“So we went to Atari and said, 'Hey, we've got this amazing thing, even built with some of your parts, and what do you think about funding us? Or we'll give it to you. We just want to do it. Pay our salary, we'll come work for you.' And they said, 'No.' So then we went to Hewlett-Packard, and they said, 'Hey, we don't need you. You haven't got through college yet.'” ThinkingWantLifeNeedsGivingSaidPayTechnologyHavensCollegeBuiltSillyHeyDumbThey SaidPredictionsSalaryNeed YouFundingAmazing ThingsCrazy IdeasDon't Need YouInventing ThingsAtari Author:Steve Jobs
“What destroys more self-confidence than any other educational thing in America is being assigned to some remedial math when you get into some college, and then it's not taught very well and you end up with this sense of, 'Hey, I can't really figure those things out.'” WellsI CanEndsSelfAmericaFiguresTaughtCollegeEducationalMathSelf ConfidenceHey Author:Bill Gates
“Hey, maybe instead of going to college, you should drop out and I could quit my job and we can form an all-girl band with Lane, you know, like Bananarama. We could call it Tangerinarama or Banana-fana-fo-fana-rama...or something.” KnowsShouldJobsFormGirlCollegeBandQuittingHeyRamaLanesBananasGoing To College Author:Daniel Palladino
“Look at the aerospace industry as it was just after the Kennedy talk. We were hiring like crazy. We were trying to get people graduated from college. Hey, you got to go to the program. We need you.” PeopleNeedsTryingLooksCrazyCollegeIndustryProgramHeyNeed YouHiringHey YouAerospace Author:Burt Rutan
“I rebelled during my high school years really bad. I started messing around with drugs and having relationships with girls and partying. And I used to tell God, "Hey God, after college I'm going to serve You because I know that's what I want to do with my life. I know that's the best way. I know that's why I was created. But right now I want to sin because I love it. I want to have a lot of fun."” KnowsWayWantYearsSchoolUsedGirlFunSinPartyCollegeRight NowDrugHigh SchoolBest WayHeySchool Years Author:Dominic Balli