Mick Foley has gone from being a hardcore legend to a cuddly teddy bear.
The only factor becoming scarce in a world of abundance is human attention.
Humans are the reproductive organs of technology.
What technology is really about is better ways to evolve. That is what we call an 'infinite game. '. . . A finite game is played to win, and an infinite game is played to keep playing.
Willingness to learn is important, but willingness to act on what you learn is critical.
It's generally much easier to kill an organization than to change it substantially.
A brain is a society of very small, simple modules that cannot be said to be thinking, that are not smart in themselves. But when you have a network of them together, out of that arises a kind of smartness.
Bob Taylor and I playing brothers. And I was a Mexican bandit. And he was the sheriff of the town. And we loved each other. We loved each other very much.
Intimacy is not trapped within words. It passes through words. It passes. The truth is that intimates leave the room. Doors close. Faces move away from the window. Time passes. Voices recede into the dark. Death finally quiets the voice. And there is no way to deny it. No way to stand in the crowd, uttering one's family language.
Everything passes. Nobody gets anything for keeps. And that's how we've got to live.
By a man's finger-nails, by his coat-sleeve, by his boots, by his trouser-knees, by the callosities of his forefinger and thumb, by his expression, by his shirt-cuff — By each of these things a man's calling is plainly revealed. That all united should fail to enlighten the competent inquirer in any case is almost inconceivable. You know that a conjurer gets no credit when once he has explained his trick; and if I show you too much of my method of working, you will come to the conclusion that I am a very ordinary individual after all.