Quotes

Pretty Self Explanatory. This is my lifetime compilation of other people's wisdom.

Here's a freebie: "The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit." — Somerset Maugham

Religious

• "When I do good, I feel good; when I do bad, I feel bad, and that is my religion." — Abraham Lincoln

Anti-Religious

Comedic

• "Everyone needs to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer." — CK's T-shirt
• "It isn‘t premarital sex if you have no intention of getting married." — Drew Carey
• "Yes, madam, I am drunk. But in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly." — Winston Churchill
• "I’d never hit a woman, but I'd slap a BITCH!"— Sam Purtill's cousin

Deep

• "Joy is not in things; it is in us." — Richard Wagner
• "If women dressed for men, the stores wouldn't sell much" — Groucho Marx
• "Love all, trust a few, Do wrong to none;" — William Shakespeare, All's well that ends well
• "Jealousy has it’s roots in insecurity, Insecurity has it’s roots in fear, Fear has it’s roots in ignorance, Ignorance can be overcome with communication, and trust." — MAMEbase on CL

Software Related

Entrepreneurship

• Crossing the Chasm
  • "…customers are willing to tolerate an extraordinary number of missteps from a front-runner…"
  • “Market: a set of actual or potential customers for a given set of products or services who have a common set of needs or wants, and who reference each other when making a buying decision.”
  • “Pragmatists won’t buy from you until you are established, yet you can’t get established until they buy from you”
  • “Prioritizing opportunities based on compelling reason to buy is the primary tool for identifying the target segment for crossing the chasm.”
  • “Any force can defeat another force—if it can define the battle.”

Nostalgic

• "To great friends, an amazing summer, and okay champagne" —My going away dinner after my summer internship at Amazon.