(by PJ unless otherwise noted)

Plan, but act.

Always watch the exits.

"It's the friends that you can call up at 4am that matter." - Marlene Dietrich

On a things-to-do list, address the most dangerous item first.

It's a shrinking world; we're all on stage.

"Just what you want to be, you will be in the end." - Justin Hayward

You aren't what you say you are.  You are what you know, what you do, where you've been, what you've produced.

If someone refuses to treat you as an equal, they ask to be treated as an inferior.

"One must have favorites in everything." - Ayn Rand

Believe only those from whom you've seen results.

At the end of the day, ask what has improved.

"Humanity has won its battle.  Liberty has a country." - Marquis de Lafayette

Who do you think you are?  Sometimes it's who you know the other guy isn't.

Success involves discovering what to ignore.

"If you want to catch more fish, use more hooks." - George Allen

Space itself is a luxury; it costs something to have.

Some victories appear to have been single events when in fact they resulted from behavior over time.

"All Mankind is divided into three classes: those who are immovable, those who are movable and those who move."  - Benjamin Franklin

The first problem with know-it-alls is that they don't.

The second problem with know-it-alls is that they cripple their own ability to act.

"Moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue." - Barry Goldwater

The right kind of pain reduces the wrong kind of pain.

(I'm particularly proud of that one.)

 "Life's highway is covered with flat squirrels that couldn't make up their minds." - unknown

The meeting starts before the meeting starts.

Either one's will is a constant or it doesn't qualify as such.

"Don't be afraid to give up the good for the great." - John D. Rockefeller

Know one's own worth at all costs.

Become the sort of person you wish to attract. 

"You can never bail someone out of trouble without putting someone else into trouble."  -  economist Arthur Laffer

If failure produces information, you have not been defeated.

Failure isn't the lack of success; it's simply the lack of immediate success.

"In this business, by the time you realize you're in trouble, it's too late to save yourself.  Unless you're running scared all the time, you're gone." - Bill Gates

Commerce contributes to peace.

"What are you doing?" is an important question.  "What have you finished?" is a more important one.

"A surprising number of government committees will make important decisions on fundamental matters with less attention than each individual would give to buying a suit."  - Herman Kahn

Evil can imply intelligence where incompetence would not.  Therefore, incompetence can be more dangerous than evil.

Stop "knowing" what's not possible.

"I start from the joke line and write backward." - Nipsey Russell

Guys:  remember that women are people, too.

In debate, offer a clear alternative and argue without insult.

"It is better to be hated for what you are than loved for what you are not." - Andre Gide

Many will say that they always knew you could... after you did.

If greater than fifty percent of what comes out of someone's mouth is negative, stay away.

"Plurality is not to be posited without necessity." - William of Ockham

Opponents sometimes must be opposed openly, but surprise can make that unnessecary.

Just because you complain doesn't mean you have high standards.

"An infallible method of conciliating a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured." - Konrad Adenauer

If you deal with someone who's always right, you'll never be.

Inaction can speak louder than action.

"It ain't what they call you.  It's what you answer to." - W.C. Fields

Beware of whoever obtains information from you and then claims to have already known it.

Invective and insult won't work on the committed opponent but salesmanship and consideration may work on the bystanders listening.

"The farther back you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see." - Winston Churchill

Scott McNealy said that the network is the computer.  I say that the network is the vulnerability.

Jamison's Law of Identity:  One cannot be Marilyn Monroe and Richard Nixon at the same time and in the same respect.

"Elegance is refusal." - Coco Chanel

There is no boss in a friendship.

From time there is no forgiveness.

No one can pass through life any more than he can pass through a bit of country without leaving tracks behind, and those tracks may often be helpful to those coming after him in finding their way. - Robert Baden-Powell

Jamison's Law of Economics:  There is no amount of money that a single person would ever control so large that it can't be wasted in a short amount of time.

begun 4/2009