Another feature about this guy is his low threshold of boredom. He'll pick up on a task and work frantically at it, accomplishing wonders in a short time and then get bored and drop it before its properly finished. He'll do nothing but strum his guitar and lie around in bed for several days after. Thats also part of the pattern too; periods of frenetic activity followed by periods of melancholia, withdrawal and inactivity. This is a bipolar personality. -- The bipolar lisp programmer

The important thing is not to stop questioning. -- Albert Einstein

Side projects are less masturbatory than reading RSS, often more useful than MobileMe, more educational than the comments on Reddit, and usually more fun than listening to keynotes. -- Chris Wanstrath

No art, however minor, demands less than total dedication if you want to excel in it. -- Alberti

Everybody makes their own fun. If you don't make it yourself, it ain't fun -- it's entertainment. -- David Mamet (as relayed by Joss Whedon)

Actually, the essence of boredom is to be found in the obsessive search for novelty. Satisfaction lies in mindful repetition, the discovery of endless richness in subtle variations on familiar themes. -- George Leonard, Mastery.

Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears. –Les Brown

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop. –Confucius

Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs. –Farrah Gray

A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new. – Albert Einstein