Saw a quote today I liked about thoughtlessness and several other related quotes came to mind so I figured I would share them:
"A sufficiently thoughtless action is indistinguishable from malice." – Anonymous
“Don’t attribute malice when ignorance is a reasonable substitute.” – Anonymous
“Don’t get mad, have sympathy for them as they know not what they do.” – Anonymous
Do you have any favorite quotes? Some more I like are:
"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction." – Albert Einstein
“Imagination is more important than knowledge." – Albert Einstein
"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one." – Albert Einstein
"The only real valuable thing is intuition." – Albert Einstein
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe." – Albert Einstein
“Any problem in computer science can be solved with another layer of indirection.” - David Wheeler
"Pigmies placed on the shoulders of giants see more than the giants themselves." - Lucan AD 39-65, The Civil War, Book II, 10
“Security is often the act of re-arranging deck chairs on a sinking ship” – Cem Paya
"Foolproof systems don't take into account the ingenuity of fools." — Gene Brown.
"Build a system that even a fool can use, and only a fool will want to use it." - Anonymous
"In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move." — Douglas Adams (1952—2001),
“I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made. “ - Franklin D. Roosevelt
“I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues. “- Franklin D. Roosevelt
“If Congress wants its fleet back, it would be wise to send the fuel” - Franklin D. Roosevelt
"He who would trade liberty for some temporary security, deserves neither liberty nor security" - Ben Franklin
"In the end, more than they wanted freedom, they wanted security. They wanted a comfortable life, and they lost it all -- security, comfort, and freedom. When ... the freedom they wished for was freedom from responsibility, then Athens ceased to be free." - Sir Edward Gibbon (1737-1794)