http://falan.com/blog Falan Austin Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:09:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en "When they call you crazy," said Bezos, "you know you have a good idea." "Right" said Dean. "If they say, 'Hmmm, good idea,' it's probably too ordinary." --Conversation between Dean Kamen and Jeff Bezos as documented by Steve Kemper in Reinventing the Wheel http://falan.com/blog/?p=86 "Silence is a fence which preserves wisdom." --Pirkei Avot http://falan.com/blog/?p=84 “You can’t behave in a calm, rational manner. You’ve got to be out there on the lunatic fringe.” --Jack Welch http://falan.com/blog/?p=83 "We have a 'strategic' plan. It’s called doing things." --Herb Kelleher http://falan.com/blog/?p=82 "Test fast, fail fast, adjust fast." --Tom Peters http://falan.com/blog/?p=81 "If I'd asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses."  --Henry Ford http://falan.com/blog/?p=80 "Wanted. Men for hazardous journey. Low wages. Bitter cold. Long hours of complete darkness. Safe return doubtful.  Honor and recognition in the event of success." --1907 ad by Ernest Shackleton for crew to explore South Pole http://falan.com/blog/?p=79 "Either your children were the center of your life, or they were not.  Everything else was commentary." --The philosophy of Alice Trillin as discussed by Calvin Trillin in The New Yorker http://falan.com/blog/?p=78 "Whatever you can do, or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it." --Johann Wolfgang von Goethe http://falan.com/blog/?p=77 "Our mission in life is not to shake up the world but to fasten its pegs. Not to climb to the heavens and holler and roar, but to walk softly on the ground. Not to create a storm but rather a dwelling, an earthly home for the essence of G-d.If ... http://falan.com/blog/?p=76