But if you knew you might not be able to see it again tomorrow, everything would suddenly become special and precious, wouldn’t it?
You need to be surrounded by good advisers, but you also need to trust your instinct.
People are not good at expressing their frustration. The best way to listen to the customer is through metrics.
I'm the kind of person that needs to think things through. But when I know what I want to do, I really know.
I fundamentally believe that people have a genuine desire to be positively engaged in the world around them.
I look up to a lot of people, but outside of my parents, I've never really had a mentor.
It takes time for people to get to know a cause or an organization.
I can never forget suffering and I will never forget sunset. I came home with all of it in my mind.
The difference between the best worker on computer hardware and the average may be 2 to 1, if you're lucky. With automobiles, maybe 2 to 1. But in software, it's at least 25 to 1. The difference between the average programmer and a great one is at least that. The secret of my success is that we have gone to exceptional lengths to hire the best people in the world. And when you're in a field where the dynamic range is 25 to 1, boy, does it pay off.
I have been a hundred times on the point of killing myself, but still was fond of life. This ridiculous weakness is perhaps one of our worst instincts. What can be more absurd than choosing to carry a burden that one really wants to throw to the ground? To detest, and yet to strive to preserve our existence? To caress the serpent that devours us, and hug him close to our bosoms till he has gnawed into our hearts?
I just want to get to the level where I can say that that's my level, just try to play well, get up there.