“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
“I wanted to be a jazz pianist, but I wasn't good enough. I got into city college because I didn't have the grades to get into university. I took acting because it was a way to get three credits. I just needed three credits and my friend told me to take acting because it was like gym - nobody fails you. I took it and that's literally how I got involved in acting.” WayLifeEnoughWantedThreeActingCitiesDestinyFailingCollegeNeededInvolvedDirectorsMy FriendsJazzUniversityCreditCinemaGradesGood EnoughGymInvolvementInvolvingPianist Author:Dustin Hoffman
“It is not so important to be serious as it is to be serious about the important things. The monkey wears an expression of seriousness which would do credit to any college student, but the monkey is serious because he itches.” LifeImportantStudentsCollegeSeriousExpressionImportant ThingsCreditMonkeysSeriousnessCollege Students Author:Robert M. Hutchins