Clayton Christensen:
Questions are places where answers fit. If you haven’t asked the question, the answer has nowhere to go. It hits your mind and bounces right off. You have to ask the question – you have to want to know – in order to open up the space for the answer to fit.
via Jason Freedman.
"We get what we click on. Alas, we also get what others click on. And society does a poor job of marketing productive media to itself."
"Men do not differ much about what things they will call evils; they differ enormously about what evils they will call excusable."
— G.K. Chesterton in the Illustrated London News October 23, 1929 (via gkchestertonquote)
“Write drunk; edit sober.” – Ernest Hemingway
This poster is from a collection of literary prints that feature quotes from famous authors.
Strange Sentences
This clip is from s3e5 of Phineas and Ferb, the Phineas’ Birthday Clip-O-Rama! Starting at the 30-second mark is why I love this show.
(by chibinekogirl101)
"A man needs, not six feet of land, not a farm, but the whole earth, all Nature, where in full liberty he can display all the properties and qualities of the free spirit."
— Anton Chekhov, Gooseberries, 1898
"It takes considerable energy to plan your own future, but if you don’t figure out what you want to become, someone else will define it for you."
— Jason Theodor, M.A.P.S.: The Four Pillars of Creative Job Fulfillment
"The real egalitarians are not the people who want to redistribute wealth to the poor, but those who want to extend to the poor the ability to create their own wealth, to lift themselves up, instead of trying to tear others down. Earning respect, including self-respect, is better than being a parasite."
