January 2010
11 posts
“The work you do while you procrastinate is probably the work you should be doing...”
– One heck of a quote. Well said. Jessica Hische / Humble Pied.
“If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.”
– Albert Einstein via 33 of the Smartest Things Ever Said About Business and Life | Exectweets
“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks...”
– Thomas Edison via 33 of the Smartest Things Ever Said About Business and Life | Exectweets
“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson via 33 of the Smartest Things Ever Said About Business and Life | Exectweets
“I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.”
– Albert Einstein Hacker News | I Have No Talent
“Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing...”
– Calvin Coolidge Hacker News | I Have No Talent
“One of the traits was that winners compete against themselves, not others.”
– Hacker News | I Have No Talent
“In genreal you need to use an Identity Map to manage any object that is brought...”
– Martin Fowler preaching it. IS Architecture Pattern: Identity Map
“An optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.”
– Sir Winston Churchill via Jerry’s B-School Blog
“One cannot enjoy doing the same thing at the same level for long.”
– Mihaly Csikszentmihalyiin Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience
“Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir men’s blood and probably...”
– DANIEL BURNHAM, CHICAGO ARCHITECT. (1864-1912) via dancroak.com
I’ve heard this quote before but didn’t think it was this guy. Still a great quote.