Quote by Henry Ford

Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.
Henry Ford

Quote by Henry Ford

Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.
Henry Ford

Quote by Igor Stravinsky

Just as appetite comes by eating so work brings inspiration.
Igor Stravinsky, composer, 1882-1971

Quote by Winston Churchill

It is of no use saying, 'We are doing our best.
You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.
Winston Churchill

Quotes Henry Ford

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.
Henry Ford, 1863-1947

Quote from Karen Laub

A year from now you may wish you had started today. 

Karen Lamb

Quote Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Wünsche sind die Vorboten unserer Fähigkeiten.
Johann Wolfgang v. Goethe

Quote Winston Churchill

Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.
Sir Winston Churchill

Quote Stanislaw Lem

You climb to reach the summit, but once there, discover that all roads lead down. 
Stanislaw Lem 

Mark Twain

Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.
Mark Twain
Following the Equator

Quote Francois de La Rochefoucauld

We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Quote Mahatma Gandhi

An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.  Mahatma Gandhi

Quote Eleanor Roosevelt

It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness.
Eleanor Roosevelt 

Quote William Shakespeare

A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.  William Shakespeare

Quote Antoine de Saint-Exupery

I know but one freedom, and that is the freedom of the mind.  
Antoine de Saint-Exupery 

Quote Oscar Wilde

It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it. 
Oscar Wilde 

Quote George Berkeley

Few men think, yet all will have opinions.
-The Second Dialogue. George Berkeley

Secretaries day Song - Leroy Anderson "the Typewriter" a variation of a Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach composition

This morning on Klara, the classical radiostation of Flanders (www.klara.be) "the Typewriter" was played. Rather unusual, since it's neither Secretaries Day (18/04/2013), nor "Easy listening hour"...

One of the listeners, Dries Ceupens (spelling?)  pointed out that the theme for Anderson's typewriter is a variation of the theme from one of Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach compositions. Listen to part 3 of the below Allegro. The typewriter is admittedly in a different key but very recognizably reusing the theme.

The typewriter (Leroy Anderson) BBC Concert Orchestra o.l.v. Leonard Slatkin - Naxos 8.559357

Allegro uit Concerto in Es voor orgel, strijkers en continuo (Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach) Olivier Vernet, orgel; Orchestre d'Auvergne o.l.v. Arie van Beek - Ligia Digital 0104073-99

The typewriter sound in the orchestra is made by a special "typewriter" instrument with only working 2 keys producing each a different sound.
Some background:

• Anderson is an American composer, Swedish parents
• He mastered 6 languages (all scandinavian languages, french and english) 
• Studied music on the Harvard School of Music (a.o. with George Enescu) 
• Light classical compositions and one of them even reached top of the bill the charts (Blue Tango)
• Has a star on the "Hollywood Walk of Fame" 

Quote René Descartes

Ce n'est pas assez d'avoir l'esprit bon, le principal est de l'appliquer bien.

It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.

- René Descartes

Gutenberg project - books to read on Kindle

you know that you can download many books to read on Kindle for free from the Gutenberg project, right? All the stuff there is perfectly legal Eg: Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice…. http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1342

Quote Leonardo da Vinci

"All our knowledge has its origins in our perceptions."  

Leonardo da Vinci 

Quote Antoine de Saint-Exupery

"Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away."
Antoine de Saint-Exupery 

Jump

In the 1st dimension Jayesh made us jump. 

This made me think of Philippe Halsman, American Portrait Photographer, 1906 – 1979, who gained fame for taking people's pictures while they jumped.  

He basically asked them - after the formal photosession - to jump for some last pictures. 

These pictures captured special moments, giving glimpses into people's personalities that are otherwise hidden to the public.  

Among his clientele were the rich and the famous of the time… it is amazing how many people he got to jump in front of his camera.

He published his favorite portraits in the "Jump Book".

Curious? Have a look at the Philippe Halsman website 

Or google images "philippe halsman jump"

Quote Albert Einstein

“Probleme kann man niemals mit derselben Denkweise lösen, durch die sie entstanden sind.” 

“We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.”   

Albert Einstein

Quote Lao-Tse

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.
Lao-Tse 

Quote Steven Covey

I teach people how to treat me
by what I will allow.

 Steven Covey - The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People