tima thinking outloud

Believe and Act

2010-12-22T03:04:49Z

Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail.

— Charles F. Kettering

Good advice that is hard to always follow.

Do.

2010-11-17T05:54:57Z

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

— Theodore Roosevelt

Actions speak louder than words.

2010-08-29T01:46:59Z

In the final analysis, all that really matters are your actions. You may talk a good story, but no matter how good you are at selling others on your capabilities, eventually you have to perform.

— Napoleon Hill via Sabir Semerkant

But we would be untrue to the best part of ourselves...

2010-08-04T21:24:45Z

The World Trade Center Site will forever hold a special place in our City, in our hearts. But we would be untrue to the best part of ourselves - and who we are as New Yorkers and Americans - if we said ‘no’ to a mosque in Lower Manhattan.

— NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg following a vote that clears most hurdles to build a mosque and Islamic center near Ground Zero

I hope the rest of the nation is listening.

Creativity v. Art

2010-07-27T15:23:35Z

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.

— Scott Adams [via @the99percent]

The Sign of an Entrepreneur

2010-07-20T07:01:09Z

[Entrepreneur or unemployed] are the same, with one key difference: as an entrepreneur, you have cards printed naming yourself as president and chief executive.

— Glennys Christie responding to a NY Times article about creating a start-up when unemployed.

The problem with the world...

2010-05-24T22:39:00Z

The problem with the world is that everyone is a few drinks behind.

— Humphrey Bogart

No Trumping Reality

2010-04-20T19:56:28Z

Being faith-based doesn’t trump reality.

— Bruce Sterling

Supreme Excellence

2010-03-11T17:21:19Z

In character, in manner, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Live.

2010-01-22T03:04:28Z

Live the life you’ve dreamed.

— Henry David Thoreau [via The Impossible Cool]

Everything

2009-10-15T03:45:32Z

The Impossible Cool continues with the awesome inspiration quotes:

Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.

— Thomas H. Huxley [via The Impossible Cool]

Life is

2009-10-02T21:13:25Z

Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.

— George Bernard [via The Impossible Cool]

The Wrong Message. The Wrong Values.

2009-09-04T18:20:25Z

From the New York Times Some Parents Oppose Obama School Speech:

…telling children they should not hear out the president of the United States, even if their parents dislike his policies, sends the wrong message — that one should not listen to someone with whom you disagree.

It’s rather sad and remarkable what an intolerant and absolute society we still are as a whole. In the past decade it seems worse, but then again I wasn’t alive during the civil rights moment or the days of the civil war to compare. It seems to be forgotten that this country was founded on and has succeeded based on compromise and debate, not blind absolutism.

Retro Twitter Communication

2009-08-06T18:34:43Z

Over on TPM’s blog Josh Marshall writes:

Across the street from our office, some people have just taped a big paper sign on their balcony that reads “@cliffbot: twitter is down”

[via Jerry Newmark on Facebook]

Galileo on teaching

2009-07-15T21:12:48Z

You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself.
-- Galileo Galilei