Humans aren't rational -- they rationalize. And I don't just mean "some of them" or "other people". I'm talking about everyone. We have a "logic engine" in our brains, but for the most part, it's not the one in the driver's seat -- instead it operates after the fact, generating rationalizations and excuses for our behavior. -- Paul Buchheit

The most damaging phrase in the language is, It's always been done that way. -- Rear Admiral Grace Hopper

We tend to seek easy, single-factor explanations of success. For most important things, though, success actually requires avoiding many separate causes of failure. -- Jared Diamond

Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking about them. -- Alfred North Whitehead (Introduction to Mathematics)

The wonderful and frustrating thing about understanding yourself is that nobody can do it for you. -- BetterExplained.com

A society that puts equality -- in the sense of equality of outcome -- ahead of freedom will end up with neither equality nor freedom. The use of force to achieve equality will destroy freedom, and the force, introduced for good purposes, will end up in the hands of people who use it to promote their own interests. -- Milton Friedman (Thomas Sowell: A Conflict of Visions, p130)

Nothing in the world is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. ~Anonymous

The starting point of all achievement is desire. ~Napolean Hill

The best reason to start an organization is to make meaning; to create a product or service to make the world a better place. ~Guy Kawasaki

You become what you believe. –Oprah Winfrey