Quips

Shirlee Roberts (my mother) often said, "Robin's job in life is to make people think, and he is VERY good at his job."
When applying for a sales job, a friend was asked to give a recommendation. His reply was, "Think about it. Robin gets paid to have clients come in and get spanked by someone else."
When I was asked to become BuildMaster for Microprose, I asked why they felt I was qualified. "Well, you have thirteen pro-Doms working for you simultaneously, and no one has been killed or maimed."
To finish first, you must first finish
Learning to look straight forward WILL cause your body to develop peripheral vision
Kelly Johnson (the famous designer of the P-51, U-2 and SR-71) quotes:

The SR-71 has no armament and no armor. When Kelly Johnson was asked, "What should we do if shot at?" Johnson's answer, "Accelerate!"
The SR-71 Blackbird flew Coast-to-coast record in 68 minutes. It then flew from New York to the Paris air show in two hours, shaving 2 hours and 15 minutes from the record set by the Concord. When asked about the new record, the reply was, "no one will cut 2:15 off our record!"
"If I COULD talk about it, it would already be obsolete."
Three B's: "Be Quick, Be Quiet, but Be on Time."

A favorite quote of Bob Mullen: "Never go to bed with anyone crazier than yourself!"
An excellent adage to live by: "Why strive for mediocrity?"
"When the legend becomes fact, print the legend!" Robert Wuhl, comedian
A wise man has much knowledge --- a successful man with many contacts
"It is one thing to praise discipline and another to submit to it."
"Impossible is NOT a fact. It is an opinion." Pancho Barnes
A good photographer can capture an object, but a good object will capture the photographer
"A fool with a plan is better than a genius without a plan," T. Boone Pickens
"If you have your enemy in your gunsights, you are probably within the range of their guns!"
"We'll settle this the Old Navy way - The first one to die loses!"
Be decisive. Right or wrong, make a decision. The road of life is paved with flat squirrels who can't make a decision.

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