His most frequent ailment was the headache which he used to relieve by inhaling the steam of coffee.
We believe that business can be a tool for social good.
People were doing business with one another through the Internet already, through bulletin boards. But on the Web, we could make it interactive, we could create an auction, we could create a real marketplace. And that's really what triggered my imagination, if you will, and that's what I did.
It is not really work if you are having fun.
Build a platform - prepare for the unexpected. . . you' ll know you're successful when the platform you've built serves you in unexpected ways.
You should pursue your passion. If you're passionate about something and you work hard, then I think you will be successful.
I've got a passion for solving a problem that I think I can solve in a new way. And that maybe it helps that nobody has done it before as well.
Be neat, Philothea; let nothing be negligent about you. It is a kind of contempt of those with whom we converse, to frequent their company in uncomely apparel; but, at the same time, avoid all affectation, vanity, curiosity, or levity in your dress. Keep yourself always, as much as possible, on the side of plainness and modesty, which, without doubt, is the greatest ornament of beauty, and the best excuse for the want of it.
Ranganathan's 5 Laws: Books are for use. Books are for all. Every book its reader, or every reader his book. Save the time of the reader. A library is a growing organism.
When Life Puts You in Tough Situations, Don't Say 'Why Me', Say 'Try Me'
But so far as countries are concerned, I don't go to a place to see what's there, but who is there.