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Quote of the Day. Give us (News.YC) your quote for Motivation. Must be your own.

7 points by rokhayakebe 19y ago

Mine "I you wait for the Ferrari, You may miss the Pento and You will end up walking" In other words grab what is here "now" while still setting your sight on the bigger prize.

uuilly 19y ago
averages are for average people
DocSavage 19y ago
[After YC denial] "Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no! And it ain't over now. Cause when the goin' gets tough.... ..... .... the hackers get goin! Who's with me?? Let's go!"
- sadiq 19y ago
  Erm, didn't the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbour?
  - rms 19y ago
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077975/quotes http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077975/quotes
    - altay 19y ago
      What's rms do to deserve the downvote? The quote is from that movie, and that movie is brilliant.
    - sadiq 19y ago
      Oops! Guess that's a movie to go on my list.
nostrademons 19y ago
"In startup world, code writes YOU!"
german 19y ago
"Let It Flow"
- rokhayakebe 19y ago
  i like that. it is funny that you say it. Sometimes we spend hours trying to figuring soemthing or days trying to get something (or someone in my case) and the minute you stop trying it all happens. I think by trying we are making it hard for "anything" itself to make it happen so just "let if flow"
nmeyer 19y ago
"Oh shit."
brlewis 19y ago
My best quote for motivation: "Sounds great. How soon can we have that?" -- from a user.
abstractbill 19y ago
"Sure, what could go wrong?" (the consequences of me saying that too often are great motivation for me being more careful).
- rokhayakebe 19y ago
  Answer that question once when you are single and no mortgage, but if you have a life partner and house.., you may want to answer it a few more times.
  - abstractbill 19y ago
    Actually I was thinking more in terms of pushing code into production that I haven't tested properly. In all other things I try to make a habit of embracing risk.
    - rokhayakebe 19y ago
      great then
eposts 19y ago
Stop wasting time and get back to work.
edw519 19y ago
It can't be done.
- rokhayakebe 19y ago
  specially when your friends say it.
MuddyMo 19y ago
"You can't shit a feature."
newworldszz 19y ago
if you are asking us to give a quote then it can't be mine - it has to be a "quote" i would therefore say "one moment in annihilations waste, one moment the well of life to taste" and it is quoting Fitzgerald's translation of Omar Kyham
joeguilmette 19y ago
"stay hungry, stay foolish." -jobs commencement speech
jey 19y ago
"Quit reading news.yc, you slacker."
staunch 19y ago
Wondering when you were going to be called on to work really hard? It's now. Step up.
Hexayurt 19y ago
"If a thing's worth doing, it's worth doing badly." I thought this was mine for years, but Chesterton beat me to it. Generally, if something is worthwhile, but not critical, it's worth spending the 20% of the time to get it 80% of the way there, and doing five such slipshod jobs, rather than one perfect one. This is contrary to every reasonable software engineering practice, which is probably because it works better for things which aren't software, like user testing or business planning.
- awt 19y ago
  This is a gem. It is now the subtitle of my blog. It will be misinterpreted, but oh well.
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bluishgreen 19y ago
"It works in my machine"
- DanielBMarkham 19y ago
  Aaargh! I swore I would shoot the next person that said that to me. :)
apstyx 19y ago
"A system only reflects the business" Working on a few large projects I have realized that a system is never perfect, but a crappy business always has a crappy system. Happy company = happy system. My 2 cents an most probably said by someone before me.
euccastro 19y ago
A former employer once got a present from I-don't-know-who. It was a bunch of magnetic labels with "empowering" words, with which the employees were supposed to build "motivating" sentences. These are the ones I can remember from the drinks fridge: WHAT DIFFERENCE CAN YOU EVER MAKE! DISCIPLINE ME. THE EFFORT IS TO (sic) GREAT!
jamiequint 19y ago
"ordinary actions, ordinary results"
chris_l 19y ago
I'll give you my own translation of Goethe: "sowing is not so hard as reaping"
sanj 19y ago
"The world tends to work out for me. I try to give it reason to."
ceesai 19y ago
The world is a game and my breath is my only anchor.

7 points by rokhayakebe 19y ago

Mine "I you wait for the Ferrari, You may miss the Pento and You will end up walking" In other words grab what is here "now" while still setting your sight on the bigger prize.

uuilly 19y ago

averages are for average people

DocSavage 19y ago

[After YC denial] "Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no! And it ain't over now. Cause when the goin' gets tough.... ..... .... the hackers get goin! Who's with me?? Let's go!"

sadiq 19y ago
Erm, didn't the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbour?
- rms 19y ago
  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077975/quotes http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077975/quotes
  - altay 19y ago
    What's rms do to deserve the downvote? The quote is from that movie, and that movie is brilliant.
  - sadiq 19y ago
    Oops! Guess that's a movie to go on my list.

nostrademons 19y ago

"In startup world, code writes YOU!"

german 19y ago

"Let It Flow"

rokhayakebe 19y ago
i like that. it is funny that you say it. Sometimes we spend hours trying to figuring soemthing or days trying to get something (or someone in my case) and the minute you stop trying it all happens. I think by trying we are making it hard for "anything" itself to make it happen so just "let if flow"

nmeyer 19y ago

"Oh shit."

brlewis 19y ago

My best quote for motivation: "Sounds great. How soon can we have that?" -- from a user.

abstractbill 19y ago

"Sure, what could go wrong?" (the consequences of me saying that too often are great motivation for me being more careful).

rokhayakebe 19y ago
Answer that question once when you are single and no mortgage, but if you have a life partner and house.., you may want to answer it a few more times.
- abstractbill 19y ago
  Actually I was thinking more in terms of pushing code into production that I haven't tested properly. In all other things I try to make a habit of embracing risk.
  - rokhayakebe 19y ago
    great then

eposts 19y ago

Stop wasting time and get back to work.

edw519 19y ago

It can't be done.

rokhayakebe 19y ago
specially when your friends say it.

MuddyMo 19y ago

"You can't shit a feature."

newworldszz 19y ago

if you are asking us to give a quote then it can't be mine - it has to be a "quote" i would therefore say "one moment in annihilations waste, one moment the well of life to taste" and it is quoting Fitzgerald's translation of Omar Kyham

joeguilmette 19y ago

"stay hungry, stay foolish." -jobs commencement speech

jey 19y ago

"Quit reading news.yc, you slacker."

staunch 19y ago

Wondering when you were going to be called on to work really hard? It's now. Step up.

Hexayurt 19y ago

"If a thing's worth doing, it's worth doing badly." I thought this was mine for years, but Chesterton beat me to it. Generally, if something is worthwhile, but not critical, it's worth spending the 20% of the time to get it 80% of the way there, and doing five such slipshod jobs, rather than one perfect one. This is contrary to every reasonable software engineering practice, which is probably because it works better for things which aren't software, like user testing or business planning.

awt 19y ago
This is a gem. It is now the subtitle of my blog. It will be misinterpreted, but oh well.

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bluishgreen 19y ago

"It works in my machine"

DanielBMarkham 19y ago
Aaargh! I swore I would shoot the next person that said that to me. :)

apstyx 19y ago

"A system only reflects the business" Working on a few large projects I have realized that a system is never perfect, but a crappy business always has a crappy system. Happy company = happy system. My 2 cents an most probably said by someone before me.

euccastro 19y ago

A former employer once got a present from I-don't-know-who. It was a bunch of magnetic labels with "empowering" words, with which the employees were supposed to build "motivating" sentences. These are the ones I can remember from the drinks fridge: WHAT DIFFERENCE CAN YOU EVER MAKE! DISCIPLINE ME. THE EFFORT IS TO (sic) GREAT!

jamiequint 19y ago

"ordinary actions, ordinary results"

chris_l 19y ago

I'll give you my own translation of Goethe: "sowing is not so hard as reaping"

sanj 19y ago

"The world tends to work out for me. I try to give it reason to."

ceesai 19y ago

The world is a game and my breath is my only anchor.