A Good Martial Artist Does Not Become Tense, But Ready. Not Quotes

A good martial artist does not become tense, but ready.
Not thinking, yet not dreaming.
Ready for whatever may come.
When the opponent expands, I contract;
and when he contracts, I expand.
And when there is an opportunity, "I" do not hit,
"it" hits all by itself.
- Bruce Lee: Enter the Dragon (1973)

Someone who doesn't care about what's distant
will soon encounter worries at hand. - Confucius

The more corrupt the state,
the more it legislates. - Tacitus

Democracy must be something more than
two wolves and a sheep voting on
what to have for dinner. - James Bovard

Only two things are infinite,
the universe and human stupidity,
and I'm not sure about the former. - Albert Einstein

Think left and think right and think low and think high.
Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try! - Dr. Seuss

Fashion is a form of ugliness
so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months. - Oscar Wilde