Musings

“The computer can be used as a tool to liberate and protect people, rather than to control them.” – Hal Finney

“What if changing the world was just about being here, by showing up no matter how many times we get told we don’t belong, by staying true even when we’re shamed into being false, by believing in ourselves even when we’re told we’re too different? And if we all held on to that, if we refuse to budge and fall in line, if we stood our ground for long enough, just maybe… The world can’t help but change around us.” – Elliot Alderson

“Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren’t used to an environment where excellence is expected.” – Steve Jobs

“I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.” – Confucius

“The future isn’t just a place you’ll go. It’s a place you will invent.” – Nancy Duarte

“See the world through your own eyes; Create memories, Not in JPEGs” – HONNE

“If an egg is broken by an outside force, Life ends. If broken by inside force, Life begins. Great things always begin from inside.” – J. Kwik

“If you can’t find the solution, change the problem” – AC

“Compare yourself to who you were yesterday, not to who someone else is today.” – JP

“No one is ready for a thing until [they] believe [they] can acquire it” – Napoleon Hill

“A customer is [someone] you aim to satisfy, provide for, and make guarantees about what you can do. A tenant is [someone] you evict when they don’t pay you.” (On having a product mindset) – ST

“Never half-ass two things, whole-ass one thing” – Ronald Ulysses Swanson

“Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.” – Arundhati Roy

“There is nothing noble about being superior to your fellow man; true nobility lies in being superior to your former self” – Ernest Hemingway