shoshi’s most recent Quotables

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that do not work.

When I was 5 years old, my mom always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down “happy.” They told me I didn’t understand the assignment and I told them they didn’t understand life.

The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us.

The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure.

We are what we think. With our thoughts we make our world.

If you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.

A geek will fix your computer, whereas a nerd will just talk at you about how he/she will fix it.

We never really grow up - we only learn how to behave in public.

If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.

The world is so exquisite with so much love and moral depth, that there is no reason to deceive ourselves with pretty stories for which there's little good evidence. Far better it seems to me, in our vulnerability, is to look death in the eye and to be grateful every day for the brief but magnificent opportunity that life provides.

A mathematician is a machine for turning coffee into theorems.

Trouble with the rat race is even if you win, you're still a rat.

It's really hard to design products by focus groups. A lot of times, people don't know what they want until you show it to them.

I didn't say it was going to be easy. I just said it was going to be worth it.

I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself.

All our dreams can come true – if we have the courage to pursue them.

A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.

The important thing is not to stop questioning.

Your imagination is your preview of life’s coming attractions.