"Just build things and find out if they work."

--

Ben Silbermann

“Let me say that I don't see any conflict between science and religion. I go to church as many other scientists do. I share with most religious people a sense of mystery and wonder at the universe and I want to participate in religious ritual and practices because they're something that all humans can share.”
“Miss Temminnick, you are in receipt of the highest marks we have ever given in a six-month review. Your mind seems designed for espionage. Nevertheless, you veer away from perfect in matters of etiquette. Do not let these marks go to your head; there are many girls at this school who are better than you. Our biggest concern is what you get up to when we are not watching. Because, if nothing else, this test has told us you are probably spying on us, as well as everyone around you.”
“Whatever people in general do not understand, they are al ways prepared to dislike; the incomprehensible is always the obnoxious.”
“Find out what the customer wants and then make it better.”
“One thing you learn: if you want to reveal yourself, you also have to know where to stop.”

Source : "There is no plan" by John Fordham, www.theguardian.com. October 5, 2006.
“Think about these once in awhile, and watch your answers change.”
“Maybe we had just gotten too used to being alone-- and maybe that needed to change.”
“I remember standing on a street corner with the black painter Beauford Delaney down in the Village, waiting for the light to change, and he pointed down and said, 'Look.' I looked and all I saw was water. And he said, 'Look again,' which I did, and I saw oil on the water and the city reflected in the puddle. It was a great revelation to me. I can't explain it. He taught me how to see, and how to trust what I saw. Painters have often taught writers how to see. And once you've had that experience, you see differently.”

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