It turns out that writing Tetris on your calculator doesn’t actually win you the cheerleaders.
— Nick Ganju, Nick Ganju on The Majesty of Ping Pong, Poker, and How to Write Hit Songs
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I try to put myself in a mental state of, ‘How do I learn from that defeat? How do I learn from that loss?
— LeBron James, LeBron James and His Top-Secret Trainer, Mike Mancias
In life—from the simplest thing to the biggest thing—I want to be proud of what it is and stake my claim: ‘That’s mine and that’s how I do it.'
— Ken Block, Ken Block — The Art of Marketing with a DC Shoes and Gymkhana Legend
If you are giving back, it’s because you’ve taken too much.
— Ricardo Semler, Ricardo Semler — The Seven-Day Weekend and How to Break the Rules
I do think we’ll have designer babies in the future. I’m not so sure people will want blue-eyed babies when they can make green or purple.
— Kevin Kelly, Kevin Kelly on Artificial Intelligence and Designer Babies
We can’t out-obedience the competition.
— Seth Godin, How Seth Godin Manages His Life — Rules, Principles, and Obsessions
Why put in the effort to explain why it isn’t a fit, if they haven’t done the homework to determine if it is a fit?
— Maria Popova, Maria Popova on Writing, Workflow, and Workarounds
Don’t feel powerless, ever.
— Cory Booker, Cory Booker — Street Fights, 10-Day Hunger Strikes, and Creative Problem-Solving
War is God’s way of teaching Americans geography.
— Rolf Potts, Rolf Potts on Travel Tactics, Creating Time Wealth, and Lateral Thinking
You could say that tidying orders the mind while cleaning purifies it.
The things that I wanted and didn’t get are extreme blessings.
— Ezra Klein, Ezra Klein — From College Blogger to Political Powerhouse
Freedom is not giving a fuck.
— Dorian Yates, Dorian Yates on High Intensity Training, Injury Prevention, and Building Maximum Muscle
Calling it an experiment gives you permission to fail.
Education is supposed to juice your curiosity, not diminish or sate it.
— Walter Isaacson, Lessons from Steve Jobs, Leonardo da Vinci, and Ben Franklin
One of the scariest things in our lives is actually doing what we know we want to do.
— Cheryl Strayed, How to Be Creative Like a Motherf*cker — Cheryl Strayed
No amount of money, no amount of security is ever going to give you the sense that this is the right time.
— Debbie Millman, The Secrets, Tactics, and Creative Processes of High Performers and Achievers — Debbie Millman
Just because you use your eyes, doesn’t mean you see what’s actually there.
You can’t run your life from your inbox.
We celebrate success, but I think we should also just celebrate giving it a go.
— Phil Keoghan, Phil Keoghan — The Magic of Bucket Lists and Amazing Races
Stick your neck out…it’s a lot more fun than sitting at home and watching other people do it.
— Richard Branson, Sir Richard Branson — The Billionaire Maverick of the Virgin Empire