The day that Genentech went public, a grad student at Cal Tech who had been paid in stock for some summer work suddenly found
Chance
Walt Disney
The idea that it (cartooning) was his life’s dedication from day one is moonshine. Had he been given any job in Hollywood, he would
Chris Anderson
In any given population there will be a few people who are tremendously rich. Some are smart and some are lucky and we really
Lord Byron
I have a notion that Gamblers are as happy as most people, being always excited. Women, wine, fame, the table, even Ambition, sate now
John Battelle
Schmidt’s timing couldn’t have been better – Google would claim its first quarter of net profitability the first month he joined. And since then,
Jonathan Edwards
The bow of God’s wrath is bent, and the arrow made ready by the string, and justice bends the arrow at your heart, and
Andrew Taylor
A man believes in providence because to do otherwise would force him to see his life as an arbitrary affair, conducted by the freakish
William Thackeray
The hidden and awful Wisdom which apportions the destinies of mankind is pleased so to humiliate and cast down the tender, the good, and
Life is no fairer for scientists than for anyone else. Physicist Richard Feynman had a strong sense of how lucky he was to have
Scott Adams
Cartoon: Profits are down. Our senior management blames the weak economy/So they’re saying that profits went up because of great management and down because