#definition

Good communication is less about saying what you mean, and more about defining what you say. ↗

— Kelli Jae Baeli

#definition #relationship-advice #communication

Not that any of the sysadmin’s knowledge and skills were applicable here. The psychological stance was the thing: the implicit faith, a little naive and a little cocky, that by banging his head against the problem for long enough he’d be able to break through in the end. ↗

— Neal Stephenson

#sysadmin #faith

Selfish, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#humor #humor

Your best friend is the person who not only knows all the important stories and events in your life, but has lived through them with you. Your best friend isn't the person you call when you are in jail; mostly likely, she is sitting in the cell beside you. ↗

— Irene S. Levine

#best-friends-books #definition #friendship #friendship

Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts. ↗

— Richard P. Feynman

#science

Bore, n.: A person who talks when you wish him to listen. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#devil

Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence ↗

— H.L. Mencken

#love #imagination

Tears are words the heart can't express ↗

— Gerard Way

#life #love #life

The conventional definition of management is getting work done through people, but real management is developing people through work. ↗

— Agha Hasan Abedi

#definition #developing #done #getting #management

The historian is, by definition, absolutely incapable of observing the facts which he examines. ↗

— Marc Bloch

#definition #examines #facts #historian #incapable