Geoffrey

“Western musicians had to choose between creating sounds and playing notes—and they opted for the latter. But African musicians never got enlightened (or is corrupted the better word?) by Pythagorean thinking.”
― Ted Gioia, How to Listen to Jazz

“Knowing when to embrace Good Enough is what gives you the opportunity to be truly excellent when you need to be.”
― Jason Fried, It Doesn't Have to be Crazy at Work

“It’s not a huge deal,” he said. “Just don’t go anywhere you’re not supposed to be and remember to smile and wave to the man in the bushes outside your house when you leave for work.”
― John Carreyrou, Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

“Sunny called the cops. Twenty minutes later, a police cruiser quietly pulled up to the building with its lights off. A highly agitated Sunny told the officer that an employee had quit and departed with company property. When the officer asked what he’d taken, Sunny blurted out in his accented English, “He stole property in his mind.”
― John Carreyrou, Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup