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“Good ideas are common, but those who are willing to take action and execute those ideas are far more rare.”
― Will It Fly?: How to Test Your Next Business Idea So You Don't Waste Your Time and Money
― Will It Fly?: How to Test Your Next Business Idea So You Don't Waste Your Time and Money
“Once, men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.”
― Dune
― Dune
“Death was knocking. I felt totally alive.”
― Deep in the Wave: A Surfing Guide to the Soul
― Deep in the Wave: A Surfing Guide to the Soul
“A man who has made a success desires to see others make a success. A man who has worked wants to see others work. I am that way. Countless young people now flock to my home, but the welcome ones are those who work, whether young men or young women. A boy having a good time on his father's money has always been offensive to me. So, to a degree, a young woman.”
― My Life in Advertising
― My Life in Advertising
“I don’t understand why we’re such a threat to the leaders.” “Every faction conditions its members to think and act a certain way. And most people do it. For most people, it’s not hard to learn, to find a pattern of thought that works and stay that way.” She touches my uninjured shoulder and smiles. “But our minds move in a dozen different directions. We can’t be confined to one way of thinking, and that terrifies our leaders. It means we can’t be controlled. And it means that no matter what they do, we will always cause trouble for them.”
― The Divergent Series: Complete Collection
― The Divergent Series: Complete Collection
Chris’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Chris’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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