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“Nothing defines humans better than their willingness to do irrational things in the pursuit of phenomenally unlikely payoffs”
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“You can never underestimate the stupidity of the general public.”
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“And bring me a hard copy of the Internet so I can do some serious surfing”
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“There are very few personal problems that cannot be solved through a suitable application of high explosives”
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“Normal people ... believe that if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Engineers believe that if it ain't broke, it doesn't have enough features yet.”
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“In Japan, employees occasionally work themselves to death. It's called Karoshi. I don't want that to happen to anybody in my department. The trick is to take a break as soon as you see a bright light and hear dead relatives beckon.”
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“In less enlightened times, the best way to impress women was to own a hot car. But women wised up and realized it was better to buy their own hot cars so they wouldn't have to ride around with jerks.”
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“Engineers like to solve problems. If there are no problems handily available, they will create their own problems.”
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“I'm slowly becoming a convert to the principle that you can't motivate people to do things, you can only demotivate them. The primary job of the manager is not to empower but to remove obstacles.”
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“You don't have to be a "person of influence" to be influential. In fact, the most influential people in my life are probably not even aware of the things they've taught me.”
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“The only risk of failure is promotion.”
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