Quotes
These are real words from a real person who won a real election in America. “There are hundreds and hundreds of scientists, many of them holding Nobel Prizes, who believe in intelligent design.” “[Gay marriage] is probably the biggest issue that will impact our state and our nation in, at least, the last 30 years. [...]
Potential is widely regarded as a positive trait. We say things like sports prospects have superstar potential, or young students are really showing a lot of potential. But what does potential really mean? “Potential means you haven’t done anything yet.” –Bill Parcells To be sure, having potential is preferable to not having it, but it [...]
Welcome to 2010! It sounds so futuristic. Sometimes I make New Year’s Resolutions. Sometimes I even write them down. But the more I think about it, the more I think they’re dumb. If something is worth doing, why wait for an arbitrary change in the date to start? The tradition of New Year’s Resolutions dates [...]
“Running a start-up is like being punched in the face repeatedly. But working for a large corporation is like being waterboarded.” –Paul Graham, founder of Y Combinator This quote was from a recent issue of Inc. magazine, but I don’t really like it that much. It takes a pretty negative outlook on both start-ups and [...]
I’m a fan of business books and business quotes… and quotes in general, I guess. Here are some of my favorite quotes on management, leadership, and the difference between the two. What do managers do? “Good management consists in showing average people how to do the work of superior people.” –John D. Rockefeller “Whenever there [...]
