The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all directions.
There is a directory where you can explore every single person who has gone through YC and a private forum that only founders can participate in.
Lisa Vanderpump is a manipulative person and when I was on the show I did a lot of her dirty work for her.
We polled Tesla owners, do you want autopilot disabled or not. Not one person wanted it disabled. That's pretty telling.
Although spoken English doesn't obey the rules of written language, a person who doesn't know the rules thoroughly is at a great disadvantage.
Regarding KERS, I have mixed feelings. As I am a tall and relatively heavy person I have disadvantages regarding the weight and consequently the weight distribution of the car. But on the other hand KERS could be a big advantage because of the boost.
Poverty is terror. Having your Social Security threatened is terror. Having your livelihood as an elderly person slowly disappearing with no replenishment is terror.
Separation penetrates the disappearing person like a pigment and steeps him in gentle radiance.
You're always a little disappointing in person because you can't be the edited essence of yourself.
When you're a very ambitious person, the things that are disappointing are when other people around you aren't as enthusiastic.
Knowing when and where to sit is something every young executive should learn. A junior person who comes barging into a room and takes any seat he wants catches the disapproving eye of senior management.
One person's disaster is another person's talking point.
I believe that every person, male and female, needs to be in a protective mode at all times of alertness to potential danger. The world is full of potential attacks, potential disasters.
For 'Thunderstruck', I discarded about a dozen ideas. And then one afternoon, I was thinking about wireless. I don't know why. I guess because it's become so ubiquitous. I was thinking that maybe there's something I could do about the origin of wireless, so I did what any self-respecting person does these days: I Googled 'wireless.'
When a person goes into a relationship emotionally needy, they are not going to have discernment in choosing people.
A disciplined person is one who follows the will of the one who gives the orders.
It's a moral absolute: If you are going to make a human being, you have a fundamental responsibility to that person - to honestly disclose exactly who they are and where they come from.
I find it both fascinating and disconcerting when I discover yet another person who believes that writing can't be taught. Frankly, I don't understand this point of view.
Voyagers discover that the world can never be larger than the person that is in the world; but it is impossible to foresee this, it is impossible to be warned.
I am a chatty person, but colossally discreet.