We’re hoping to succeed; we’re okay with failure. We just don’t want to land in between.
David Chang, Seth’s Blog: Prepared to fail
Source: sethgodin.typepad.com
A desk is a dangerous place from which to view the world.
John le Carre
So true!
(OK, off you go now. Go and do that thing you’re avoiding. Go on. NOW!)
Then come back here and say thanks. OK?
Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.
Chuang Tzu
What are you waiting for?
Feel free to change.
via http://workisnotajob.com/
I was in the parking lot with the key in the car, and I thought to myself, ‘If this is my last night on earth, would I rather spend it at a business meeting or with this woman?’ I ran across the parking lot, asked her if she’d have dinner with me. She said yes, we walked into town and we’ve been together ever since.
Steve Jobs, talking about how he met Laurene. Methinks we are going to be hearing a lot more about her, as she suddenly becomes one of the most powerful women in technology.
Think training is hard?
Having sight, but no vision.
Source: randomobjects.net
We are tiny.
Walking on water and developing software from a specification are easy if both are frozen.
Overheard.
Although I have been prevented by outward circumstances from observing a strictly vegetarian diet, I have long been an adherent to the cause in principle. Besides agreeing with the aims of vegetarianism for aesthetic and moral reasons, it is my view that a vegetarian manner of living by its purely physical effect on the human temperament would most beneficially influence the lot of mankind.
Albert Einstein. Translation of letter to Hermann Huth, December 27, 1930. Einstein Archive 46-756
Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of lack of wisdom.
Terry Pratchett
This aesthetic layer is the first point of emotional contact with our users, like a first date. We don’t dress for function when we’re meeting someone for the first time. Otherwise, we’d have napkins built into our pants and cushions sewn on for optimal movie-watching comfort. We want to look as attractive as possible.
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