Eric S. Raymond Quotes

People are happiest when they're the most productive. People enjoy tasks, especially creative tasks, when the tasks are in the optimal-challenge zone: not too hard and not too easy. To some extent, that has always been true. But it becomes even more true as work becomes more about brains and creativity.

Eric S. Raymond

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 4, 1957

Topics

WorkCreativityCreativePeopleEasy

We all have our time machines. Some take us back, they're called memories. Some take us forward, they're called dreams.

Jeremy Irons

DreamsMemoriesTimeForwardBack

If I could have half the career of Diane Sawyer, I'd be a happy woman.

Megyn Kelly

WomanHappyCareerHalfIf I Could

I believe 'credibility' is one of the biggest issues yet to be addressed by Internet advertisers.

Jef I. Richards

BelieveInternetI BelieveIssues

A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury.

John Stuart Mill

EvilPersonInactionOthersMay

I just stick my tongue out because I hate smiling in pictures. It's so awkward. It looks so cheesy.

Miley Cyrus

HateSmilingTongueLooksPictures

It's common knowledge that professional athletes earn extraordinary incomes. What is less known or understood is how the advent of these riches has seeped into the conscious and unconscious ways in which our society now parents children.

Douglas Brunt

KnowledgeChildrenParentsSociety

It's very, very difficult because we're living in a world where they invent things in order to hide things from parents. There are these secret creator app guys who make things to intentionally do that, to keep your parents in the dark, and you've really got to work extra-hard to stay on top of it.

Christian Slater

WorkParentsWorldYouHideDark

Juggling being a mom and an entertainer is a challenge I face every day.

Ciara

ChallengeDayMomFaceEvery Day

In some ways the ACL tear was a blessing. I had hesitated to return to elite gymnastics after the 2008 Olympics. I told myself I had already accomplished so much, and the road was just going to get harder if I continued.

Shawn Johnson

BlessingMyselfRoadReturnGoing

I've always believed that you write to discover what you think. On most subjects, if I'm asked what do I think about them, I'd say I don't know, I'll have to write them down.

Richard Eyre

ThinkYouDownKnowSayWrite

I struggled many times when maybe it didn't look like I was struggling, and I had to work hard every day.

Ryne Sandberg

WorkDayWork HardEvery DayLook

The most lasting and pure gladness comes to me from my gardens.

Lillie Langtry

GardeningMePureGardensMost

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