“There is a secret and wholesome conviction in the heart of every man or woman who has written a book that it should be no easy matter for an intelligent reader to lay down that book unfinished. There is a pardonable impression among reviewers that half an hour in its company is sufficient.” MenShouldHeartBookMatterEasyHoursSecretHalfCompanyWrittenReaderIntelligentLaysCriticsConvictionEvery ManImpressionSufficientUnfinishedReviewers Book:In the Dozy Hours, and Other Papers Source: In the Dozy Hours, and Other Papers
“When a big company lays you off, they often give you a year's salary to 'go pursue a dream.' If you're stupid, you panic and get another job. If you're smart, you take the money and use the time to figure out what you want to do next.” IfsWantGivingYearsUseDreamBigsJobsNextCompanyStupidFiguresSmartLaysWhat You WantPursuePanicSalaryBig CompaniesYou Re Stupid Author:Bruce Schneier
“But the touch or company of any man whatsoever stirreth up their heat, which in their solitude was hushed and quiet, and lay as cinders raked up in ashes.” MenCompanySolitudeQuietLaysLustHeatAshes Author:Michel de Montaigne
“The many-headed multitude, whom inconstancy only doth by accident guide to well-doing! Who can set confidence there, where company takes away shame, and each may lay the fault upon his fellow?” WellsMayCompanyShameFellowsLaysFaultsAccidentsGuidesMultitudesInconstancy Book:Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney: With Remarks Source: Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney: With Remarks
“We've had one of these before, when the dot-com bubble burst. What I told our company was that we were just going to invest our way through the downturn, that we weren't going to lay off people, that we'd taken a tremendous amount of effort to get them into Apple in the first place; the last thing we were going to do is lay them off.” PeopleWayFirstsLastsEffortCompanyTakenAmountLaysApplesBubblesDotsDownturn Author:Steve Jobs