Walter O'Brien Quotes
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Bureaucracy kills people's ability to try new ideas.
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I'm a typical Irishman in that I only get home for weddings and funerals.
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It's an honor for me to contribute to Houston's younger generations and show them that 'smart is cool.'
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Most managers are just trying to survive. That's why a lot of smarter guys have been let go from Fortune 500 companies: because they came up with new ideas that no one would allow them to try.
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As software engineers trained to turn ambiguity into absolutes and fuzzy requirements into ones and zeros, we had a 'eureka' moment when we realized that our training had broader, real-world applications.
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There are kids going into chemistry and biology because of 'CSI.'
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Problem-solving, inventing, hacking and coding is more of an adrenaline rush of endorphins rather than a feeling.
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You have a core competency, something you're better at than I'll ever be, and that's your magic - your pixie dust.
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I am extremely left brain dominant, probably 95%-5%. The feeling side of my brain is not really strong.
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I didn't fit in at school, and I didn't fit in at home, and I didn't know why. I was often lonely.
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It's a pleasure to contribute to the entrepreneurial community at USC.
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If you've made enough money where you're not worried about the rent or survival, you start asking yourself why you're on this planet. Your point is to do the most good you can before you die - well, I could do more good if I didn't die.
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Having one of the highest IQs ever measured is as much a curse as it is a blessing. My parents were great, though: they were always seeking the most difficult presents possible for me - Rubik's cubes and things like that.
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My left brain has gradually 'eaten' the right-brain capabilities away.
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I'm proud to be part of the fabric that inspires the next generations to remain curious and remember that 'smart is cool.'
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My personal philosophy is that people should be extremely selfish for the first half of their life and extremely unselfish for the second half because then they can do the most good.
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The thinking in the show, the hacker thinking of how do you approach every problem, I think they're hacking life more than they're hacking systems.
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Much of our brainpower goes unused, and many people could benefit greatly from optimizing their mental assets.
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At Sussex University, I developed a system called WinLocX to help with the process of translating software into foreign languages.
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As a youth, I and most of the other smarter kids in school got picked on by bullies. I was a big guy - even at a young age - and would take the beatings for my friends, who were often smaller and scrawnier.