Reading
"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
Computers
"A computer will do what you tell it to do, but that may be much different from what you had in mind."
Joseph Weizenbaum
Chess
"One doesn’t have to play well, it’s enough to play better than your opponent."
Siegbert Tarrasch
Gardening
"Gardens are not made by singing 'Oh, how beautiful,' and sitting in the shade."
Rudyard Kipling
Calculators
"My fellow nerds and I will retire to the nerdery with our calculators."
Richard in Tommy Boy
Hiking
"If you are seeking creative ideas, go out walking. Angels whisper to a man when he goes for a walk."
Raymond Inmon
Astronomy
"Astronomy compels the soul to look upward, and leads us from this world to another."
Plato
Ball Sports
"You learn more from losing than winning. You learn how to keep going."
Morgan Wootten