“All you need do is listen to very smart people and sift out the ideas that are unworthy or implausible, and I wouldn't pretend for a moment that I hadn't made lots of mistakes and there are companies, perhaps, that we had been investors in.” PeopleNeedsMadeIdeasMomentsMistakeCompanySmartInvestorsUnworthySmart PeopleVery Smart Author:Michael Moritz
“The problem with the Internet startup craze isn't that too many people are starting companies; it's that too many people aren't sticking with it. That's somewhat understandable, because there are many moments that are filled with despair and agony, when you have to fire people and cancel things and deal with very difficult situations. That's when you find out who you are and what your values are.” PeopleMomentsProblemValuesDifficultDealsBusinessCompanySituationFireInternetDespairFilledWho You AreStartingAgonyDifficult SituationsCraze Book:Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs Source: Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs
“I hated the company of other children. I wanted to be a grownup person, to be taken seriously. I hated the idea of childhood; I thought it was a moment of endless stupidity.” ChildrenPersonsIdeasMomentsWantedCompanyTakenChildhoodStupidityEndlessHatedGrownups Author:Karl Lagerfeld
“Back in the early days like for the Temptations, Supremes and Four Tops, artist development was alive in record companies. Every artist had a moment to develop the record visually. When the web took over and camera phones, it stripped the artists of the power to figure it out. So there's a need to bridge that gap and that's my job.” NeedsMomentsJobsArtistCompanyRecordsFourAliveFiguresDevelopmentCamerasPhonesSupremeTemptationBridgesGapsRecord Companies Author:Laurieann Gibson
“Along with our passivity, we're entering a profoundly masochistic phase everyone is a victim these days, of parents, doctors, pharmaceutical companies, even love itself. And how much we enjoy it. Our happiest moments are spent trying to think up new varieties of victimhood.” ThinkingTryingMomentsParentEnjoyCompanyDoctorsVictimVarietyThese DaysPhasesEnteringPassivityVictimhoodPharmaceuticalMasochisticPharmaceutical Companies Author:J. G. Ballard
“Have you ever rightly considered what the mere ability to read means? That it is the key which admits us to the whole world of thought and fancy and imagination? to the company of saint and sage, of the wisest and the wittiest at their wisest and wittiest moment? That it enables us to see with the keenest eyes, hear with the finest ears, and listen to the sweetest voices of all time? More than that, it annihilates time and space for us.” WorldMeanWholeMomentsEyeReadingVoiceImaginationAbilitySpaceCompanyKeysEarsMereSaintWhole WorldAll TimeFancyFinestSageTime And SpaceSweetestWisestWittiest Book:Democracy and other Addresses Source: Democracy and other Addresses
“Education is a process that goes on 'til death. The moment you see someone who knows she has found the one true way, and can call all the others false, then you know you're in the company of an ignoramus.” KnowsWayMomentsFoundProcessEducationCompanyGoes OnFound The One Author:Maya Angelou
“There is at least one point in the history of any company when you have to change dramatically to rise to the next level of performance. Miss that moment - and you start to decline.” MomentsNextLevelsBusinessCompanyMissingPerformancesThat MomentDeclineMissing YouNext Level Author:Andy Grove