Bontang Notes and Best Quotes

Flappy Birds High Score [ Cheat Trick...

Steve Jobs - Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. ...

"The devil is in the details." Source unknown This phrase differs from the others in that it is specifically misused, rather than misinterpreted. It's a twist on an earlier saying that states the exact opposite: "God is in the details." The original phrase is often attributed to German architect Mies van der Rohe, but, while he was likely...

"Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em." From Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare This is another Shakespeare quote that works well enough as a stand-alone mantra, but wasn't originally said in earnest. It's written in a letter to Malvolio, an egotistical and obnoxiously self-righteous character...

"To thine own self be true" From Hamlet by William Shakespeare These may be okay words to live by (although they're a little too easy to parody - see Jude Law dopily musing, "How am I not myself?" in "I Heart Huckabees"). Within the context of Shakespeare's Hamlet, they are meant ironically. They're uttered not by the play's noble (if indecisive)...

"I took the [road] less traveled by, And that has made all the difference." From "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost Robert Frost's poem does illustrate a lovely sentiment, but he never meant for his two roads to serve as a metaphor for the rewards reaped when exploring the unknown. In fact, Frost writes in the poem that while one road is...

"Money is the root of all evil." From The King James Bible Call us pedantic, but the removal of a couple words from this quotation makes all the difference. The original source, Timothy 6:10 from The King James Bible, doesn't claim that money itself is the root of all evil -- greed, or the love of money is. This interpretation of the quote...