You don"t need to predict the future. Just choose a future -- a good future, a useful future -- and make the kind of prediction that will alter human emotions and reactions in such a way that the future you predicted will be brought about. Better to make a good future than predict a bad one.

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.__ read more

• Thought Many Men Go Fishing Their Lives Without Knowing Fish They After

In the end, it"s about the teaching, and what I always loved about coaching was the practices. Not the games, not the tournaments, not the alumni stuff. But teaching the players during practice was what coaching was all about to me. read more

• Thought End About Teaching What Loved Coaching Practices Games Tournaments Alumni Stuff Players During Practice

It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages. read more

• Thought Lack Love Friendship Makes Unhappy Marriages

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The Bible has noble poetry in it... and some good morals and a wealth of obscenity, and upwards of a thousand lies. read more

• Thought Bible Noble Poetry Some Good Morals Wealth Obscenity Upwards Thousand Lies

It can hardly be a coincidence that no language on Earth has ever produced the phrase, "as pretty as an airport." Airports are ugly. Some are very ugly. Some attain a degree of ugliness that can only be the result of a special effort. read more

• Thought Hardly Coincidence Language Earth Produced Phrase Pretty Airport Airports Ugly Some Very Attain Degree Ugliness Result Special Effort

The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom. read more

• Wisdom Saddest Aspect Life Right Science Gathers Knowledge Faster Society Wisdom

Those people who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do. read more

• Thought Those People Think They Everything Great Annoyance Us Do

Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers. read more

• Thought Writing Simply Thinking Fingers

The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not Eureka!", but That"s funny read more

• Thought Most Exciting Phrase Hear Science Heralds New Discoveries Eureka Funny

Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent. read more

• Thought Violence Last Refuge Incompetent