Why teach drawing to accountants? Because drawing class doesn't just teach people to draw. It teaches them to be more observant. There's no company on earth that wouldn't benefit from having people become more observant. -- Randy S. Nelson (dean of Pixar University)

Software is like sex: It’s better when it’s free. -- Linus Torvalds

If we wish to count lines of code, we should not regard them as lines produced but as lines spent. -- Edsger Dijkstra

If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough. -- Mario Andretti

Quality of the people is better than the quality of the business idea. Crappy people can screw up the best idea in the world. -- Hadi Partovi & Ali Partovi (iLike.com), Talk at StartupSchool2007

It's no trick for talented people to be interesting, but it's a gift to be interested. We want an organization filled with interested people. -- Randy S. Nelson (dean of Pixar University)

Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time. ~George Bernard Shaw

The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don’t define them, or ever seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them. ~Denis Watiley

It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see. ~Anonymous

Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice. ~Wayne Dyer