Knock a man down, and you saw what he was made of. That man might run. If he didn’t—if he stood back up with blood at the corner of his mouth and determination in his eyes—then you knew. That man was about to become truly dangerous.
“She was the most beautiful woman I’ve ever met. And she was pretty to look at too.”
― Golden Son
― Golden Son
“To put it another way: if you don’t eat fat, you’re probably fat.”
― Own the Day, Own Your Life: Optimized Practices for Waking, Working, Learning, Eating, Training, Playing, Sleeping, and Sex
― Own the Day, Own Your Life: Optimized Practices for Waking, Working, Learning, Eating, Training, Playing, Sleeping, and Sex
“In an industry where usage is a function of purchase rather than a real desire for the item, technology providers will obviously optimize for the purchasing process. But in reality, that is no longer true today, and hasn’t been true for years. As with IM or the iPhone, technology is increasingly being driven by bottom-up, rather than top-down, adoption. The world has changed, but only a select few in the technology industry have realized it. As William Gibson might put it, the future is already here, it’s just unevenly distributed.”
― The New Kingmakers: How Developers Conquered the World
― The New Kingmakers: How Developers Conquered the World
“He didn’t think having a Ph.D. was a bad thing, but he had stopped equating them with truly intelligent people a long time ago.”
― Star Shroud
― Star Shroud
“Momentum is everything to a Helldiver, to military endeavors, to life. Keep moving and dare someone to get in your path.”
― Golden Son
― Golden Son
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