Talkers are no good doers. -- William Shakespeare, "Henry VI"

So the mere constraint of staying in regular contact with us will push you to make things happen, because otherwise you'll be embarrassed to tell us that you haven't done anything new since the last time we talked. -- Paul Graham (a talk at Y Combinator, for startup creators).

What I didn't understand was that the value of some new acquisition wasn't the difference between its retail price and what I paid for it. It was the value I derived from it. Stuff is an extremely illiquid asset. Unless you have some plan for selling that valuable thing you got so cheaply, what difference does it make what it's "worth?" The only way you're ever going to extract any value from it is to use it. And if you don't have any immediate use for it, you probably never will. -- Paul Graham

What I didn't understand was that the value of some new acquisition wasn't the difference between its retail price and what I paid for it. It was the value I derived from it. Stuff is an extremely illiquid asset. Unless you have some plan for selling that valuable thing you got so cheaply, what difference does it make what it's "worth?" The only way you're ever going to extract any value from it is to use it. And if you don't have any immediate use for it, you probably never will. -- Paul Graham

Every man prefers belief to the exercise of judgment. -- Seneca

Good work is no done by ‘humble’ men. -- H. Hardy, A mathematician's apology.

Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears. –Les Brown

Good things come to people who wait, but better things come to those who go out and get them. ~Anonymous

Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm. ~Winston Churchill

Knowledge is being aware of what you can do. Wisdom is knowing when not to do it. ~Anonymous