Optikos Quotes & Sayings

The idea of modernity is beginning to lose its vitality. It is losing it because modernity is no longer a critical attitude but an accepted, codified convention. — Octavio Paz

I get depressed with these fluffy dragons and noble elves. Elves were never noble. They were cruel bastards. And I dislike heroes. You can't trust the buggers. They always let you down. I don't believe in the natural nobility of kings, because a large percentage of them in our history have turned out to be power-crazed idiots. And I certainly don't believe in the wisdom of wizards. I've worked with their modern equivalents, and I know what I'm talking about. — Terry Pratchett

I always thought that if I got no love at all early in my standup career, or I was god awful, I thought I'd get into psychology. — Dane Cook

To build a road is so much simpler than to think of what the country really needs. — Aldo Leopold

Doing testing with real users (in addition to internal quality testing) can help you avoid the serious embarrassment of a failed product. — Brian Lawley