Sayings and witticisms

I’m going to try to capture clever sayings and witticisms here.  They may or may not be infosec-related, but they all manage to say something in a way I find clever, thoughtful, insightful, funny, etc…

Tell it all. Tell it early. Tell it yourself.

Lanny Davis – https://www.politico.com/story/2013/03/lanny-davis-on-the-basics-of-crisis-management-088839

Inspiration is for amateurs, the rest of us just show up and do the work.

Chuck Close – https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/682112-inspiration-is-for-amateurs-the-rest-of-us-just-show

It’s not enough to point out a fire. Someone has to put it out. Someone has to think it’s their job to.

Dan Kaminsky – https://infosec.exchange/@ryanc/112315542517583335

Do what you believe. Because if you do what someone else believes and you fail, you got nothin’. If you do what you believe and you fail, you still have hope.

Geddy Lee – Video

The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.

Marcus Aurelius

Find something you can do until you find something you can love

Me, 2020

The goal of a career in security needs to be actually becoming part of the business by enabling secure methods of achieving business goals. We’re not outside the business, guarding. We’re inside the business, guiding.

Jeff Rogers (@6thfairway) – https://twitter.com/6thFairway/status/1187140032714498048