Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Show me a hero and I’ll write you a tragedy.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Most years, if you were to ask me how much I make, the genuine answer is that I have no clue. I usually find out the answer to that question once a year, at tax time, when my accountant tells me.
Simon Sinek
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We want to reinvent the phone. What’s the killer app? The killer app is making calls! It’s amazing how hard it is to make calls on most phones. We want to let you use contacts like never before – sync your iPhone with your PC or mac.
Steve Jobs
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Avoid inquisitive persons, for they are sure to be gossips, their ears are open to hear, but they will not keep what is entrusted to them.
Horace
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In the 1930s, unemployed working people could anticipate that their jobs would come back.
Noam Chomsky
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Writing is my love. If you love something, you find a lot of time. I write for two hours a day, usually starting at midnight; at times, I start at 11.
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
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I like nonsense; it wakes up the brain cells.
Dr. Seuss
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My mother raised me in the church. I was not allowed to stay home on Sunday; there was no option. I sang in the choir all the way up until I went to college.
Steve Harvey
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My dad was in a hospital for months. The doctors told my dad he would never be able to walk again. My dad beat all the odds. He came back and was able to walk and start boxing again. He went to No. 1 in the world at welterweight to fight for the world title. But he never had his chance to fight for a world title.
Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
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Never let your ego get so close to your position that when your position goes, your ego goes with it.
Colin Powell
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