“Despair is a narcotic. It lulls the mind into indifference.”
—Charlie Chaplin.
Quotes
Simon Sinek: Private megaphone
“Your work is your own private megaphone to tell the world what you believe.”
—Simon Sinek.
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Noam Chomsky: God is an imbecile
“Religion is based on the idea that God is an imbecile.”
— Noam Chomsky.
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Thomas Szasz: Clear thinking
“Clear thinking requires courage rather than intelligence.”
—Thomas Szasz.
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John Ousterhout: Not-working to working
“The greatest performance improvement of all is when a system goes from not-working to working.”
– John Ousterhout.
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Guru Nanak: Ant filled with love of God
“Even Kings and emperors with heaps of wealth and vast dominion cannot compare with an ant filled with the love of God.”
—Guru Nanak.
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Dr. B R Ambedkar: Progress women have achieved
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Dr. B R Ambedkar: Indifferentism
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Dr. B R Ambedkar: Great versus eminent
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Dr. B R Ambedkar: Great rather than long
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Simon Sinek: Feel good
“It feels good to help people. So get out there and feel good.”
—Simon Sinek.
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Arnold J Toynbee: Blur the line
“The supreme accomplishment is to blur the line between work and play.”
—Arnold J. Toynbee.
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Dr. B R Ambedkar: Caste system
“Caste system is not merely a division of labour. It is also a division of labourers.”
—Dr B. R. Ambedkar.
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Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar: Matter of principles
“Religion must mainly be a matter of principles only. It cannot be a matter of rules. The moment it degenerates into rules, it ceases to be a religion, as it kills responsibility which is an essence of the true religious act.”
—Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar.
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Noam Chomsky: Free speech
“Goebbels was in favor of free speech for views he liked. So was Stalin. If you’re really in favor of free speech, then you’re in favor of freedom of speech for precisely the views you despise. Otherwise, you’re not in favor of free speech.”
— Noam Chomsky.
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Thomas Jefferson: Artificial aristocracy
“There is also an artificial aristocracy founded on wealth and birth, without either virtue or talents… The artificial aristocracy is a mischievous ingredient in government, and provisions should be made to prevent its ascendancy.”
-Thomas Jefferson.
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Simon Sinek: Beware those who speak a lot
“Beware those who speak a lot but say little.”
—Simon Sinek.
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D L Moody: True faith
“You can’t have true faith without works no more than you can have fire without heat.”
—D L Moody.
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Thomas Jefferson: Count to one hundred
“When angry count to ten before you speak. If very angry, count to one hundred.”
—Thomas Jefferson.
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Garry Tan: Learn or earn
“At every job you should either learn or earn. Either is fine. Both is best. But if it’s neither, quit.”
—Garry Tan.
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Claire Danes: Extreme self-doubt
“It’s very difficult to judge yourself. Extreme self-doubt is only attractive when it’s fictionalized. Which is why people love the movies. They are so reassuring.”
—Claire Danes.
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Charles Evans Hughes: Hard work
“I believe in work, hard work, and long hours of work. Men do not breakdown from overwork, but from worry and dissipation.”
—Charles Evans Hughes.
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Prince Philip: Just as ignorant
“Young people are the same as they always were. Just as ignorant.”
—Prince Philip.
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Steven Seagal: Lot of inaccuracies out there
“You do 1,000 interviews, 20 percent of every one is not what you said, or is twisted a little. If you multiply 20 by 1,000 you’ve got a lot of inaccuracies out there.”
—Steven Seagal.
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Ellen Ullman: On top of ruins
“We build our computer (systems) the way we build our cities: over time, without a plan, on top of ruins.”
—– Ellen Ullman.
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Charles Baudelaire: Wings in the way
“The poet is a kinsman in the clouds / Who scoffs at archers, loves a stormy day; / But on the ground, among the hooting crowds, / He cannot walk, his wings are in the way.”
—-Charles Baudelaire.
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Simon Sinek: ‘Different’ is much more interesting
‘Normal is what the majority does, which is why “different” is so much more interesting.’
—Simon Sinek.
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Barbara Kingsolver: Memory
“It’s surprising how much memory is built around things unnoticed at the time.”
—Barbara Kingsolver.
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Joe Armstrong: Make it beautiful
“Make it work, then make it beautiful, then if you really, really have to, make it fast. 90 percent of the time, if you make it beautiful, it will already be fast. So really, just make it beautiful!”
– Joe Armstrong.
