May 2009

• May 1, 2009

  Heinlein: Specialization is for insects

  A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.

  — Robert Heinlein

• May 1, 2009

  Aristotle: Excellence is a habit

  We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.

  — Aristotle