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- The future is uncertain... but this uncertainty is at the very heart of human creativity.
- Ilya Prigogine (1917 - )
- No man is an Island, intire of itselfe; every man is a peece of the Continent, a part of the maine...
- John Donne (1572 - 1631), Devotions XVII
- The person who knows one thing and does it better than anyone else, even if it only be the art of raising lentils, receives the crown he merits. If he raises all his energy to that end, he is a benefactor of mankind and its rewarded as such.
- Og Mandino (1923 - 1996)
- In terms of being late or not starting at all, then it's never too late.
- Alison Headley, Digital Preservation and Blogs, SXSW 2006
- The meek shall inherit the earth? Well... I don't think so. If by meek you mean friendly and introverted, okay maybe, but if by meek you mean unwilling to take a chance, then never. If I was a betting man and I had to wager on who I thought would inherit the earth, my money would be on the curious.
- Jim Coudal, Keynote Speech, SXSW 2006
- It's all knowing what to start with. If you start in the right place and follow all the steps, you will get to the right end.
- Elizabeth Moon, The Speed of Dark, 2003
- The sweet and the sour: this is what makes great art.
- Ward Jenkins, Ward-O-Matic, 03-23-2006
- This is pretty much what journals are all about, at least to me. I knew as I wrote them that even though they provided an excellent place for brain (and heart, and psyche) dump, they were mainly a map of me.
- Colleen Wainwright, communicatrix, 03-23-2006
- I'm the only person I know that's lost a quarter of a billion dollars in one year.... It's very character-building.
- Steve Jobs (1955 - 2011), Apple Confidential 2.0
- Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.
- Steve Jobs (1955 - 2011)
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