January 2012
120 posts
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“Resolutions are road maps for procrastinators.”
– Jeffrey Kalmikoff
December 2011
121 posts
“No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to...”
– Steve Jobs
“Innovation is not the product of logical thought, although the result is tied to...”
– Albert Einstein
“If you are looking where everyone else is for the next big thing, you are...”
“Internet headlines have to be more like newspaper headlines. That means they...”
– Bill Maher
“I grew up in a place where it’s considered egotistical to talk about yourself”
– Brad Pitt
“Technical skill is mastery of complexity, while creativity is mastery of...”
– Christopher Zeeman
“A designer who gives her art away, makes no pay. A designer who keeps her art to...”
– Amber Seree Allen
“It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.”
– Henry David Thoreau
“Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.”
– Picasso
“Whenever I have an idea I write it down, even if it’s not a very good idea....”
– Steven Snell
“The value, and especially the legitimization of design will be, in the future,...”
– Dieter Rams
“I want everything we do to be beautiful. I don’t give a damn whether the client...”
– Saul Bass
“Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes.
Don’t resist them-that...”
– Lao Tzu (via yogachocolatelove)
“Walk with who you are. That’s pretty much just another way to say...”
– NA Leader, Breaking Bad
“Adults are always asking little kids what they want to be when they grow up...”
– Paula Poundstone (via gypseamusic)
“If you’re committed, you can make any story work.”
– Saul Goodman, Breaking Bad
“If you are humble nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace, because...”
– Mother Teresa (via kindnessalwaysmatters)
Jesse Pinkman talking about making things
There’s a great scene in Breaking Bad S03E09 where Jesse talks about his love of building things. It reminds me how great the feeling is. It must be a really universal feeling. Everyone loves making things.
“Good grades are about studying already existing information. The ability to...”
– Thiel Fellowship webcast
“The unexamined life is not worth living.”
– Socrates
“Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgiastic future that year by year...”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
“You have to take seriously the notion that understanding the universe is your...”
– Terence McKenna
Making Ideas Happen: Overcoming the Obstacles... →
looks like a great book
just tristan.: resolutions. →
tristanwalker:
It’s about that time of year.
Last year, on dec 31, I met with my good friend nathan folkman for a cup coffee at cafe barrone in Menlo Park. That was the last cup of coffee I had. I realized I had no real need for it and wanted to see if I could pull off not drinking any coffee for a full…
I’m intrigued by the Action Method concept
“People try to get offline as much as they can, but I enjoy flipping through...”
– Dennis Crowley
“If I try my best and fail, well, I tried my best.”
– Steve Jobs
“I think I belong right here. Because maybe there’s a place for me in this...”
– Dexter Morgan
Things Om Malik does to “do” life better
Set very simple goals for myself.
Use binary choices to make better decisions.
Simplification through elimination.
Trust the people I love and work with.
“Almost dying doesn’t change anything. Dying changes everything.”
– Dr. House
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