Quotes
These are some of the most profound snippets of language I’ve heard throughout my life so far:
- Always curiosity, never fear
- Don’t panic - The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
- “Keep on moving forward and you’ll be fine” - Vitalik Buterin
- “All models are wrong, but some are useful” - George Box
- “Dream. Use your imagination. Overcome fear. Act.” - Pablo Picasso
- “Your mind is for having ideas, not holding them” - David Allen
- “Be the change you wish to see in the world” - Ghandi
- “Elves seldom give unguarded advice, for advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill.” - J.R.R. Tolkien
- “Not all those who wander are lost” - J.R.R. Tolkien
- “Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last?” - Joseph Welch
- Together is better
- “The network is robust in its unstructured simplicity” - Satoshi Nakamoto
- “and tonight the stars’ll be out, and don’t you know that God is Pooh Bear?” - Jack Kerouac
- “No input, no output” - Andrew Huberman
- Awe is the creation of community
- “If you have to ask how much it costs, you can’t afford it.” - J.P. Morgan
- “We balance humility with our desire to better ourselves” - Jay Thompson
- “Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.” - Sir Francis Bacon
- “By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third, by experience, which is bitterest.” - Confucius
- “The future you is counting on the present you to keep the promises you made to yourself yesterday” - Jordan Ferrone
- The best investment you can make is in yourself
- “Everything lies behind vulnerability” - Kaleb Joseph
- Expectation is the thief of joy
- A poor craftsman blames his tools
- “Action expresses priorities” - Ghandi
- The only constant is change
- “You show me the man, I’ll show you the crime.”
- “Mobility is life-changing” - Ben Floyd
- “I can close off the paralysing thoughts, not by answering them on their own terms, but by realising that the choices I make today affect the kind of person I’ll be for the rest of my life.” - Neel Nanda