Quotes
Those that I cherish:
Aaron Swartz: “I think deeply about things and want others to do likewise. I work for ideas and learn from people. I don’t like excluding people. I’m a perfectionist, but I won’t let that get in the way of publication. Except for education and entertainment, I’m not going to waste my time on things that won’t have an impact. I try to be friends with everyone, but I hate it when you don’t take me seriously. I don’t hold grudges, it’s not productive, but I learn from my experience. I want to make the world a better place.”
Isaac Newton: “If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.”
18th century, Unknown: “Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.”
Murphy’s Law: “Whatever can go wrong, will go wrong.”
Personal Advice by Prof Khaled Bugrara: “Stick around with the smart people and everything will workout.”
Unknown: “The desire to be different, makes all of us same. Irony!!!”
Unknown: “Never take no for an answer in Business.”
Meltdown: Why Our System Fail and What We Can Do About It, Chris Clearfield: “The solution of complexity is not simplicity but transparency.”
Eva Infeld: “As soon as you give people a metric they’re judged by, they optimize for that metric rather than do quality work. This one sentence sums up much of toxicity in corporations, academia, even education. So simple.”
Dr Mahathir Mohamad, ex Prime Minister of Malaysia: “Don’t overeat!!! My mother used to tell me to stop eating when food is tasty. There is a tendency for people over a certain age to become obese. They have a big stomach and to satisfy themselves, they drink and they overeat, which places a burden on their heart. I have been about 62-64 (kg) for years. I can wear my clothing made 30 years ago!”
Vinod Khosla: “Good isn’t good enough; great is barely acceptable.”
Tim Ferris: “Life punishes the vague wish and rewards the specific ask.”
Nishant Gandhi: “Those who don’t have present, either talk about glorious past or magnificent future.”
Random From Internet:
- Enthusiasm is common, commitment is rare.
- “The best way to predict the future is to invent it. The second best way is to finance it.’ — John Doerr
- If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.
- “Kaun kehta hai ki aasmaan mein suraakh ho nahin sakta, ek pathhar toh tabiyat se uchhaalo yaaron!!!” (in Hindi) – Dushyant Kumar, Poet