"The quickest route to describing a seed's output is to sprout it."
- Kevin Kelly, 'Out of Control'
Ask YC: what is your favorite startup related quote?
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#52"It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by the dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions and spends himself in a worthy cause; who at be…
That's way too long and that makes it harder to remember.
Wisdom is seldom related in one sentence.
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#53Guy Kawasaki: "Too many companies duke it out on the same curve. If they were daisy wheel printer companies, they think innovation means adding Helvetica in 24 points. Instead, they should invent laser printing."
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#54"Anything you can conceive and believe, you can achieve" - anonymous
That one's Napoleon Hill, from "Think and Grow Rich."
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#55Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.
- Anais Nin
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#56"billions and billions"
-Carl Sagan
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#57Because its there...
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#58To lead people, walk behind them. - Sun Tzu
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#59Re: Ask YC: what is your favorite startup related quote?
#60"Cash is king. Every week figure out when you will run out of cash. Figure out when the last payroll checks will clear, in best and worst case circumstances. Assume the worst case." -what smart people told me + I found to be true