For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature
cannot be fooled.
—Richard Feynman, 1988
Necessity gives the law.
—Anonymous
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The world stands aside to let anybody pass who knows where he is going.
—David Starr Jordan, 1918
You cannot make pancakes without breaking eggs.
—Spanish proverb
A cat in gloves catches no mice.
—European proverb
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The only principle that does not inhibit progress is: everything goes.
—Paul Feyerabend, 1975
Hell, there are no rules around here! We are trying to accomplish something!
—Thomas Edison, 1932
Rules are just helpful guidelines for stupid people who can’t make up their own minds.
—Anonymous
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Rules are made to be broken.
—Anonymous
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If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun.
—Katharine Hepburn
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34
This maxim and its close variant, “Necessity knows no law”, are probably based on a longer line
by Publilius Syrus: “Necessity gives the law without acknowledging one”.
35
Frequently misattributed to Benjamin Franklin, who merely reproduced this old proverb in his
Poor Richard’s Almanack in 1758.
36
I have seen this line attributed to some Seth Hoffman, but could not confirm this authorship.
37
Possibly originated from a longer, more qualifying line by Florence Nightingale (circa 1858).
38
I know she was in movies rather than in science or engineering, but believe that her observation,
made in the late 1930s, is very general.
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cannot be fooled.
—Richard Feynman, 1988
Necessity gives the law.
—Anonymous
34
The world stands aside to let anybody pass who knows where he is going.
—David Starr Jordan, 1918
You cannot make pancakes without breaking eggs.
—Spanish proverb
A cat in gloves catches no mice.
—European proverb
35
The only principle that does not inhibit progress is: everything goes.
—Paul Feyerabend, 1975
Hell, there are no rules around here! We are trying to accomplish something!
—Thomas Edison, 1932
Rules are just helpful guidelines for stupid people who can’t make up their own minds.
—Anonymous
36
Rules are made to be broken.
—Anonymous
37
If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun.
—Katharine Hepburn
38
34
This maxim and its close variant, “Necessity knows no law”, are probably based on a longer line
by Publilius Syrus: “Necessity gives the law without acknowledging one”.
35
Frequently misattributed to Benjamin Franklin, who merely reproduced this old proverb in his
Poor Richard’s Almanack in 1758.
36
I have seen this line attributed to some Seth Hoffman, but could not confirm this authorship.
37
Possibly originated from a longer, more qualifying line by Florence Nightingale (circa 1858).
38
I know she was in movies rather than in science or engineering, but believe that her observation,
made in the late 1930s, is very general.
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