Category: QOTD

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Quote::pillar management | Gapingvoid

There’s no corre­la­tion bet­ween crea­ti­vity and equip­ment ownership. None. Zilch. Nada.
Actually, as the artist gets more into his thing, and as he gets more suc­cess­ful, his num­ber of tools tends to go down. He knows what works for him. Expen­ding men­tal energy on stuff was­tes time. He’s a man on a mis­sion. He’s got a dead­line. He’s got some rich client breathing down his neck. The last thing he wants is to spend 3 weeks lear­ning how to use a rou­ter drill if he doesn’t need to.
A fancy tool just gives the second-rater one more pillar to hide behind.
Which is why there are so many second-rate art direc­tors with state-of-the-art Maci­notsh com­pu­ters.
via pillar management | Gapingvoid.

This post was prompted by the fact that I’m getting frustrated with the specs of my pc. The post was a good read!

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QOTD::The Steve Martin Method: A Master Comedian's Advice for Becoming Famous

The Steve Martin Method
People often ask Martin about the secret to making it in the entertainment industry. His answer often disappoints. It does not involve any tricks (or, as we might call them: “hacks”). No insider path to getting an agent or special formatting to get your screenplay read. Instead, it’s all built on one simple idea:
“Be so good they can’t ignore you.”
via Study Hacks » Blog Archive » The Steve Martin Method: A Master Comedian’s Advice for Becoming Famous.

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QOTD::Why Speakers Earn $30,000 an Hour – Confessions of a Public Speaker – O'Reilly Media

Our actions tell more about us than what we say.

People talk about sunrises as if they were magical things. Yet here at Fisherman's Wharf, the morning fog forming a glorious orange blanket around a late-winter sunrise, no one except the doorman, the cab driver, and me is awake and outside. You know why? People are lazy. Even if there was a sunrise at 7:47 a.m. as brilliant and soul-stirring as a wall-sized J. M.
via Why Speakers Earn $30,000 an Hour – Confessions of a Public Speaker – O’Reilly Media.

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QOTD:: In admiration of Iverson

But if they are what they do is the test, then Iverson passes it handsomely this year. In a nation where too many people have what is now called attitude without talent, or attitude without passion, he has, it seems to me, all three, and ironically the more passion he displays, miraculously the less attitude we see — as if he has forgotten that in addition to playing so hard he also has to stick his finger in the world’s eye.
via ESPN.com – Page2 – In admiration of Iverson.

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Nice Quote 2009 06 02

thanks to paul kedrosky for the pointer here

[I]f you think that statistics has nothing to say about what you do or how you could do it better, then you are either wrong or in need of a more interesting job.
Source: Dicing with Death: Chance, Risk and Health, by Stephen Senn

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Great Quote:Success:Quotes Uncovered: Did Emerson Define Success? – Freakonomics Blog – NYTimes.com

from freakonomics blog at nyt:

“He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much; who has enjoyed the trust of pure women, the respect of intelligent men and the love of little children; who has filled his niche and accomplished his task; who has left the world better than he found it, whether by an improved poppy, a perfect poem, or a rescued soul; who has never lacked appreciation of earth’s beauty or failed to express it; who has always looked for the best in others and given them the best he had; whose life was an inspiration; whose memory is a benediction.”
via Quotes Uncovered: Did Emerson Define Success? – Freakonomics Blog – NYTimes.com.

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This Hit Home

The young have aspirations that never come to pass, the old have reminiscences of what never happened.
Saki British (Burman-born) short story author (1870 – 1916)
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Nice Quote

Venice Beach Pier Sunset HDR
Image by Hi I’m Chris… via Flickr

Got this from the packing of a Dove heart shaped milk chocolate . Thanks to olive from LA for the chocolates.

Hold hands firmly,
hearts gently.

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-Quote Of The Day-The Happiness Project: Authenticity: Happiness Quotation from William James.

Authenticity: Happiness Quotation from William James.
Willliam james”Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive, along with which comes the inner voice which says, ‘This is the real me,’ and when you have found that attitude, follow it.”
— William James
The Happiness Project: Authenticity: Happiness Quotation from William James..

there was even a great qoute at the comments of the post from leo tolstoy “If you want to be happy, be”.