I always went my own road and on my own legs where I had a mind to go
If someone around you is multitasking, you pick up distraction like second-hand smoke.
It is our misfortune, as a historical generation, to live through the largest expansion in expressive capability in human history, a misfortune because abundance breaks more things than scarcity.
A firm is successful when the costs of directing employee effort are lower than the potential gain from directing.
Any system described by a power law [. . . ] has several curious effects. The first is that, by definition, most participants are below average.
One of the biggest changes in our society is the shift from prevention to reaction.
Society is not just the product of its individual members; it is also the product of its constituent groups.
A positive attitude and a sense of humor go together like biscuits and gravy.
I often take a brand-new suit or hat and throw it up against the wall a few times to get that stiff, square newness out of it.
I tell you one thing that's great about children. They don't need a show to have fun. What do they need? A book of matches, some oily rags, a little brother. . . that's all they need.
Like most authors, I'm a raging egomaniac. I know that about myself. And I know that, if I had internet access, I would waste countless hours looking up things about myself, writing fake posts about how great I am and arguing with people who don't like my work. It saves me a lot of time and frustration to just stay out of the loop.