Jason Fried Quotes
Unlike a goldfish, a computer can't really do anything without you telling it exactly what you want it to do.
Quotes to Explore
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A lot of panel programmes rely on men topping each other, or sparring with each other, which is not generally a very female thing.
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Life does not owe me a shred.
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To not sing with an orchestra, to not be able to communicate through my voice, which I've done all my life, and not to be able to phrase lyrics and give people that kind of joy, I think I would be totally devastated.
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A teacher should have a creative mind.
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If you seek my help and guidance, I will immediately give it to you.
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Everyone is born with genius, but most people only keep it a few minutes.
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I don't know if I could rebuild an airplane engine, but I know a little bit about rotors and rivets.
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I like to wear clothes that I will wear when I am an old lady.
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The key is allowing your partner to be who they are and not having expectations that really have nothing to do with the person you married.
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By the time I approached my forties, I had the self-assurance to approach all the genres I love so deeply: R & B, rock, jazz, and pop.
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I'm a fast writer.
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When I got my first guitar, I played along with everything I heard that had guitar in it, like the Ramones, Nirvana and Sublime, as well as whatever hip-hop and R&B stuff was on the radio.
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When you're doing a startup, life is not all roses and rainbows, like you see on Instagram, and killing it.
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From a very early age, I made my decisions based on careers that I admire. The one thing that all the actresses I love have in common is that they have diversity in their careers.
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A melody is not merely something you can hum.
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We never have business meals at El Bulli. If it's about business, you're probably not paying much attention to the food.
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When I see old photos of me on the beach I don't look too bad... but it's hard trying to breathe in for such a long time when I spot the photographers!
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We have too many intellectuals who are afraid to use the pistol of common sense.
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People are already self-selected by the time they've decided to become scientists.
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We will admit that, out of the mud or sand which is found on the seashore or the beds of our rivers, at low water, shellfish or testaceous animals come forth, but it does not from thence by any means follow that they are produced without any regular course of generation.
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You could summarize everything I did at Apple was making tools to empower creative people. 'QuickDraw' empowered all these other programmers to now be able to sling stuff on the screen. The 'Window Manager,' 'Event Manager,' and 'Menu Manager.' Those are things that I worked on that were empowering other people.
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We sure as ruddy heck ain't in Prentisstown no more," I say to Manchee under my breath.
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We must know, if only in order to learn not to know. The supreme lesson of human consciousness is to learn how not to know. That is, how not to interfere.
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Unlike a goldfish, a computer can't really do anything without you telling it exactly what you want it to do.
