Muttley’s Blog

Citações

O Luiz Firmino sugeriu que eu colocasse aqui minha lista de citações. É algo bem eclético, e formado nos últimos meses, quando resolvi “colecioná-las” a medida que eu ia encontrando:

“Não há nada mais difícil de se dominar, não há nada mais perigoso de se conduzir ou mais incerto em seu sucesso, do que tomar a liderança na introdução de uma nova ordem de coisas” - Maquiavel

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? - Who shall keep watch over the guardians? (Luvenalis)

(Alice no país das maravilhas)
‘Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?’
‘ That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,’ said the Cat.
‘I don’t much care where–’ said Alice.
‘ Then it doesn’t matter which way you go,’ said the Cat.

Sun Tzu:

Nunca confie na probabilidade do inimigo não estar vindo, mas dependa de sua própria prontidão para o reconhecer. Não espere que o inimigo não ataque, mas dependa de estar em uma posição que não possa ser atacada

Táticas militares são como água corrente. A água corrente sempre se move de cima para baixo, evita o terreno alto e flui para o terreno baixo. Assim, são as táticas militares, sempre evitam os pontos fortes do inimigo e atacam os seus pontos fracos.

Nada deve ser mais estimado do que a informação, mais bem pago do que a informação e nada deve ser mais confidencial do que o trabalho de coleta de informações.

Schneier:
1. People exaggerate spectacular but rare risks, and downplay common risks.
2. The unknown is perceived to be riskier than the familiar.
3. Personified risks are perceived to be greater than anonymous risks.
4. People overestimate involuntary risks: risks in situations they can’t control.
5. People overestimate risks that they can’t control but think they should.

Bruce Schneier five step process to evaluate a security system:
Step 1: What assets are you trying to protect?
Step 2: What are the risks to the assets?
Step 3: How well does the security solution mitigate those risks?
Step 4: What other risks does the security solution cause?
Step 5: What trade-offs does the security solution require?

“If you spend more on coffee than on IT security, then you will be hacked. What’s more, you deserve to be hacked.”
- Richard Clarke, special adviser to the president on cybersecurity

“o que não se mede, não se administra; o que não é mensurável, faça-o mensurável.” - Galileu Galilei

You should not ask yourself what policies to write but what you
need to control. If you begin with a list of policys, you need
to adapt the reality to the list. The risk is that you create
a false sense of control of security. — Jakob Fredriksson

“A minha notoriedade se deve ao fato de que eu penso uma ou duas
vezes por semana enquanto a maioria dos indivíduos pensa apenas uma
ou duas vezes por ano” - George Bernard Shaw

If we knew what we were doing we wouldn’t call it research now would we? - Albert Einstein.

“I’m sorry Dave, I’m afraid I can’t let you do that.” - HAL9000

“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” - Ferris Bueller

“A person should not believe in an “-ism,” he should believe in himself. I quote John Lennon, “I don’t believe in Beatles, I just believe in me.”" - Ferris Bueller

“Only the meek get pinched. The bold survive. ” - Ferris Bueller

“Terrified. Mortified. Petrified. Stupefied… by you. ” - John Nash (A beautiful mind)

“Classes will dull your mind, destroy the potential for authentic creativity. ” - John Nash (A beautiful mind)

“Gênio é quem sabe aplicar a arte da oportunidade” - Napoleão Bonaparte

“Linux is user-friendly. It’s just choosy about its friends” - Rob Slade

The 48 Laws of Power, by Robert Greene and Joost Elffers
Law 46: Never appear too Perfect
Appearing better than others is always dangerous, but most dangerous
of all is to appear to have no faults or weaknesses. Envy creates
silent enemies. It is smart to occasionally display defects, and
admit to harmless vices, in order to deflect envy and appear more
human and approachable. Only gods and the dead can seem perfect with
impunity.

É aceitável fazer coisas estúpidas, contanto que não seja por motivos estúpidos (Próprio)

You can get a lot more done with a kind word and a gun, than with a kind word alone. - Al Capone

“What you have to do and the way you have to do it is incredibly simple. Whether you are willing to do it, that’s another matter.”
– Peter Drucker

“Things should be made as simple as possible, but not any simpler.” , Albert Einstein.