Everything can be better; nothing can be perfect.
Quotes
means vs. ends
Two examples from Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard’s book,Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman, demonstrating that process is more important
book with blank pages
‘The Book of Schmaltz’ by Michael Ruhlman
“Fat doesn’t make us fat—eating too much makes us fat. Eating all that processed crap, and cleaning our overfilled plates at chain restaurants, makes
Richard Feynman
It is scientific only to say what is more and what is less likely, and not to be proving all the time the possible
The bet and Ehrlich
In October 1990, Mr. Ehrlich mailed a check for $576.07 to Simon. Mr. Sabin diplomatically reports that “there was no note.” Although world population
Japanese scroll
Imperial Park or The Shanglin Park: Imperial Hunt, attributed to Qiu Ying; China, Ming dynasty, mid- to late 16th century; ink and color on
charitable giving
$229 billion – US individual giving to charities in 2012 64.3 million – Americans who volunteered to an organization in 2011 for 8 billion
daily life vs. big picture
For Sonny, certainly one of the greatest tenor-saxophone players in the history of the instrument invented by Adolphe Sax in 1841, and a key
height over time
average heights of men: birth years 1856-60 – 5, 5.0 1896-1900 – 5, 6.5 1936-1940- 5, 7.5 1976-1980 – 5, 10.0