Tom White

Like Schopenhauer, Houellebecq argues that suffering is not an accidental byproduct of existence. It is existential.

“All existence is an expansion, and a crushing.”

He suggests that poetry, art, expressive language, and all true creation spring from this pain. The poet’s first task, he claims, is “to return to the origin; that is, to suffering.”

Quarterback Aaron Rodgers on haters:

"You shouldn’t worry about criticism from someone that you would never ask advice from."

Founder Brian Halligan on people:

"The older I get, the more I think outstanding taste in people is the only real alpha."

Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge?Where is the knowledge we have lost in information? — T.S. Eliot

feedback loop is very fast in retail, but for a brief period, Tyco was experiencing huge demand for their product despite end consumer demand that was no longer there.

"A time may come soon, when none will return. Then there will be need of valour without renown, for none shall remember the deeds that are done in the last defence of your homes. Yet the deeds will not be less valiant because they are unpraised."

—J.R.R. Tolkien