Naoise

“Companies that live in such a zero-sum world don’t “earn market share” from a competitor, they “conquer the market.” They don’t just serve their customers, they “capture” them. They “target” customers, employ a sales “force,” hire “headhunters” to find new talent, pick their “battles,” and make a “killing.”
― Jason Fried, It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work

“Four things do not come back: the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, and the neglected opportunity,”
― Ted Chiang, The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate

“Me preguntó si me había llevado ya a la cama a la traductora (no sabía nada concreto sobre Julia, solamente que había alguien, una mujer, conmigo; pero creía que se trataba del deber obvio de cualquier buen italiano en viaje de trabajo)…”
― Claudio Giunta, Mar Bianco

“It's funny how much of the miseries of this world are caused by short people –they are so much more quick-tempered and difficult to get on than the tall ones.”
― Erich Maria Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front