“How do I know what I think
until I see what I say.”
—C.K. Chesterton
“We made mistakes, of course. Most of them were omissions we didn’t think of when we initially wrote the software.
We fixed them by doing it over
and over, again and again. We do the same today. While our competitors are still sucking their thumbs trying to make the design perfect, we’re already
on prototype version #5. By
the time our rivals are ready with wires and screws, we are on version #10. It gets back to planning versus acting: We act from day one; others plan
how to plan—for
months.” —Bloomberg by Bloomberg
“This is so simple it sounds stupid, but it is amazing how few oil people really understand that you only find oil if you drill wells. You may think
you’re finding it when you’re drawing maps and studying logs, but you have to drill.” —The Hunters, by John Masters, Canadian Oil &
Gas wildcatter
“Experiment fearlessly” —BusinessWeek, in a Special Report, on the premier innovation strategy of the best innovators
“The secret of fast progress is inefficiency, fast and furious and numerous failures.” —Kevin Kelly, founding editor, Wired