Michael Doornbos » Quotes http://michaeldoornbos.com Just your average evil genius Sat, 26 Jun 2010 01:39:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1-alpha A little perspective http://michaeldoornbos.com/2009/03/03/a-little-perspective/ http://michaeldoornbos.com/2009/03/03/a-little-perspective/#comments Tue, 03 Mar 2009 13:33:56 +0000 mike http://blog.michaeldoornbos.com/?p=373 Here's a quote I overheard this week about the economy in the US:

"You have to close your laptop because you can't stand to look at your retirement fund any more."

Let's think about this for a second. This one sentence is very indicative of many of the situations I hear people in. This sentence indicates a few things:

1. You have power in your house (ie, it's warm)
2. You have internet connectivity
3. You have a portable supercomputer ON YOUR LAP that is connected to a global network of computers that allows unlimited communication with almost anyone in the world
4. We assume that if you have the 3 above, you have some sort of food.

For you, it's not THAT bad. You're smart. Really you are. DO SOMETHING. Invent something new. Start that novel you keep saying you're going to write. Solve the world's energy problems. Pick something and DO IT.

And while you're at it. help your neighbor out, I know you know someone who has lost their job and might not eat tonight but would never tell anyone. That is a real problem.

Your retirement will bounce back. And if it doesn't, you're not starving, so keep that in mind.

]]> http://michaeldoornbos.com/2009/03/03/a-little-perspective/feed/ 2 Quote of the day http://michaeldoornbos.com/2008/08/19/quote-of-the-day-7/ http://michaeldoornbos.com/2008/08/19/quote-of-the-day-7/#comments Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:18:37 +0000 mike http://blog.michaeldoornbos.com/?p=244 The cost of failure is the principal barrier to innovation. - Cory Doctorow

]]> http://michaeldoornbos.com/2008/08/19/quote-of-the-day-7/feed/ 0 Quote of the day http://michaeldoornbos.com/2008/08/14/quote-of-the-day-6/ http://michaeldoornbos.com/2008/08/14/quote-of-the-day-6/#comments Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:43:17 +0000 mike http://blog.michaeldoornbos.com/?p=238 My Nephew Xander looked at his mom (my sister) with a serious face this morning and said,  “Mommy……Jesus had a DVD player.”

Awesome.

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Here's a real gem from him that stuck with me all day:

"Entrepreneurs look for problems, the don't run from them"

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- Neil Gaiman

]]> http://michaeldoornbos.com/2007/11/09/quote-of-the-day-4/feed/ 0 Quote of the day http://michaeldoornbos.com/2007/05/25/quote-of-the-day/ http://michaeldoornbos.com/2007/05/25/quote-of-the-day/#comments Fri, 25 May 2007 19:40:00 +0000 mike http://newblog.michaeldoornbos.com/2007/05/25/quote-of-the-day/ “A good student can get a good education anywhere that has a decent library and a handful of good teachers—which is the most you ever get in the Ivy League or other high-reputation schools.” – Orson Scott Card

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