On life.
Throw me some wisdom, and advices? I have none. — Jesse
Your life so far is a drawing canvas. You can’t change what’s already been drawn, but you can always paint a new line. — paraphrased from @tommytrxnh
20 years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. — Mark Twain
Sometimes, we [care] too much about potential, less on credentials — Kate
On bits and bytes.
Computer is a bicycle for the mind. — Steve Jobs
All I can say to the young is close your eyes. — Ted Nelson
An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes, which can be made, in a very narrow field. — Niels Bohr
Effective system design requires insights drawn from serious contexts of use — Andy Matuschak
On perspectives.
Our capacity to deal with language is a complex, genetically-determined part of our biological endowment. It’s a product of evolution, part of our nature. — Noam Chomsky
The falseness of an opinion is not for us any objection to it: it is here, perhaps, that our new language sounds most strangely. The question is, how far an opinion is life-furthering, life-preserving, species-preserving, perhaps species-rearing, and we are fundamentally inclined to maintain that the falsest opinions — that the renunciation of false opinions would be [a renunciation of life]. — Friedrich Nietzsche
I always feel happy, you know why? Because I don’t expect anything from anyone. Expectations always hurt. Life is short. So love your life. Be Happy. & Keep smiling. Just live for yourself & before you speak, listen. Before you write, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you pray, forgive. Before you hurt, feel. Before you hate, love. Before you quit, try. Before you die, live. — William Shakespeare
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. — Winston Churchill
People think focus means saying yes to the thing you’ve got to focus on. But that’s not what it means at all. It means saying no to the hundred other good ideas that there are — Steve Jobs
The moral thing that should wish to say is very simple. I should say: Love is wise, hatred is foolish — Bertrand Russell
Craftsman is knowing how to work, Art is knowing when to stop. — Ben Affleck
Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country. — J.F.Kennedy
On drive.
Life can be much broader when you discover one simple fact...that everything around you was made up by people no smarter than you.... Once you learn that, you'll never be the same again.— Steve Jobs
I just wondered how things were put together. — Claude Shannon
Never stop learning. Assume nothing, question everything. Teach others what you know. Analyze objectively — Richard Feynman
The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool. — Richard Feynman
Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm. — Winston Churchill
[One] who works with the door open gets all kinds of interruptions, but [they] also occasionally gets clues as to what the world is and what might be important. — Richard Hamming
On randomness and fun.
I have to be successful because I like expensive things. — some random person on twitter
People like you think I get lucky. Here’s the thing, I make my own luck. — Harvey Specter
Sticks and stones may breaks my bone, but there will be always something that offend a feminist — Some random British reporter