Category: Notes

Some writers have so confounded society with government, as to leave little or no distinction between them; whereas they are not only different, but have different origins. Society is produced by our wants, and government by our wickedness; the former promotes our happiness positively by uniting our affections, the latter negatively by restraining our vices. The one encourages intercourse, the other creates distinctions. The first is a patron, the last a punisher.

– Thomas Paine

Pursue something so important that even if you fail, the world is better off with you having tried.

– Tim O’Reilly

Outsourcing makes sense only when components are modular.

– Clayton Christensen

It’s very easy to be different, but very difficult to be better.

– Jony Ive

If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.

– Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

The relationship between reason and freedom is reciprocal: when men are rational, freedom wins; when men are free, reason wins.

– Ayn Rand

The most important things in life, whether they’re personal or professional, are decided on intuition.

– Tim Cook

Never confuse motion with action.

Benjamin Franklin

If you want to make Apple great again, let’s get going. If not, get the hell out.

– Steve Jobs, 1997