There are people we are electing who will destroy this country if we aren’t careful. It doesn’t matter whether they call themselves “conservatives” or “progressives.” Many of them are actually neither.
– from On the House book by John Boehner
Leadership is about making a difference …
Leadership is about making a difference, right where you’re planted.
– from The 5 AM Club book by Robin Sharma
In business, too many people obsess …
In business, too many people obsess over tools, software tricks, scaling issues, fancy office space, lavish furniture, and other frivolities instead of what really matters. And what really matters is how to actually get customers and make money.
– from Rework book by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson
A distance you know is shorter …
A distance you know is shorter den one you don’t.
– from James book by Percival Everett
Doing what everybody else is doing …
Doing what everybody else is doing at the moment, and therefore what you have an almost irresistible urge to do, is often the wrong thing to do at all.
– from Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits book by Philip Fisher
It’s never just business. It never …
It’s never just business. It never will be. If it ever does become just business, that will mean that business is very bad.
– from Shoe Dog book by Phil Knight
Most of what matters in our …
Most of what matters in our lives takes place in our absence.
– from Midnight’s Children book by Salman Rushdie
Human beings are evolving into something …
Human beings are evolving into something different. We are becoming a hybrid species – a fusion of biology and technology. The same tools that today live outside our bodies – smartphones, hearing aids, reading glasses, most pharmaceuticals – in fifty years will be incorporated into our bodies to such an extent that we will no longer be able to consider ourselves Homo sapiens.
– from Origin book by Dan Brown
Sometimes in order to feel better …
Sometimes in order to feel better, you need a mirror held up to you, and not the mirror that makes you look pretty.
– from Maybe You Should Talk to Someone book by Lori Gottlieb
While central banks have mostly been …
While central banks have mostly been dismissive of the importance of Bitcoin, this could be a luxury they may not afford for long. As hard as it might be for central bankers to believe it, Bitcoin is a direct competitor to their line of business, which has been closed off from market competition for a century.
– from The Bitcoin Standard book by Saifedean Ammous