January 2009
35 posts
“Whether you think that you can, or that you can’t, you are usually right.”
– Henry Ford
“I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.”
– Thomas Jefferson
“Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.”
– Anonymous, found it in an old word doc from college
“Success is the result of what sociologists like to call “accumulative...”
– Readernaut: “Outliers” Note
“Lift up your heads and look at the image of a man who rose from nothing, who...”
– Robert Winthrop, to a crowd at the unveiling of a statue of Benjamin Franklin
“Bad times are hard on overweight companies and over-leveraged start-ups, but can...”
– Great article by Zeldman. 24 ways: Recession Tips For Web Designers
“Are you bored with life? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with...”
– Audrey Hepburn (via littlemiss)
“I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more...”
– Mother Teresa (via littlemiss)
“Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving...”
– Mother Teresa (via kari-shma)
“Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter and...”
– Dr. Seuss (via kari-shma)
“…merely thinking about the task in more concrete, specific terms makes it feel...”
– Why we procrastinate and how to stop | Eureka! Science News (via drawohara)
“Bias keeps us from seeing reality. Lack of intelligence prevents analysis. Lack...”
– HH The 14th Dalai Lama (via drawohara)
“Stop being afraid of what could go wrong and think of what could go right.”
– (via kari-shma)
“But he that dares not grasp the thorn, should never crave the rose.”
– The phrasing of this is awesome. Anne Bronte (via kari-shma)
“You can get much farther with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind...”
– Al Capone (via kari-shma)
“Keep the other person’s well being in mind when you feel an attack of...”
– Betty White (via kari-shma)
“A master can tell you what he expects of you. A teacher, though, awakens your...”
– Patricia Neal (via kari-shma)
“Don’t be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated; you can’t cross a chasm...”
– David Lloyd George
(via kari-shma)
“It must be remembered that the purpose of education is not to fill the minds of...”
– Robert M Hutchins (via kari-shma)
“If it wanted to kill you, you’d be dead.”
– Sheldon, on the big bang theory
“Rather, what we have in common is a certain mentality, a way of thinking that...”
– Secrets of a $110 Million Man
“It seems to me, though, that the people who get things done, who lead, who grow...”
– The thing about goals
Chairlift mishap strips US skier →
This is so hilarious. I laughed really hard.
“At grading time a curious fact emerged. The works of the highest quality were...”
– Fail early, Fail often, and Learn
“By doing it enough by hand, it’s very likely that, at the very least, some...”
– This is a great point. It is exactly how HTTParty was born. If you do something enough by hand, you start to recognize patterns. Once you have a pattern, you can make something so much easier to do. The trick is, of course, being able to recognize that pattern.
Let’s make seeking bliss easier
“Launch doesn’t mean stop, it means start.”
– Design Decisions: Saying more in less space on the new Highrise site
“Quality is not an act; it is a habit.”
– Aristotle
“There are no statues erected to critics.”
– Things I’ve Learned and Loved in 2008
“Don’t postpone decisions just to avoid uncomfortable conversations.”
– The Choice-Minimal Lifestyle: 6 Formulas for More Output and Less Overwhelm
“Learn to make non-fatal or reversible decisions as quickly as possible.”
– The Choice-Minimal Lifestyle: 6 Formulas for More Output and Less Overwhelm
“It’s not that I go out of my way to irritate people — not at all — but I...”
– The Art of Letting Bad Things Happen (and Weapons of Mass Distraction)
“Productivity” isn’t about about making more widgets per hour or being efficient...”
– How to use 43 Folders