if it works it's obsolete

He would set up as a mild eccentric, discursive, withdrawn, but possessing one or two lovable habits such as muttering to himself as he bumbled along pavements. Out of date, perhaps, but who wasn't these days? Out of date, but loyal to his own time. At a certain moment, after all, every man chooses: will he go forward, will he go back? There was nothing dishonourable in not being blown about by every little modern wind. Better to have worth, to entrench, to be an oak of one's own generation.

It sounds a little extreme, but in this day and age, if your work isn’t online, it doesn’t exist.

Got something new , maybe it'll work before the end of the day if that's ok .

"OBSOLETE, adj. No longer used by the timid. Said chiefly of words. A word which some lexicographer has marked obsolete is ever thereafter an object of dread and loathing to the fool writer, but if it is a good word and has no exact modern equivalent equally good, it is good enough for the good writer. Indeed, a writer's attitude toward "obsolete" words is as true a measure of his literary ability as anything except the character of his work. A dictionary of obsolete and obsolescent words would not only be singularly rich in strong and sweet parts of speech; it would add large possessions to the vocabulary of every competent writer who might not happen to be a competent reader."

People in any organization are always attached to the obsolete - the things that should have worked but did not, the things that once were productive and no longer are.

Any state, any entity, any ideology that fails to recognize the worth, the dignity, the rights of man, that state is obsolete

When solving problems: the older the problem, the older the solution.

Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.

If you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign you're not doing anything very innovative.

If you don't know how it works, find out. If you're not sure if it will work, try it. If it doesn't make sense, play with it until it does. If it's not broken, break it. If it might not be true, find out.

To show you I love you, I bought you an antique watch. You can tell it's old because it doesn't even work. I got a great deal on it.

the new thing is rarely as good as the old thing was. If you need the alternative to be better than the status quo from the very start, you'll never begin.

The question is precisely to know whether the past has ceased to exist, or ceased to be useful...