Hypergogue’s most recent Quotables

Any believable prediction will be wrong. Any correct prediction will be unbelievable.

Evocation needs more than notation: it needs impetus.

In every work of genius we rec­og­nize our own rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a cer­tain alien­ated majesty.

When cryptography is outlawed, bayl bhgynjf jvyy unir cevinpl!

“Of course it’s a true story… But it may not have happened”

I leave out the parts that readers skip.

The only "intuitive" interface is the nipple. After that it's all learned.

If this is coffee, please bring me some tea. But if this is tea, please bring me some coffee.

Don't just do something. Stand there.

Investors like risk, as long as they can price it.

The palest ink is better than the best memory.

No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical.

Quality is a probabilistic function of quantity.

The engineering metaphors which have dominated management thinking since the 80s failed to understand the cognitive, temporal and social aspects of apprentice models.

The biggest challenge with deploying Sharepoint isn't that the technology isn't great but that it doesn't challenge deeply held assumptions about what it takes to run a business. It really is like re-arranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.

The question is not who’s best at performing high-priority functions, but which things can you and only you as the CEO get done? If you don’t ask yourself that question, your time allocations are bound to be wrong.

Everyone is entitled to his opinion, but not his own facts.

If a thing is done wrong often enough, it becomes right.

The greatest thing by far is to be a master of metaphor. It is the one thing that cannot be learned from others; it is also a sign of genius, since a good metaphor implies an eye for resemblance.

Birthday cake is the most denatured thing on earth.