My personal pet peeve is how many people think the hard part is in the “big and hard problems” or in some fluffy but important-sounding thing like “innovation”. In fact, all the real work is in getting the details right. It’s that “1% inspiration, 99% perspiration” thing. People seem to think that inspiration is the much bigger and important part of the two, but I’ve come to believe that while it’s important to have inspiration, where people actually stumble is when they can’t execute on that inspiration. Inspiration isn’t that rare in the end, but people who have it and then actually follow through… that’s rare.

        — Linus Torvalds

“Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.”

        — Ralph Waldo Emerson

“You always pass failure on your way to success.”

        — Mickey Rooney

“Twitter spoils us. If only we could limit people in real life to 140 characters or less.”

        — Caprice Crane (@capricecrane)

“To err is human, but to really foul things up you need a computer.”

        — Paul Ehrlich

Saying, “We need to talk,” is the most efficient way to freak someone out.

        — Caprice Crane (@capricecrane)

“Television has changed a child from an irresistible force to an immovable object.”

        — Laurence J. Peter