To The Bottom

Rather than trying to stay on top of things, I am trying to get to the bottom of things.

--Donald Knuth

Some Control

We don't find happiness in more gadgets and experiences. We do find happiness in having some control of our time and work, a chance for real leisure, in the escape from the uncertainties of war, poverty, and corruption, and in a chance to pursue individual freedoms--all of which come with increased affluence.

--Kevin Kelly

Reinvention

This may be a lousy time to own the shares of legacy newspaper companies, but it's a great time for communication among human beings. Never has so much been possible, so easily. Reinvention trumps loss.

--Scott Burns

Do Nothing

Procrastination feeds on distractions. Most people find it uncomfortable just to sit and do nothing; you avoid work by doing something else.

--Paul Graham

Accept Myself

The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.
--Carl Rogers

Rudimentary

Getting shot down over Vietnam may not be a qualification for president in 2008, but surely a rudimentary facility with a laptop is.

--Frank Rich

Escape

The best way to escape from a problem is to solve it.

--Alan Saporta

One Success

There is only one success--to be able to spend your life in your own way.

--Christopher Morley

Sky-High

In a world of sky-high transportation costs, outsourcing production to where labor is cheapest might not always make economic sense.

--Andrew Leonard