"I had started at a small startup as a big-company guy. Now I was leaving a big company as a small-startup guy."

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Source : Douglas Edwards (2011). “I'm Feeling Lucky: The Confessions of Google Employee Number 59”, p.559, Penguin UK

Douglas Edwards

#Guy Quotes #Leaving Quotes #Bigs Quotes

“I have a husband and four rescue dogs. There is no option of no dogs on the bed. This is how I know my husband will be a good father someday. The pit bull sleeps on top of my husband. On top of him! He has to remove her sometimes because she snores too loudly into his ear and he can't take it. But he moves her in such a cute, gentle way, and he doesn't care about fur on the bed.”
“I was assigned to the heavy cruiser Chicago.”
“The shoulder surgery was a success. The lobotomy failed.”
“It's not easy being the sane one!”
“The expectation level is high at the University of Alabama and it should be. What's wrong with people expecting excellence?”
“It doesn't make any difference how much money a father earns, his name is always Dad-Can-I.... Like all other children, my five have one great talent: they are gifted beggars. Not one of them ever ran into the room, looked up at me, and said, "I'm really happy that you're my father, and as a tangible token of my appreciation, here's a dollar.”
“... I never look at my watch if I'm talking with someone. I think that's such an insulting gesture! It suggests you're trying to gauge whether you think what they're saying is worth your time. Rushing is no way to bring out what's best in people, and I'm always looking for the best. That's what's ultimately behind my determination to take my time.”
“You always do what you want to do. This is true with every act. You may say that you had to do something, or that you were forced to, but actually, whatever you do, you do by choice. Only you have the power to choose for yourself.”

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