“You can’t ever reach perfection, but you can believe in an asymptote toward which you are ceaselessly striving.”
― When Breath Becomes Air
― When Breath Becomes Air
“when I ran mortgages, I religiously took people from the back office. At first I did it for moral reasons. But it worked. They appreciated it. They didn’t feel like the world owed them a living. They were more loyal.”
― Liar's Poker
― Liar's Poker
“if a department allowed someone to leave, it was for the good reason that it wanted to get rid of him; when you took people from other departments, you got only the ones you didn’t want.”
― Liar's Poker
― Liar's Poker
“When there is no place for the scalpel, words are the surgeon’s only tool.”
― When Breath Becomes Air
― When Breath Becomes Air
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