Rizikove Quotes & Sayings

The truly important problems are often the ones you're not even considering, because they appear to be impossible, or, um, actually difficult, or worst of all, not clear how to solve. — Eliezer Yudkowsky

Those who say 'I am ready to learn', or 'I am not ready to learn' are as often mistaken as they are correct in their surmise. — Idries Shah

These days I love to take in the sunset because every time I do so I remember how lucky I am to be alive. That's a great relationship to have with the setting sun. — Lincoln Hall

The practice of medicine is an art, not a trade; a calling, not a business; a calling in which your heart will be exercised equally with your head. Often the best part of your work will have nothing to do with potions and powders, but with the exercise of an influence of the strong upon the weak, of the righteous upon the wicked, of the wise upon the foolish. — William Osler

We must not be so concerned with the unborn that we fail to pay attention to the born. — Tony Campolo

The fatuous idea that a person can be holy by himself denies God the pleasure of saving sinners. God must therefore first take the sledge-hammer of the Law in His fists and smash the beast of self-righteousness and its brood of self-confidence, self wisdom, and self-help. When the conscience has been thoroughly frightened by the Law it welcomes the Gospel of grace with its message of a Savior Who came-not to break the bruised reed nor to quench the smoking flax-but to preach glad tidings to the poor, to heal the broken-hearted, and to grant forgiveness of sins to all the captives. — Martin Luther

You know, all the evil in the world, all the sadness comes from not having a good answer to that question: What do I do next? You just keep thinking of good things to do, lad. You'll be all right. We'll all be all right. I wanted you to know that. — Geoff Ryman

Is the button white or orange or green or yellow? Does it say 'sell', or 'sell now', or 'on sale' or 'for sale'? You test, you test, you test and most of the ideas you try fail and so I would argue I failed my way to success. — Fabrice Grinda

You need to set near-term milestones. Put the assumptions down on paper, and make it to your vision or ultimate product. Your team has to understand where they're going. Your partners need to understand where they're going. — Tony Fadell

Have you had dealings with demons,little girl?Walked with Warlocks, talked with the Night Children? Have you-" "My name is not 'little girl,'" Clary interrupted. — Cassadra Clare

Some people are way less creative than you wish they were. — Christina Hendricks

When witnesses concoct lies, they often miss the obvious. — John Grisham

The place you're in is pretty near what you're fitted to fill. Otherwise you'd get out and fill another. — Kate Langley Bosher

Courage, like cowardice, is undoubtedly contagious, but some persons are not liable to catch it. — George D. Prentice

He has no theistic beliefs, but shares the poetic naturalism that the cosmos provokes in — Richard Dawkins