It’s hard to find backbone. I never had crisis of identity. But I think many Americans have it.
I’ve grown a lot, and I’m learning every week.
Not having a clear goal leads to death by a thousand compromises.
My approach is that you have to earn the respect of people you work with.
Don't lose sight of user delight.
Get five or six of your smartest friends in a room and ask them to rate your idea.
The only way people will have the trust to give their all to their job is if they feel like their contribution is recognized and valued.
The next time the novelist rings the bell I will not stir though the meeting-house burn down.
You have to remember, Frank Sinatra is 82 years old, which is 240 in your years. He's lived three lifetimes! He has good and bad days. He can't run. . . around as fast as he used to.
Hume's doctrine was that the circumstances vary, the amount of happiness does not; that the beggar cracking fleas in the sunshine under a hedge, and the duke rolling by in his chariot, the girl equipped for her first ball, and the orator returning triumphant from the debate, had different means, but the same quantity of pleasant excitement.
I'm trying to earn a living in the way that is most enjoyable to me. I love the world of literature, and I hope to support myself in it.