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Great Quotes: Fourteenth in a Series

Shawn — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 21:18:48 +0000

“Our greatest glory consists not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
— Oliver Goldsmith

Great Quotes: Thirteenth in a Series

Shawn — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 22:35:49 +0000

“We are turning into a nation of whimpering slaves to Fear—fear of war, fear of poverty, fear of random terrorism, fear of getting down-sized or fired because of the plunging economy, fear of getting evicted for bad debts or suddenly getting locked up in a military detention camp on vague charges of being a Terrorist sympathizer.”
— Hunter S. Thompson, “Extreme Behavior in Aspen,” February 3, 2003

Great Quotes: Twelfth in a Series

Shawn — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 20:07:05 +0000

“He that can have patience can have what he will.”
– Benjamin Franklin

Great Quotes: Eleventh in a Series

Shawn — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 21:01:29 +0000

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
— Mark Twain

Great Quotes: Tenth in a Series

Shawn — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 18:12:35 +0000

“If you won’t be better tomorrow than you are today, then what do you need tomorrow for?”
- Author indeterminable but sourced at ESPN.com’s story on Priest Holmes

Great Quotes: Ninth in a Series

Shawn — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 20:14:41 +0000

“But there’s some stuff in our industry that we wouldn’t be proud to ship. And we just can’t do it. We can’t ship junk. There are thresholds we can’t cross because of who we are.”
- Steve Jobs (during Q&A of the new iMac Press Event in response to a question about going after the low-end market)

Great Quotes: Eighth in a Series

Shawn — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 15:57:53 +0000

“Pretty doesn’t sell blue widgets. Being in the top of Google sells blue widgets.”
- David Brown | The Beginning SEO Podcast at 15:59 into the podcast.

Great Quotes: Seventh in a Series

Shawn — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 13:05:56 +0000

“Lost time is never found again.”
- Benjamin Franklin

Great Quotes: Sixth in a Series

Shawn — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 03:38:04 +0000

“Success and Motivation – You only have to be right once!”
- Mark Cuban (on Maverick Blog)

Great Quotes: Fifth in a Series

Shawn — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 04:44:40 +0000

“What is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.”
- from “Leisure,” by W.H. Davies