Sometimes I get ideas from childhood. In ‘The Hat’, Hedgie starts getting teased about his hat, and he just pretends that everything is okay. That’s the advice that my mother gave me – not to get mad and pretend that everything is okay. And it worked. Jan Brett Read Quote
A deadline is negative inspiration. Still, it’s better than no inspiration at all. Rita Mae Brown Read Quote
It is hard to convince a high-school student that he will encounter a lot of problems more difficult than those of algebra and geometry. E. W. Howe Read Quote
When I became CEO, I was really worried that we were in commoditized segments that were mature and no longer growing. So we made a radical pivot into health technology because that is one of the world’s unmet needs. Frans van Houten Read Quote
Is it 10 years, 20, 50 before we reach that tipping point where climate change becomes irreversible? Nobody can know. There’s clearly a probability distribution. We need to ensure this planet, and we need to do it quickly. Vinod Khosla Read Quote
Somebody emailed that to me a bit ago saying there was going to be a Kate Gosselin wig. I thought, ‘Wow, is that really what my hair looks like?’ Kate Gosselin Read Quote