Some favorite quotes
Hello, I’m Kristof, a human being like you, and an easy to work with, friendly guy.
I've been a programmer, a consultant, CIO in startups, head of software development in government, and built two software companies.
Some days I’m coding Golang in the guts of a system and other days I'm wearing a suit to help clients with their DevOps practices.
"Computers are useless. They can only give you answers." (Pablo Picasso, Spanish Cubist painter, 1881 - 1973)
"If you know yourself as well as your enemy, then you do not need to fear the result of 100 battles." (Sun Tzu, Military strategist, ~544-496 BC)
"When the people are being beaten with a stick, they are not much happier if it is called 'the People's Stick.'" (Bakunin, Russian political philosopher, anarchist, 1814-1876)
"The difference between stupid and intelligent people - and this is true whether or not they are well-educated - is that intelligent people can handle subtlety. They are not baffled by ambiguous or even contradictory situations - in fact, they expect them and are apt to become suspicious when things seem overly straightforward." (Neal Stephenson, Writer)
"Energy can neither be created nor destroyed. It can only change forms." (First law of thermodynamics)
"Any time you're afraid to do something and you do it, it makes you stronger. Even if you fail." (Fred Bartlit, Law firm owner)
"Style is not fashion, it's something we have inside" (Lino Ieluzzi, Al Bazar owner)
"Stay hungry. Stay foolish." (Steve Jobs, co-founder and CEO of Apple Inc.)
"No plan survives the first two minutes of battle." (Helmuth von Moltke, the Elder, Chief of the Imperial German General Staff, 1858 - 1888)
"You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you." (Eric Hoffer, social writer and philosopher, 1902-1983)
“He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have” (Socrates, Classical Greek philosopher, 469 BC – 399 BC)
"Whoever tries the most stuff and screws the most stuff up and most rapidly launches the next try wins." (Tom Peters, American writer and business management consultant)
"One who, while himself seeking happiness, oppresses with violence other beings who also desire happiness, will not attain happiness hereafter. One who, while himself seeking happiness, does not oppress with violence other beings who also desire happiness, will find happiness hereafter." (Siddhārtha Gautama, Awakened one, the Buddha, 563 BC - 483 BC)
"So don’t worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today’s trouble is enough for today." (Jesus of Nazareth, Savior of mankind)
"Be here now, be somewhere else later." (Zen proverb)