10 Tell the truth through whichever veil comes to hand – but tell it. Resign yourself to the lifelong sadness that comes from never being satisfied.
via Zadie Smith’s rules for writers | Books | guardian.co.uk.
Quote: A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history. Action expresses priorities. An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching. -Gandhi
Quote: A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history. Action expresses priorities. An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching. -Gandhi
In Randy Paush’s book he gives advice to his daughter, judge what they do not what they say. I believe we should also apply this to our lives. Do you say you want something? Want to learn a new skill ? Learn to dance or sing? Have your own business? Well stop saying and start doing. If you aren’t doing anything you really don’t.
Quote::Finding the signs « Paulo Coelho’s Blog
Sabi nga ng Zombieland “Enjoy the small things!!!!!” Loved reading this, hope you can too.
This miracle is in the small things of daily life; we must live in the understanding that at every moment there is a way out of each problem, the way of finding that which is missing, the right clue to the decision which must be taken in order to change our entire future.
But how to find the courage for this? As I see it, God speaks to us through signs. It is an individual language which requires faith and discipline in order to be fully absorbed.
via Finding the signs « Paulo Coelho’s Blog.
QOTD::Please Don't Be Cynical…
All I ask of you is one thing: please don’t be cynical. I hate cynicism — it’s my least favorite quality and it doesn’t lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard, and you’re kind, amazing things will happen.
—Conan O’Brien
QOTD::I Wrote This For You: The Whispering At The Back
You say the things you don’t need to say.
Because it hurts when you don’t say them.
via I Wrote This For You: The Whispering At The Back.
QOTD:Quote Of The Day: » The opposite of “open” is “theirs”
If we allow others to make decisions about what the Net is for — preferring some content and services to others — the Net won’t feel like it’s ours, and we’ll lose some of the enthusiasm (= love) that drives our participation, innovation, and collaborative efforts.
So, if we’re going to talk about the value of the open Internet, we have to ask what the opposite of “open” is. No one is proposing a closed Internet. When it comes to the Internet, the opposite of “open” is “theirs.”
via Joho the Blog » The opposite of “open” is “theirs”.
QOTD:Quote Of The Day:More Men Marrying Wealthier Women – NYTimes.com
Ms. Zielinski, the fashion stylist, said her best friend, a man, told her once: “ ‘You are confident, have good credit, own your own business, travel around the world and are self-sufficient. What man is going to want you?’ He laughed, but I found that pretty depressing.”
via More Men Marrying Wealthier Women – NYTimes.com.
Best Read:: It's not what you know
It’s not what you can find out, Frost and James and Poirier told us; it’s what you know. Truth is self-created through labor, through the hard, inefficient, unscripted work of the mind, through the indirection of dream and reverie. What matters is what cannot be rendered as code. Google can give you everything but meaning.
via Rough Type: Nicholas Carr’s Blog: It’s not what you know.
Quote:: What's the value of your time?
5. Focus on defining the experiences you value most, and how to get more of those experiences, and wise money/time choices will flow from that approach.
via Marginal Revolution: What’s the value of your time?.
Read the whole thing. From Hitch:: Life is not the amount of breaths you take, it’s the moments that take your breath away.
Quote::James vs the fashion industry – BBC Top Gear
I don’t imagine any regular TopGear viewers will be in the slightest bit surprised if I admit to knowing the square root of diddly squat about fashion. Even so, I find it hard not to be swayed by this stuff. Before I was on the telly, I never really bought any clothes, or at least not until the ones I was wearing turned to a puff of vapour when I sneezed. Now I feel obliged to buy some trendy shirts but, to be honest, I look no better in them than I do in my 25-year-old green and blue jumper, which I’m wearing now. Fashion is a waste of money that could be better spent on, say, maintaining your car.
via James May column: James vs the fashion industry – BBC Top Gear.