Hacks Quotes

“Don't waste today by talking about yesterday until it's finally tomorrow.”
― Tim Fargo

“Payment and reserved copyright are at bottom the ruin of literature. Only he who writes entirely for the sake of what he has to say writes anything worth writing. It is as if there were a curse on money: every writer writes badly as soon as he starts writing for gain.”
― Arthur Schopenhauer, On the Suffering of the World

“Hacks didn't destroy, they just...creatively amended.”
― Rachel Caine, Fall of Night

“I do enjoy writing, and I hope someone gets something interesting out of this book. I already have. Now, If I ever have to write a book that is not about me, I may be totally stumped and have writer's block. We will see. Writing is very convenient, has a low expense and is a great way to pass the time. I highly recommend it to any old rocker who is out of cash and doesn't know what to do next. You could hire someone to write it for you if you can't write it yourself. That doesn't seem to matter. Just don't hire some sweaty hack who asks you questions for years and twists them into his own vision of what is right or wrong. Try to avoid doing that.”
― Neil Young, Waging Heavy Peace: A Hippie Dream

“Hillary's was a sterile, math-driven campaign in an angry, populist cycle – a perfect case of professional-class hubris that will one day take its place alongside the expert-planned, systems-analyzed war in Vietnam as a parable of technocratic folly.”
― Donna Brazile

“Choose and create a circle of proper advisors around you. Do not discuss your project with your relatives, neighbor, grandmother, friends’ friends, pastor, or babysitter! Thank God pets can’t talk or you’d probably ask their opinions too!”
― Dmytro Zaporozhtsev, Outsourcing Tips and Tricks: Getting the Best Bang for Your Buck

“Trifft man nicht in jedem beliebigen Gesellschaftszustand die Sorte der Aussteiger- und Verweigerungskünstler, die außer einer Bodenkammer und einem Regenschirm fürs Bett gar nichts bedurften, und gleichzeitig mit denen jene Sänger, die mit dem König nicht nur gehen, sondern auch speisen wollten?”
― Peter Hacks, Die Maßgaben der Kunst

“Die Meinung des Künstlers über seine Bedürfnisse führt oft zu wirtschaftlichen Gegebenheiten. Wagner wünschte, herrlich zu leben. Seine Haut vertrug nur Seide,; er verwarf alle Angebote der Welt, sich mit einem Kleinbürgerdasein zu begnügen, und zog vor, ein Verbrecherdasein zu führen, so lange, bis er dann endlich sein königliches Wirtstier gefunden hatte.”
― Peter Hacks, Die Maßgaben der Kunst

“Gerade Künstler mit zwanghaftem Arbeitstrieb wie Mozart oder Balzac bedurften der gewaltsamen Losreißung vom Werk. Mozart erholte sich vom Klavierspiel beim Glücksspiel, Balzac erholte sich in der eleganten Welt von der Welt, beide starben dann an ihren Erholungen.”
― Peter Hacks, Die Maßgaben der Kunst

“Das Einkommen des Künstlers ist, auf kurze wie auf lange Frist gerechnet, unregelmäßig, und es sollte daher an Kunstschulen als erstes Fach die doppelte Buchführung unterrichtet werden.”
― Peter Hacks, Die Maßgaben der Kunst

“While “Yes madam,” or “At your service, sir,” might boost your ego, obsequiousness can also distract you from your project’s needs—and remember, flattery is not an indicator of professional service.”
― Dmytro Zaporozhtsev, Outsourcing Tips and Tricks: Getting the Best Bang for Your Buck

“Don’t blindly trust Specialty Providers, because not all Providers in this category are equal—always consult your own circle of advisors when evaluating a Specialty Provider’s work. Just like a high-end Chinese-made car will never be equal to a high-end German-made car.”
― Dmytro Zaporozhtsev, Outsourcing Tips and Tricks: Getting the Best Bang for Your Buck

“A Provider is not a magician. He cannot wave a magic wand and produce a perfect product—solutions take time and effort to produce... However, he will have an expertise in his field and he will use this expertise in his work. If you have chosen your Provider wisely, begin by trusting his expertise. Allow your Provider the freedom to do his work.”
― Dmytro Zaporozhtsev, Outsourcing Tips and Tricks: Getting the Best Bang for Your Buck

“if you can hack time, you can hack anything.”
― GM Hashmi

“I learned this from Robert McKee. A hack, he says, is a writer who second-guesses his audience. When the hack sits down to work, he doesn't ask himself what's in his own heart. He asks what the market is looking for.
The hack condescends to his audience. He thinks he's superior to them. The truth is, he's scared to death of them or, more accurately, scared of being authentic in front of them, scared of writing what he really feels or believes, what he himself thinks is interesting. He's afraid it won't sell. So he tries to anticipate what the market (a telling word) wants, then gives it to them.
In other words, the hack writes hierarchically. He writes what he imagines will play well in the eyes of others. He does not ask himself, What do I myself want to write? What do I think is important? Instead he asks, What's hot, what can I make a deal for?
The hack is like the politician who consults the polls before he takes a position. He's a demagogue. He panders.”
― Steven Pressfield, The War of Art

“The world order playbook is a malicious instrument that manipulates succeeding events by utilizing insights into the past. Don’t allow these doomsday naysayers to manipulate you with the devil’s playbook.”
― TinMasun

“The future of hacking is different than a lot of​ people view it because we are all involved. Accordingly, we’ll have​ to adjust our rules and regulations and personal behaviors to live safer lives online. And we need to be smarter about what types of malicious​ hacks exist.”
― Laura S. Scherling, Ed.D., The Future of Hacking: The Rise of Cybercrime and the Fight to Keep Us Sa