#lem

I tell you the solemn truth, that the doctrine of the Trinity is not so difficult to accept for a working proposition as any one of the axioms of physics. ↗

— Henry Adams

#any #axioms #difficult #doctrine #i

We worked on solving the problem of voice communications in a noisy military environment. We established military codes that are highly audible and invented selection tests for personnel who had a superior ability to recognize sound in a noisy background. ↗

— M. H. Abrams

#audible #background #codes #communications #environment

The problem with leaderless uprisings taking over is that you don't always know what you get at the other end. If you are not careful you could replace a bad government with one much worse! ↗

— Chinua Achebe

#bad #bad government #careful #could #end

It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes. ↗

— Douglas Adams

#just #major #mistake #potatoes #problems

Engineers like to solve problems. If there are no problems handily available, they will create their own problems. ↗

— Scott Adams

#create #engineers #like #own #problems

Be careful that what you write does not offend anybody or cause problems within the company. The safest approach is to remove all useful information. ↗

— Scott Adams

#approach #be careful #careful #cause #company

Technology will definitely solve all our problems, but in the process it will create brand new ones. But that's O.K. because the most you can expect from life is to get to solve better and better problems. ↗

— Scott Adams

#better #brand #brand new #create #definitely

In 1862, Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act, a bill opening one half million square miles of territory in the western United States for settlement. ↗

— Peter Agre

#abraham lincoln #act #bill #half #homestead

I kind of had my life planned out for me. I'd be married at some point, have, you know, 1.5 children, and be a principal possibly one day. But I think that that was kind of my problem. I allowed myself to plan out my life and didn't let provident direction guide my life. ↗

— Clay Aiken

#children #day #direction #guide #had

Every time I'd get a critique or some redirection, I'd always just take it very personally. Now I have no problem with it. ↗

— Jessica Alba

#critique #every #every time #get #i