It is as difficult to change someone’s opinions as it is to change his tastes.

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb, The Bed of Procrustes

Your system can look like chaos to others, but if it brings you progress and delight, then it’s the right one.

— Tiago Forte, Building a Second Brain

Unfortunately the universe doesn’t agree with me. We’ll see which one of us is still standing when this is over.

— Eliezer Yudkowsky, Policy Debates Should Not Appear One-Sided

Will technology increase the gap between rich and poor? It will certainly increase the gap between the productive and the unproductive.

— Paul Graham, Hackers & Painters

Consultant and author Jerry Weinberg has an answer of sorts: He suggests that we don’t work overtime so much to get the work done on time as to shield ourselves from blame when the work inevitably doesn’t get done on time.

— Tom DeMarco, Tim Lister, Peopleware