Sara Sheridan on reading old letters and journals

vutran | June 10, 2020, 5:21 p.m.

“To me, reading through old letters and journals is like treasure hunting.”

— Sara Sheridan

Fred Brooks on the programmer power of building castle out of thin air

vutran | June 10, 2020, 5:21 p.m.

"The programmer, like the poet, works only slightly removed from pure thought-stuff. He builds his castles in the air, from air, creating by exertion of the imagination."

— Fred Brooks

Ouida on common knowledge

vutran | June 10, 2020, 5:18 p.m.

"I have known a thousand scamps; but I never met one who considered himself so. Self-knowledge isn’t so common."

—Ouida 

James Clear on motion and busyness

vutran | June 7, 2020, 8:57 a.m.

"Motion does not equal action. Busyness does not equal effectiveness." 

— James Clear

James Clear on change's incentives

vutran | June 7, 2020, 8:56 a.m.

"When people say they don’t want to change what they really mean is they don’t have an incentive to change.

Change the incentives and the behavior follows suit." 

— James Clear

James Baldwin on change

vutran | June 7, 2020, 8:55 a.m.

"Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced."

— James Baldwin

Ambrose Bierce on speaking in angry

vutran | June 5, 2020, 6:11 p.m.

Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

—Ambrose Bierce