Simple Truths

Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.

— Abraham Lincoln

I often think of the Noah Smith quote: “Fifteen years ago, the internet was an escape from the real world. Now, the real world is an escape from the internet.”

Clicks & Clout: How We Seek Status In the Digital Age

The zombie apocalypse already happened, we just call it "the internet."

After a lifetime of blaming others, it is exceedingly difficult for us to finally acknowledge that the only person who has consistently been in all the scenes of that long-running soap opera we call our life is us, and, as a necessary corollary, that we bear some large responsibility for how the drama is turning out.

— James Hollis

The common trait of people who supposedly have vision is that they spend a lot of time reading and gathering information, and then synthesize it until they come up with an idea.

— FedEx founder Fred Smith

If a town has only one lawyer, he will starve; but if it has two, they will both prosper.

— Abraham Lincoln

Impatience is an expensive emotion.

—Shane Parrish - Farnham Street

I don't suppose that the pirate did much more harm than the politician. And no pirate that I ever heard of came out of his business with a couple millions 'personal fund' for which he absolutely refused to account!

— Rudyard Kipling

Writing is the process by which you realize that you do not understand what you are talking about.

— Shane Parrish - Farnham Street