, 10 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit George Halas]]> George Halas]]> <![CDATA[There are no passengers on spaceship earth. We are all crew - Marshall McLuhan]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#117 Sat, 06 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Marshall McLuhan]]> Marshall McLuhan]]> <![CDATA[The most dangerous phrase in the language is, We’ve always done it this way - Grace Hopper]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#116 Tue, 26 May 2015 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Grace Hopper]]> Grace Hopper]]> <![CDATA[The master in the art of living makes little distinction between... work and play - L. P. Jacks]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#115 Thu, 14 May 2015 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit L. P. Jacks]]> L. P. Jacks]]> <![CDATA[the future is not what it used to be - Laura Riding and Robert Graves]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#114 Tue, 12 May 2015 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Laura Riding and Robert Graves]]> Laura Riding and Robert Graves]]> <![CDATA[Meaning can easily be confused with structure. Structure is a good approximation, but not the same - Claudia Perlich]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#113 Fri, 01 May 2015 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Claudia Perlich]]> Claudia Perlich]]> <![CDATA[Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming - David Bowie]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#112 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit David Bowie]]> David Bowie]]> <![CDATA[There are three things to remember when teaching: know your stuff; know whom you are stuffing; and then stuff them elegantly - Lola May]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#111 Wed, 22 Apr 2015 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Lola May]]> Lola May]]> <![CDATA[I am one of the people who love the why of things - Catherine the Great]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#110 Mon, 20 Apr 2015 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Catherine the Great]]> Catherine the Great]]> <![CDATA[Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less. - Marie Curie]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#109 Sun, 19 Apr 2015 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Marie Curie]]> Marie Curie]]> <![CDATA[Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known - Carl Sagan]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#108 Sun, 15 Mar 2015 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Carl Sagan]]> Carl Sagan]]> <![CDATA[Failing to prepare is preparing to fail - Benjamin Franklin]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#105 Sun, 01 Mar 2015 00:00:00 -0500 adafruit Benjamin Franklin]]> Benjamin Franklin]]> <![CDATA[Be quick, but don't hurry - John Wooden]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#106 Sun, 01 Mar 2015 00:00:00 -0500 adafruit John Wooden]]> John Wooden]]> <![CDATA[Flexibility is the key to stability - John Wooden]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#107 Sun, 01 Mar 2015 00:00:00 -0500 adafruit John Wooden]]> John Wooden]]> <![CDATA[Things do not happen. Things are made to happen - John F. Kennedy]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#102 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 00:00:00 -0500 adafruit John F. Kennedy]]> John F. Kennedy]]> <![CDATA[If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door - Milton Berle]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#103 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 00:00:00 -0500 adafruit Milton Berle]]> Milton Berle]]> <![CDATA[The miracle is this: The more we share, the more we have - Leonard Nimoy]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#104 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 00:00:00 -0500 adafruit Leonard Nimoy]]> Leonard Nimoy]]> <![CDATA[You're never too old, and if you want to, as my mother said, you can do anything you want to, but you have to work at it - Annie Easley]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#100 Sun, 22 Feb 2015 00:00:00 -0500 adafruit Annie Easley]]> Annie Easley]]> <![CDATA[Be so good they can't ignore you - Steve Martin]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#101 Sun, 22 Feb 2015 00:00:00 -0500 adafruit Steve Martin]]> Steve Martin]]> <![CDATA[I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained - Walt Disney]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#99 Sat, 21 Feb 2015 00:00:00 -0500 adafruit Walt Disney]]> Walt Disney]]> <![CDATA[Sometimes magic is just spending more time on something than anyone would reasonably expect - Teller]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#98 Wed, 11 Feb 2015 00:00:00 -0500 adafruit Teller]]> Teller]]> <![CDATA[This good fun, explore, explore, explore, that's what science is, exploration, finding out new things, so have a good time with it - Charles Townes]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#97 Fri, 30 Jan 2015 00:00:00 -0500 adafruit Charles Townes]]> Charles Townes]]> <![CDATA[Life's most persistent and urgent question is, What are you doing for others? - Martin Luther King, Jr.]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#96 Mon, 19 Jan 2015 00:00:00 -0500 adafruit Martin Luther King, Jr.]]> Martin Luther King, Jr.]]> <![CDATA[We are the music makers, And we are the dreamers of dreams - Arthur O'Shaughnessy]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#95 Tue, 23 Sep 2014 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Arthur O'Shaughnessy]]> Arthur O'Shaughnessy]]> <![CDATA[I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish humble tasks as though they were great and noble - Helen Keller]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#94 Tue, 16 Sep 2014 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Helen Keller]]> Helen Keller]]> <![CDATA[How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world - Anne Frank]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#93 Sat, 30 Aug 2014 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Anne Frank]]> Anne Frank]]> <![CDATA[You're only given one little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it - Robin Williams]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#92 Tue, 12 Aug 2014 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Robin Williams]]> Robin Williams]]> <![CDATA[Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each - Plato]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#91 Tue, 22 Jul 2014 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Plato]]> Plato]]> <![CDATA[I don't think there's anything like saving someone's life to bring you satisfaction and happiness - Stephanie Kwolek]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#90 Fri, 20 Jun 2014 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Stephanie Kwolek]]> Stephanie Kwolek]]> <![CDATA[If you have knowledge, let others light their candles at it - Margaret Fuller]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#89 Wed, 18 Jun 2014 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Margaret Fuller]]> Margaret Fuller]]> <![CDATA[If you get, give. If you learn, teach - Maya Angelou]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#81 Mon, 16 Jun 2014 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Maya Angelou]]> Maya Angelou]]> <![CDATA[Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained - Marie Curie]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#82 Mon, 16 Jun 2014 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Marie Curie]]> Marie Curie]]> <![CDATA[We have a hunger of the mind which asks for knowledge of all around us, and the more we gain, the more is our desire; the more we see, the more we are capable of seeing - Maria Mitchell]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#83 Mon, 16 Jun 2014 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Maria Mitchell]]> Maria Mitchell]]> <![CDATA[One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done - Marie Curie]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#84 Mon, 16 Jun 2014 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Marie Curie]]> Marie Curie]]> <![CDATA[In considering any new subject, there is frequently a tendency, first, to overrate what we find to be already interesting or remarkable; and, secondly, by a sort of natural reaction, to undervalue the true state of the case, when we do discover that our notions have surpassed those that were really tenable - Ada Lovelace]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#85 Mon, 16 Jun 2014 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Ada Lovelace]]> Ada Lovelace]]> <![CDATA[The Analytical Engine weaves algebraic patterns, just as the Jacquard loom weaves flowers and leaves - Ada Lovelace]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#86 Mon, 16 Jun 2014 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Ada Lovelace]]> Ada Lovelace]]> <![CDATA[There are a few people out there who really enjoy hacking things... - Helen Greiner]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#87 Mon, 16 Jun 2014 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Helen Greiner]]> Helen Greiner]]> <![CDATA[...programming is more than an important practical art. It is also a gigantic undertaking in the foundations of knowledge - Grace Hopper]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#88 Mon, 16 Jun 2014 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Grace Hopper]]> Grace Hopper]]> <![CDATA[Nothing will work unless you do - Maya Angelou]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#80 Wed, 28 May 2014 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Maya Angelou]]> Maya Angelou]]> <![CDATA[If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration - Nikola Tesla]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#79 Tue, 08 Apr 2014 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Nikola Tesla]]> Nikola Tesla]]> <![CDATA[Every kid starts out as a natural-born scientist, and then we beat it out of them. A few trickle through the system with their wonder and enthusiasm for science intact - Carl Sagan]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#78 Tue, 04 Mar 2014 00:00:00 -0500 adafruit Carl Sagan]]> Carl Sagan]]> <![CDATA[There is a single light of science, and to brighten it anywhere is to brighten it everywhere - Isaac Asimov]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#76 Mon, 24 Feb 2014 00:00:00 -0500 adafruit Isaac Asimov]]> Isaac Asimov]]> <![CDATA[Science, my lad, is made up of mistakes, but they are mistakes which it is useful to make, because they lead little by little to the truth - Jules Verne]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#77 Mon, 24 Feb 2014 00:00:00 -0500 adafruit Jules Verne]]> Jules Verne]]> <![CDATA[Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better - Samuel Beckett]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#75 Thu, 30 Jan 2014 00:00:00 -0500 adafruit Samuel Beckett]]> Samuel Beckett]]> <![CDATA[The key to the future of the world is finding the optimistic stories and letting them be known - Pete Seeger]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#74 Wed, 29 Jan 2014 00:00:00 -0500 adafruit Pete Seeger]]> Pete Seeger]]> <![CDATA[A hacker to me is someone creative who does wonderful things - Tim Berners-Lee]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#73 Sat, 26 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0500 adafruit Tim Berners-Lee]]> Tim Berners-Lee]]> <![CDATA[If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea - Antoine de Saint-Exupery]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#72 Tue, 22 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0500 adafruit Antoine de Saint-Exupery]]> Antoine de Saint-Exupery]]> <![CDATA[All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence - Martin Luther King, Jr.]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#71 Sun, 20 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0500 adafruit Martin Luther King, Jr.]]> Martin Luther King, Jr.]]> <![CDATA[Don't fight forces, use them - R. Buckminster Fuller]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#70 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0500 adafruit R. Buckminster Fuller]]> R. Buckminster Fuller]]> <![CDATA[Don't undertake a project unless it is manifestly important and nearly impossible - Edwin Land]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#69 Wed, 03 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Edwin Land]]> Edwin Land]]> <![CDATA[There’s nothing like watching the sunrise to the beats of the Robot Heart - Andrew "bunnie" Huang]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#68 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Andrew "bunnie" Huang]]> Andrew "bunnie" Huang]]> <![CDATA[Propel, propel, propel your craft softly down liquid solution. Ecstatically, ecstatically, ecstatically, ecstatically, existence is simply illusion - Fred Rogers]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#67 Tue, 28 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Fred Rogers]]> Fred Rogers]]> <![CDATA[Elegance is not a dispensable luxury but a quality that decides between success and failure - Edsger Dijkstra]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#65 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Edsger Dijkstra]]> Edsger Dijkstra]]> <![CDATA[It is the fate of manufactured goods to slowly and gently depreciate as they get old... but it is the fate of operating systems to become free - Neal Stephenson]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#66 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Neal Stephenson]]> Neal Stephenson]]> <![CDATA[To achieve great things, two things are needed: a plan and not quite enough time - Leonard Bernstein]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#64 Wed, 04 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Leonard Bernstein]]> Leonard Bernstein]]> <![CDATA[...the idea is to try to give all of the information to help others to judge the value of your contribution; not just the information that leads to judgment in one particular direction or another. - Richard Feynman]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#63 Mon, 18 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Richard Feynman]]> Richard Feynman]]> <![CDATA[Any path that narrows future possibilities may become a lethal trap - The Spacing Guild Handbook]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#62 Sun, 22 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit The Spacing Guild Handbook]]> The Spacing Guild Handbook]]> <![CDATA[I think there's something strangely musical about noise - Trent Reznor]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#59 Sun, 01 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Trent Reznor]]> Trent Reznor]]> <![CDATA[It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well - Rene Descartes]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#60 Sun, 01 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Rene Descartes]]> Rene Descartes]]> <![CDATA[The economy of human time is the next advantage of machinery in manufactures - Charles Babbage]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#61 Sun, 01 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Charles Babbage]]> Charles Babbage]]> <![CDATA[Let the beauty of what you love be what you do - Rumi]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#57 Mon, 05 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0500 adafruit Rumi]]> Rumi]]> <![CDATA[Collaborative production is simple: no one person can take credit for what gets created, and the project could not come into being without the participation of many - Clay Shirky]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#58 Mon, 05 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0500 adafruit Clay Shirky]]> Clay Shirky]]> <![CDATA[A delayed game is eventually good, a bad game is bad forever - Shigeru Miyamoto]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#56 Fri, 02 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0500 adafruit Shigeru Miyamoto]]> Shigeru Miyamoto]]> <![CDATA[I am driven by two main philosophies, know more today about the world than I knew yesterday. And lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you - Neil deGrasse Tyson]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#55 Thu, 01 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0500 adafruit Neil deGrasse Tyson]]> Neil deGrasse Tyson]]> <![CDATA[To be successful, you have to have your heart in your business and your business in your heart - Thomas J. Watson]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#53 Tue, 28 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 adafruit Thomas J. Watson]]> Thomas J. Watson]]> <![CDATA[Confusion and clutter are the failure of design, not the attributes of information - Edward Tufte]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#54 Tue, 28 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 adafruit Edward Tufte]]> Edward Tufte]]> <![CDATA[A designer is an emerging synthesis of artist, inventor, mechanic, objective economist and evolutionary strategist - R. Buckminster Fuller]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#51 Mon, 27 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 adafruit R. Buckminster Fuller]]> R. Buckminster Fuller]]> <![CDATA[In order to change an existing paradigm you do not struggle to try and change the problematic model. You create a new model and make the old one obsolete - R. Buckminster Fuller]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#49 Sun, 26 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 adafruit R. Buckminster Fuller]]> R. Buckminster Fuller]]> <![CDATA[You just keep pushing. You just keep pushing. I made every mistake that could be made. But I just kept pushing - René Descartes]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#50 Sun, 26 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 adafruit René Descartes]]> René Descartes]]> <![CDATA[Simplicity is a great virtue but it requires hard work to achieve it and education to appreciate it. And to make matters worse: complexity sells better - Edsger W. Dijkstra]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#47 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 adafruit Edsger W. Dijkstra]]> Edsger W. Dijkstra]]> <![CDATA[This is not the age of pamphleteers. It is the age of engineers. The spark-gap is mightier than the pen - Lancelot Hogben]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#48 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 adafruit Lancelot Hogben]]> Lancelot Hogben]]> <![CDATA[Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe - H. G. Wells]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#46 Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 adafruit H. G. Wells]]> H. G. Wells]]> <![CDATA[Art is I; science is we - Claude Bernard]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#43 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 adafruit Claude Bernard]]> Claude Bernard]]> <![CDATA[He who receives an idea from me receives it without lessening me, as he who lights his candle at mine receives light without darkening me - Thomas Jefferson]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#44 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 adafruit Thomas Jefferson]]> Thomas Jefferson]]> <![CDATA[Once a new technology rolls over you, if you're not part of the steamroller, you're part of the road - Stewart Brand]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#45 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 adafruit Stewart Brand]]> Stewart Brand]]> <![CDATA[I never am really satisfied that I understand anything; because, understand it well as I may, my comprehension can only be an infinitesimal fraction of all I want to understand - Ada Lovelace]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#42 Sat, 18 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 adafruit Ada Lovelace]]> Ada Lovelace]]> <![CDATA[People who are really serious about software should make their own hardware - Alan Kay]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#41 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 adafruit Alan Kay]]> Alan Kay]]> <![CDATA[The first 90 percent of the code accounts for the first 90 percent of the development time. The remaining 10 percent of the code accounts for the other 90 percent of the development time - Tom Cargill]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#40 Sat, 03 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500 adafruit Tom Cargill]]> Tom Cargill]]> <![CDATA[Fashion is what seems beautiful now but looks ugly later; art can be ugly at first but it becomes beautiful later - Unknown]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#39 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Unknown]]> Unknown]]> <![CDATA[In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, in the expert’s mind there are few - Shunryu Suzuki]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#38 Fri, 28 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Shunryu Suzuki]]> Shunryu Suzuki]]> <![CDATA[We understand human mental processes only slightly better than a fish understands swimming - John McCarthy]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#37 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit John McCarthy]]> John McCarthy]]> <![CDATA[Let us stand on each other’s shoulders, not each other’s toes - Dennis Allison]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#36 Sun, 28 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Dennis Allison]]> Dennis Allison]]> <![CDATA[The best way to predict the future is to invent it - Alan Kay]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#35 Thu, 25 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Alan Kay]]> Alan Kay]]> <![CDATA[Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication - Leonardo da Vinci]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#34 Sun, 07 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Leonardo da Vinci]]> Leonardo da Vinci]]> <![CDATA[The cheapest, fastest, and most reliable components are those that aren't there - Gordon Bell]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#33 Sat, 06 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Gordon Bell]]> Gordon Bell]]> <![CDATA[A late game is only late until it ships. A bad game is bad until the end of time - Shigeru Miyamoto]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#32 Fri, 05 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Shigeru Miyamoto]]> Shigeru Miyamoto]]> <![CDATA[Perfect is the enemy of good - Voltaire]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#31 Fri, 29 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Voltaire]]> Voltaire]]> <![CDATA[The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle - Steve Jobs]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#30 Sun, 17 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Steve Jobs]]> Steve Jobs]]> <![CDATA[I'm an engineer. I see myself as a toolmaker and the musicians are my customers... They use my tools - Robert Moog ]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#29 Mon, 04 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Robert Moog ]]> Robert Moog ]]> <![CDATA[The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...' - Isaac Asimov]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#28 Fri, 01 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Isaac Asimov]]> Isaac Asimov]]> <![CDATA[If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants - Isaac Newton]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#26 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Isaac Newton]]> Isaac Newton]]> <![CDATA[When you make a thing, a thing that is new, it is so complicated making it that it is bound to be ugly. But those that make it after you, they don’t have to worry about making it. And they can make it pretty, and so everybody can like it when others make it after you - Pablo Picasso]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#27 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Pablo Picasso]]> Pablo Picasso]]> <![CDATA[It's only "work" if you'd rather be doing something else - Dean Kamen]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#25 Wed, 18 May 2011 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Dean Kamen]]> Dean Kamen]]> <![CDATA[If A equals success, then the formula is A equals X plus Y plus Z. X is work. Y is play. Z is keep your mouth shut - Albert Einstein]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#24 Fri, 13 May 2011 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Albert Einstein]]> Albert Einstein]]> <![CDATA[The nice thing about standards is that you have so many to choose from; furthermore, if you do not like any of them, you can just wait for next year's model - Andrew S. Tanenbaum]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#23 Thu, 12 May 2011 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Andrew S. Tanenbaum]]> Andrew S. Tanenbaum]]> <![CDATA[Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere - Martin Luther King, Jr.]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#21 Thu, 05 May 2011 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Martin Luther King, Jr.]]> Martin Luther King, Jr.]]> <![CDATA[Do well by doing good - Benjamin Franklin]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#22 Thu, 05 May 2011 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Benjamin Franklin]]> Benjamin Franklin]]> <![CDATA[Elegance is not a dispensable luxury but a quality that decides between success and failure - Edsger W. Dijkstra]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#20 Wed, 04 May 2011 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Edsger W. Dijkstra]]> Edsger W. Dijkstra]]> <![CDATA[The walls between art and engineering exist only in our minds - Theo Jansen]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#19 Mon, 25 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Theo Jansen]]> Theo Jansen]]> <![CDATA[Don't worry about what anybody else is going to do… The best way to predict the future is to invent it. Really smart people with reasonable funding can do just about anything that doesn't violate too many of Newton's Laws! - Alan Kay]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#17 Sun, 24 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Alan Kay]]> Alan Kay]]> <![CDATA[Hardware eventually fails. Software eventually works - Michael Hartung]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#18 Sun, 24 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Michael Hartung]]> Michael Hartung]]> <![CDATA[Improvement makes straight roads: but the crooked roads without Improvement are roads of Genius - William Blake]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#16 Mon, 18 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit William Blake]]> William Blake]]> <![CDATA[Scientists investigate that which already is; engineers create that which has never been - Albert Einstein]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#11 Fri, 15 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Albert Einstein]]> Albert Einstein]]> <![CDATA[A good scientist is a person with original ideas. A good engineer is a person who makes a design that works with as few original ideas as possible. There are no prima donnas in engineering - Freeman Dyson]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#12 Fri, 15 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Freeman Dyson]]> Freeman Dyson]]> <![CDATA[What I cannot create, I do not understand - Richard Feynman]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#13 Fri, 15 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Richard Feynman]]> Richard Feynman]]> <![CDATA[You can't see it if you don't look at it - Dan McKenna]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#14 Fri, 15 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Dan McKenna]]> Dan McKenna]]> <![CDATA[Calculation and reasoning, like weaving and ploughing, are work, not for human souls, but for clever combinations of iron and wood - Mary Boole]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#15 Fri, 15 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Mary Boole]]> Mary Boole]]> <![CDATA[Premature optimization is the root of all evil - Donald Knuth]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#4 Thu, 14 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Donald Knuth]]> Donald Knuth]]> <![CDATA[It's easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission - Grace Hopper]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#10 Thu, 14 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Grace Hopper]]> Grace Hopper]]> <![CDATA[I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success - Nikola Tesla]]> https://www.adafruit.com/quotes#3 Wed, 13 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0400 adafruit Nikola Tesla]]> Nikola Tesla]]>