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"Do not hurry. Do not rest."

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:45:51 -0400

“Do not hurry. Do not rest.”

- Goethe

"A billion dollars doesn’t buy what it used to. I say to my wife that the worst tragedy I..."

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:30:44 -0400

“A billion dollars doesn’t buy what it used to. I say to my wife that the worst tragedy I could have in business deserves a two-hour cry, and I scale down from there. I didn’t cry for a moment.”

- Sheldon Adelson

"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 16:53:46 -0400

“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”

- Theodore Roosevelt

"If it is to your advantage, make a forward move; if it is not, stay where you are."

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:22:18 -0400

“If it is to your advantage, make a forward move; if it is not, stay where you are.”

- Sun-Tzu

"Make mistakes of ambition and not mistakes of sloth. Develop the strength to do bold things, not the..."

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:17:06 -0500

“Make mistakes of ambition and not mistakes of sloth. Develop the strength to do bold things, not the strength to suffer.”

- Machiavelli

"Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to..."

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 21:21:48 -0500

“Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting “Holy shit, what a ride!””

- Mavis Leyrer

"Happiness is a hound dog in the sun. We are not here to be happy but to experience great and..."

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:13:42 -0400

“Happiness is a hound dog in the sun. We are not here to be happy but to experience great and wonderful things.”

- Samuel Taylor Coleridge

"We are all worms. But I do believe I am a glow-worm."

Sun, 03 Aug 2008 16:23:18 -0400

“We are all worms. But I do believe I am a glow-worm.”

- Winston Churchill

"In the abstract, freedom of choice is desirable. But the arts, including the culinary arts, function..."

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:31:35 -0400

“In the abstract, freedom of choice is desirable. But the arts, including the culinary arts, function more efficiently as dictatorships. Down with interactivity. Readers do not really want to decide what happens in the next chapter of a novel, and diners are happiest submitting to the iron will of a good chef.”

- RESTAURANTS; With Such Scallops, Who Needs Free Will? - New York Times

"Call me any name you want…. arrogant, conceited, narcissistic, racist, metro, fag whatever you..."

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:13:00 -0400

“Call me any name you want…. arrogant, conceited, narcissistic, racist, metro, fag whatever you can think of…. BUT NEVER SAY I DIDN’T GIVE MY ALL! NEVER SAY I DIDN’T GIVE MY ALL!”

- kanye west

"If it doesn’t feel right, don’t do it. That’s the lesson. And that lesson alone..."

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:53:29 -0400

“If it doesn’t feel right, don’t do it. That’s the lesson. And that lesson alone will save you, my friends, a lot of grief. Even doubt means don’t. This is what I’ve learned. There are many times when you don’t know what to do. When you don’t know what to do, get still, get very still, until you do know what to do.”

- Oprah

"We are what we repeatedly do."

Tue, 27 May 2008 03:41:55 -0400

“We are what we repeatedly do.”

- Aristotle

"I don’t mind if people don’t like me as long as it’s for things I am."

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 03:08:00 -0400

“I don’t mind if people don’t like me as long as it’s for things I am.”

- Steve Wozniak

"I learned early in my career that I could accomplish more in a 60 hour week than most people could..."

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 02:53:38 -0500

“I learned early in my career that I could accomplish more in a 60 hour week than most people could accomplish in a 40 hour week.”

- A.D. Correll, CEO of Georgia-Pacific

"Every time I’m out there I feel like I’m going to be the guy who makes a..."

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 22:47:48 -0500

“Every time I’m out there I feel like I’m going to be the guy who makes a play—that’s my mentality. If a player doesn’t have that, then they don’t need to be on the field.”

- Devin Hester

"We’re taught to do things the right way. But if you want to discover something that other..."

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 18:56:12 -0400

“We’re taught to do things the right way. But if you want to discover something that other people haven’t, you need to do things the wrong way. Initiate a failure by doing something that’s very silly, unthinkable, naughty, dangerous. Watching why that fails can take you on a completely different path. It’s exciting, actually. To me, solving problems is a bit like a drug. You’re on it, and you can’t get off.”

- James Dyson

"I anticipate a coming season of dilated time and of women all in disarray."

Mon, 03 Sep 2007 23:37:39 -0400

“I anticipate a coming season of dilated time and of women all in disarray.”

- Michael Chabon, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh

"Tiger got to hunt, bird got to fly; Man got to sit and wonder, ‘Why, why, why?’ Tiger..."

Mon, 16 Jul 2007 20:32:36 -0400

““Tiger got to hunt, bird got to fly; Man got to sit and wonder, ‘Why, why, why?’ Tiger got to sleep, bird got to land; Man got to tell himself he understand.””

- 15 Things Kurt Vonnegut Said Better Than Anyone Else Ever Has Or Will | The A.V. Club

"Writing is not the place to skimp on your budget. Seduce me, entice me, entertain me with words...."

Fri, 13 Jul 2007 15:56:36 -0400

“Writing is not the place to skimp on your budget. Seduce me, entice me, entertain me with words. Don’t be cryptic, don’t be stupid, and please don’t be dull.”

- 37signals manifesto

"I define melodrama as truth uninhibited. It’s the kind of truth we dream about. Rather than..."

Mon, 09 Jul 2007 02:41:25 -0400

“I define melodrama as truth uninhibited. It’s the kind of truth we dream about. Rather than melodrama being exaggerated, it’s actually uninhibited. And it’s a big difference—people look down on exaggerations, but I think they should look up to the un-inhibitions.”

- Guy Maddin | The A.V. Club