Quote of the Day: October 5, 2015
In memory of Yogi Berra. "You can observe a lot just by watching." - Yogi Berra, 1925-2015
In memory of Yogi Berra. "You can observe a lot just by watching." - Yogi Berra, 1925-2015
“The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.” - Michelangelo, 1475-1564, Italian sculptor, painter, architect, poet
"Creativity is more than just being different. Anybody can play weird - that's easy. What's hard is to be as simple as Bach. Making the simple complicated is commonplace - making the complicated simple, awesomely simple....that's creativity." - Charles Mingus, 1922 - 1979, influential American jazz composer/bandleader
"New inventions are not inherently disruptive. Invention is only disruptive if customers say, 'Hey, I like this better than the old way.'" - Peter Thiel, entrepreneur (PayPal) & author (Zero To One)
"If you're only happy at the summit, you're not going to be happy very often." - Chris Sharma, American rock climber, born 1981 in Santa Cruz, CA, believed by many to currently be the best rock climber in the world
"It can be argued that the knowledge economy differs from traditional economies in that the economics are not of scarcity, but rather abundance. Unlike most resources, that become depleted when used, information and knowledge can be shared, and actually grow through application. Human creativity, then, is the ultimate economic resource." - Richard Florida, author, The [...]
“You can use an eraser on the drafting table or a sledgehammer on the construction site.” - Frank Lloyd Wright, 1867-1959, American architect, designer, writer, teacher
"The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said." - Peter Drucker
"If you have to stand on your head to make someone happy, all you can expect is a big headache." - Ilene Beckerman, author & advertising executive
"Simplicity is the ultimate feature." Bill Strickland, gear review editor, Bicycling Magazine