Archives for “Quotes”
As your leader, I encourage you from time to time And always in a respectful manner to question my logic. If you’re unconvinced of a particular plan of action I’ve decided is the wisest then tell me so. But allow me to convince you and I promise you right here and now No subject will [...]
“Multiplayer games are the ultimate happiness engine – everyone in the games industry – all of us are already in the happiness business, as the rest of the interactive community starts to catch on to create happiness, more and more of us will be in the business of producing happiness engines.” – Jane McGonigal, 2008 [...]
“You’ve always had me there to say no for you. But now, you’ll learn how to say it for yourself. The problem is, you have to remember, sometimes it’s OK to say ‘yes’.” – the Dad, Hannah Montana, Episode 61
“In today’s increasingly saturated product marketplace, surface appeal is not enough to elevate me-too products or services above the pack, or to yield sustained success. The harder trick is to use design to get beneath that superficial marketing level and to delve down to core business issues such as: What do people really need? And [...]
“I always laugh when somebody says, “don’t be so judgmental.” Being judgmental is just what we do. Not being judgmental really would be like death. Normative behavior is normal. That original self-conscious, slightly despairing glance in the mirror (together with, “Is this it?” or “Is that all there is?”) is a great enabler because it [...]
The Marine Corps’ style of warfare requires intelligent leaders with a penchant for boldness and initiative down to the lowest levels. Boldness is an essential moral trait in a leader for it generates combat power beyond the physical means at hand. Initiative, the willingness to act on one’s own judgment, is a prerequisite for boldness. [...]
“O’Reilly never raised outside capital; he funded his projects through profits. “There is a wonderful rigor in free-market economics,” he wrote in an early company manual. “When you have to prove the value of your ideas by persuading other people to pay for them, it clears out an awful lot of woolly thinking.” (source)
“Yes, that is the equality of man. Slaughter anybody who is better than you are, and then we shall be equal soon enough. All equally dead.” - T. H. White
“Michael Ploanyi’s theory of apprenticeship: ‘You follow your master because you trust his manner of doing things even when you cannot analyze and account in detail for their effectiveness. By watching the master and emulating his efforts in the presence of his example, the apprentice unconsciously picks up the rules of the art, including those [...]
“I understand the need for conformity. Without a concise set of rules to follow we would probably all have to resort to common sense. Discipline is the key to conformity and it is important that we learn not to question authority at an early age.” 27b/6
00:53:04 (faster bleeps) 00:53:09 Destroyer coming in, sir. 00:53:14 He’s shifting to attack frequency, sir! 00:53:17 (ship’s propellers whirring) 00:53:30 Picking up splashes, sir. Depth charges on the way down. - Run Silent, Run Deep
“Those who manipulate the shadows that dominate our lives are the agents, publicists, marketing departments, promoters, script writers, television and movie producers, advertisers, video technicians, photographers, bodyguards, wardrobe consultants, fitness trainers, pollsters, public announcers, and television news personalities who create the vast stage for illusion. They are the puppet masters. No one achieves celebrity status, [...]
“I hate the word “genius.” I think people misuse it. They think that if someone’s a genius, everything just happens. That’s bullshit. It’s about respecting yourself and your talent, and realizing that there are no shortcuts. Whether it’s now or later, you have to put in the effort to get from point A to point [...]
“Group Think: They who play it safe, are quick to assasinate what they do not understand.They move in packs. Ingesting more and more fear with every act of hate on one another. They feel most comfortable in groups. Less guilt to swallow. They are us. This is what we have become. Afraid to respect the [...]
Soothsayer. Caesar! Caesar. Ha! who calls? Casca. Bid every noise be still: peace yet again! Caesar. Who is it in the press that calls on me? 100 I hear a tongue, shriller than all the music, Cry ‘Caesar!’ Speak; Caesar is turn’d to hear. Soothsayer. Beware the ides of March. Caesar. What man is that? [...]
This is how the wind shifts: Like the thoughts of an old human, Who still thinks eagerly And despairingly. The wind shifts like this: Like a human without illusions, Who still feels irrational things within her. The wind shifts like this: Like humans approaching proudly, Like humans approaching angrily. This is how the wind shifts: [...]
“Although I am recognized with this tremendous honor of being in the basketball hall of fame, I don’t look at this moment as a defining end to my relationship with the game of basketball. It is simply a continuation of something I started a long time ago. One day you might look up and see [...]