November 2011
24 posts
“All I want to be is someone who creates truly meaningful things.”
– A poster on John Maeda’s office wall at RISD.
“Or, in other cases, leaders are uncertain about their success or decisions &...”
– Scott Belsky - Making Ideas Happen
“There were actually three different Walts: the dreamer, the realist, and the...”
– Ollie Johnston & Frank Thomas - The Illusion of Life: Disney Animation
“The body kept busy will also keep the mind busy, and therefore fresh, wholesome,...”
– An introduction to Zen Buddhism - D.T. Suzuki
“The trouble with most religious recluses is that their mind & body do not...”
– An introduction to Zen Buddhism - D.T. Suzuki
“At the beginning, a Zen master was a kind of self-made man; he had no school...”
– An introduction to Zen Buddhism - D.T. Suzuki
“It’s Thanksgiving today. Long story short it’s where Americans give thanks to...”
– Jimmy Carr
“I think speaking different languages is important for a number of reasons: a)...”
– India Knight - Sunday Times
Fascinating...
Just read an article on Sigrid Rausing - sounds like an amazing woman.
I’ll have to learn more about her.
“More time on the problem isn’t the way. More guts is. When you expose...”
– Seth Godin
“Europeans are going to have to get used to the idea that, actually, people in...”
– Jeremy Clarkson - Sunday Times
“If you are working on something exciting that you really care about, you...”
– Steve Jobs
“A man was caught taking upskirt photos of girls in Primark’s changing room. He...”
– Jimmy Carr
“There is something both poignant and morally significant in the fact that Joe...”
– Matthew Syed - The Times
“Dr Murray has been found guilty. It was a Thriller, but they found out he was...”
– Twitter
“Shit”
– Conrad Murray
“Even as a young boy, Wilkinson was a singular character: obsessive and...”
– Jonny Wilkinson interview in todays Times by Robert Crampton
“At another point, when VLSI Technology was having trouble delivering enough...”
– Walter Isaacson - Steve Jobs Biography
“Freedoms’ just another word for nothing left to lose…”
– Janis Joplin - Me & Bobby McGee
“Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The...”
– Apple 1997 - Think Different ad
“It’s kind of fun to do the impossible,”
– Walt Disney
