Michael Lockyear Blog - Quotes

On government and politicians

mikeblogs@michaellockyear.com (Michael Lockyear) — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 07:52:00 GMT

"..all I see in Washington DC are a bunch of elected thugs with various overlapping crime rings beneath them. Their job is to get reelected and gain power, not help the country or do what’s right. Unless you have a lot of money and are willing to spend it lobbying, you’re going to lose your fight no matter how righteous your position." - Michael Arrington

On letting go and getting things done

mikeblogs@michaellockyear.com (Michael Lockyear) — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 07:43:00 GMT

"By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try, the world is beyond winning." - Lao Tzu (mythical Taoist master)

On getting things done (or becoming a pirate!)

mikeblogs@michaellockyear.com (Michael Lockyear) — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 16:16:00 GMT

"Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit upon his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats." - H. L. Mencken

On education

mikeblogs@michaellockyear.com (Michael Lockyear) — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 14:29:00 GMT

"It is as impossible to withhold education from the receptive mind, as it is impossible to force it upon the unreasoning. " - Agnes Repplier

On meeting customer needs and market research

mikeblogs@michaellockyear.com (Michael Lockyear) — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 18:44:00 GMT

"...it's really hard to design products by focus groups. A lot of times, people don't know what they want until you show it to them." - Steve Jobs (May 1998, BusinessWeek)

On abortion, politics, religion and sanity

mikeblogs@michaellockyear.com (Michael Lockyear) — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 14:19:00 GMT

"...This is what we’re saying: actions have consequences. If you didn’t want a child, you shouldn’t have had sex. You must be punished by becoming a parent even if you know that you are not willing or able to be one. This is insane. ... " - Charles M. Blow

On democracy

mikeblogs@michaellockyear.com (Michael Lockyear) — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 10:32:00 GMT

"...democracy is really just two wolves and a lamb deciding what to have for dinner." - Simon Black

On Happiness

mikeblogs@michaellockyear.com (Michael Lockyear) — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 16:43:00 GMT

"I believe that the very purpose of our life is to seek happiness. That is clear. Whether one believes in religion or not, whether one believes in this religion or that religion, we all are seeking something better in life. So, I think, the very motion of our life is towards happiness." - Dalai Lama in The Art of Happiness

On Internet Explorer 6

mikeblogs@michaellockyear.com (Michael Lockyear) — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 08:19:00 GMT

"Friends don’t let friends use Internet Explorer 6." - Microsoft (the creators of the software...)

On piracy and advertising

mikeblogs@michaellockyear.com (Michael Lockyear) — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 15:05:00 GMT

"Nobody who would have bought your book is not buying it because they can find it for free. What you're actually doing is advertising. You're reaching more people. You're raising awareness." - Neil Gaiman

On advertising

mikeblogs@michaellockyear.com (Michael Lockyear) — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 16:27:00 GMT

“Without promotion something terrible happens...Nothing!" - PT Barnum

On neighbours and beliefs

mikeblogs@michaellockyear.com (Michael Lockyear) — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 19:20:00 GMT

"I would suggest that if your ideals and beliefs make you increasingly isolated from your neighbors, maybe it’s time to find new neighbors." - Simon Black

On repetition

mikeblogs@michaellockyear.com (Michael Lockyear) — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 12:17:00 GMT

"Nature, which makes nothing durable, always repeats itself so that nothing which it makes may be lost." - Oscar Wilde

On complexity

mikeblogs@michaellockyear.com (Michael Lockyear) — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 17:09:00 GMT

“Fools ignore complexity; pragmatists suffer it; experts avoid it; geniuses remove it.” - Alan Perlis (Computer Scientist)

On socialism and spending other people's money

mikeblogs@michaellockyear.com (Michael Lockyear) — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 17:31:00 GMT

"...and Socialist governments traditionally do make a financial mess. They always run out of other people's money. It's quite a characteristic of them." - Margaret Thatcher (this quote is often shortenned: "The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money ")

On liberty and safety

mikeblogs@michaellockyear.com (Michael Lockyear) — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 13:47:00 GMT

"Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." - Benjamin Franklin

On newspapers and the truth

mikeblogs@michaellockyear.com (Michael Lockyear) — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 13:29:00 GMT

"Advertisements contain the only truths to be relied on in a newspaper." - Thomas Jefferson

On integrity

mikeblogs@michaellockyear.com (Michael Lockyear) — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:25:00 GMT

"...it’s easier to hold to your principles 100% of the time than it is to hold to them 98% of the time. If you give in to “just this once,” based on a marginal cost analysis, as some of my former classmates have done, you’ll regret where you end up. You’ve got to define for yourself what you stand for and draw the line in a safe place." - Clayton M. Christensen (via James Siminoff)

On stupidity

mikeblogs@michaellockyear.com (Michael Lockyear) — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 18:23:00 GMT

"Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." - Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805)

On money

mikeblogs@michaellockyear.com (Michael Lockyear) — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 14:38:00 GMT

"Money frees you from doing things you dislike. Since I dislike doing nearly everything, money is handy." - Groucho Marx

On training and education

mikeblogs@michaellockyear.com (Michael Lockyear) — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 09:40:00 GMT

"A well-trained man knows how to answer questions; an educated man knows what questions are worth asking." - E. Digby Baltzell (1955)

On bullies

mikeblogs@michaellockyear.com (Michael Lockyear) — Sun, 23 May 2010 15:46:00 GMT

“If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you could possibly imagine.” – Obi-wan Kenobi, taunting Darh Vader

On success and haters

mikeblogs@michaellockyear.com (Michael Lockyear) — Wed, 19 May 2010 20:09:00 GMT

"If you are really effective at what you do, 95% of the things said about you will be negative." - Scott Boras

On the iPad (early twenty-first century tablet computer)

mikeblogs@michaellockyear.com (Michael Lockyear) — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 16:29:00 GMT

"Just got the new iPad. This amazing device has already revolutionized the way I use a calculator." - Conan O'Brien

On listening to customers

mikeblogs@michaellockyear.com (Michael Lockyear) — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 07:22:00 GMT

"Your customers can tell you the things that are broken and how they want to be made happen. Listen to them. Make them happy. But they won’t create the future road-map for your product or service. That’s your job." - Mark Cuban