Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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My company invents all kinds of new technology in lots of different areas. And we do that for a couple of reasons. We invent for fun - invention is a lot of fun to do - and we also invent for profit. The two are related because the profit actually takes long enough that if it isn't fun, you wouldn't have the time to do it.

Nathan Myhrvold's Popular Quotes

If people don't find what you are doing threatening, then it is probably not very important.

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The NeXT purchase is too little too late. Apple is already dead.

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Nobody wants a prediction that the future will be more or less like the present, even if that is, statistically speaking, an excellent prediction.

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Chefs think about what it's like to make food. Being a scientist in the kitchen is about asking why something works, and how it works.

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Software is a gas; it expands to fill its container.

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It is better to predict dramatic things that don't happen than boring things that do.

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Software sucks because users demand it to.

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Wine lovers have known for centuries that decanting wine before serving it often improves its flavor. Whatever the dominant process, the traditional …

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Words can hurt you. In the larger world, it frames how people think about you, and it can hurt you in lots of little, subtle ways.

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