Matt Deblass

“We’re at the start of something here. We can’t let it slide. If it’s okay now, it’s okay forever. You plug a leak when it’s small, or you suffer when it’s big.”
― James S.A. Corey, Memory's Legion: The Complete Expanse Story Collection

“Contrast the “maximize shareholder value” idea with John F. Kennedy’s famous 1961 call to “put a man on the moon and return him safely by the end of the decade.” Simple? Yes. Unexpected? Yes. Concrete? Amazingly so. Credible? The goal seemed like science fiction, but the source was credible. Emotional? Yes. Story? In miniature. Had John F. Kennedy been a CEO, he would have said, “Our mission is to become the international leader in the space industry through maximum team-centered innovation and strategically targeted aerospace initiatives.”
― Chip Heath, Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die

“Deer were grass eaters, a characteristic that freed them from the responsibility of overanalyzing their surroundings.”
― Catherine Raven, Fox and I

“I realized that a fox, like a rainbow and every other gift from Nature, had an intrinsic value that was quite independent of its longevity.”
― Catherine Raven, Fox and I