aut vincere aut mori

December 2009

49 posts

Dec 29, 20091 note

#rsi #health #lifehacks

Dec 29, 2009

Engineers > Lawyers in ruling a nation.

Ok so I’ve been reading it twice from two ex leaders, one is an ex Prime Minister, another by an ex auto giant CEO.

1. In a recent interview, ex Malaysian Prime Minister, Mahathir Mohamad tells reporters the differences between Pakistan, ruled by lawyers, and the China by engineers.
2. In his book, Where Have All The Leaders Gone, Lee Iacocca - “Never turn the future of your country over to the lawyers! The Europeans did it right. They turned the problem over to the engineers.”

p/s: g33ks rule the world :)

Dec 27, 20091 note

Dec 27, 2009633 notes

“Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?” —Abraham Lincoln (via simtan) (via quote-book)

Dec 27, 2009251 notes

“Hate the sin, love the sinner.” —Mahatma Gandhi (via kari-shma) (via quote-book)

Dec 25, 2009558 notes

#gandhi

“There is no just war. I cannot legitimise it from a Christian point of view,” —Margot Kaessmann - head of the EKD — an umbrella group for 22 Churches that encompass Germany’s 25 million Protestants — added to growing political momentum against a troop increase which Berlin is considering. (Read More)

Dec 25, 2009

Dec 24, 2009

#earth #green #nature #climate

When life gives u lemons

make lemonades

Dec 21, 2009

Hilarious School Exam Answers

• Q. In a democratic society, how important are elections
• A. Very important. Sex can only happen when a male gets an election

Dec 21, 2009

“I believe in God, but not as one thing, not as an old man in the sky. I believe that what people call God is something in all of us. I believe that what Jesus and Mohammed and Buddha and all the rest said was right. It’s just the translations have gone wrong.” —John Lennon (via yourhappyplace) (via quote-book)

Dec 21, 2009979 notes

Dec 21, 200937 notes

Dec 20, 2009

#money

Dec 20, 20091 note

Dec 20, 20091 note

#linux #apple #windows

How to destroy the Earth → qntm.org

Destroying the Earth is harder than you may have been led to believe.

You’ve seen the action movies where the bad guy threatens to destroy the Earth.

…..

Fools.

Dec 19, 2009

#earth #science #scifi

Dec 17, 200927 notes

Dec 17, 2009653 notes

#northkorea #4chan

“Be creative. Use unconventional thinking. And have the guts to carry it out.” —Lee Iacocca (via calidre) (via quote-book)

Dec 16, 2009161 notes

“The younger players still fear him, but not like when I was their age. He has mellowed, he isn’t near as frightening as 20 years ago.” —Ryan Giggs on Sir Alex Ferguson 20 years ago.

Dec 15, 2009

#soccer #manutd