"Growth comes out of a healthy competitive atmosphere, not trying to choose a particular path forward."

-- Edward Felten

#Healthy Quotes #Atmosphere Quotes #Growth Quotes

“In the information age, the barriers [to entry into programming] just aren't there. The barriers are self imposed. If you want to set off and go develop some grand new thing, you don't need millions of dollars of capitalization. You need enough pizza and Diet Coke to stick in your refrigerator, a cheap PC to work on, and the dedication to go through with it. We slept on floors. We waded across rivers.”

Source : "Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture". Book by David Kushner, May 6, 2003.
“i never pegged you for a fan of the obvious, sam", "i'm not, otherwise, i would've said, 'hey, shouldn't you be in school ?'", "touche”
“What is actually happening is often less important than what appears to be happening.”
“Things Happen and once they start happening you pretty much just to hold on for dear life and see where they drop you when they stop.”
“Sometimes you just have to regret things and move on.”

Source : Charlaine Harris (2009). “Dead and Gone: A Sookie Stackhouse Novel”, p.21, Penguin
“Anyone who wants to sell you overnight success or wealth is not interested in your success; they are interested in your money.”
“The kind of people who always go on about whether a thing is in good taste invariably have very bad taste.”
“I'm tired of being scared, and I know you are too. Not that there isn't alot to be scared of in this world today, between the non-stop headlines about wars and nuclear power plants and terrorists and assasinations and civil unrest and economic uncertainty and political doublespeak and insane weather and an environment that's becoming unhealthier by the day. But a point comes when it's too much to deal with, and thinking about it accomplishes nothing more than sending you to bed with a cold cloth on your head.”

Source : Sylvia Browne, Lindsay Harrison (2010). “End Of Days: Predictions and prophecies about the end of the world”, p.6, Hachette UK

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