Debenedictis And Testa Quotes & Sayings

I've been hearing a lot about standing in front of trains. You know I certainly would if it came down to it; I just think it would be better for all of us if we didn't have to. — Eric Lindstrom

Some full professors could more accurately be described as empty professors. — Thomas Sowell

To point at the moon a finger is needed, but woe to those who take the finger for the moon ... — D.T. Suzuki

Over the past 10 years, the majority of value creation in the venture community has been in consumer Internet. — Bill Gurley

What are you doing?" Alain asked.
"Starting a fire, of course." Mari held up the thing in her hand. "It's a fire-starter. A really simple device. Haven't you ever seen one?"
Alain shook his head. "Never. That thing seems very complicated. I do not understand how it can work."
"How do you start fires?"
That was a Guild secret. Or was it? The elders had told him that no Mechanic could understand how it worked. What would this Mechanic say if he told her? "I use my mind to channel power to create a place where it is hot, altering the nature of the illusion there," Alain explained, "and then use my mind to put that heat on what I want to burn."
"Oh," Mechanic Mari said. "Is that actually how you visualize the process?"
"That is how it is done," Alain said.
"That's ... interesting." She grinned. "So, instead of making fire by doing something complicated or hard to understand like striking a flint, you just alter the nature of reality. That is a lot simpler. — Jack Campbell

Change creates millionaires. Those who observe and take advantage of change will be the new millionaires and billionaires. — M.J. DeMarco