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Jun
3
2012
on Success
Sean Irvine
"I have missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I have lost more than 300 games. On 26 occasions I have been entrusted to take the game winning shot ... and missed. And I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."
- Michael Jordan
- Michael Jordan
Jun
30
2012
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Sean Irvine
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Jul
13
2012
on the Basics of Business
Sean Irvine
“The business enterprise has two - and only two - basic functions: marketing and innovation. Marketing and innovation produce results; all the rest are costs.”
- Peter Drucker, The Practice of Management
- Peter Drucker, The Practice of Management
Oct
22
2012
on Persistence
Sean Irvine
Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence & determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'press on' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.
- Calvin Coolidge
Oct
27
2012
on Life
Sean Irvine
In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
- Abraham Lincoln
- Abraham Lincoln
Nov
29
2012
on Art
Sean Irvine
“Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.”
- Frank Zappa
- Frank Zappa
Nov
29
2012
on Success
Sean Irvine
"The way to succeed is to double your failure rate."
- Thomas Watson, Founder of IBM
- Thomas Watson, Founder of IBM
Dec
2
2012
on Radio
Sean Irvine
"The wireless music box has no imaginable commercial value. Who would pay for a message sent to nobody in particular?"
-- a response to David Sarnoff's pitch for investment in radio during the 1920's.
-- a response to David Sarnoff's pitch for investment in radio during the 1920's.
Dec
2
2012
on the Computer at Home
Sean Irvine
"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home."
-- Ken Olsun, President & Founder at Digital Equipment Corporation, 1977
-- Ken Olsun, President & Founder at Digital Equipment Corporation, 1977
Dec
2
2012
on Nuclear Power
Sean Irvine
"There is no likelyhood man can ever trap the power of the atom."
-- Robert Millikan, Nobel Prize Winner for Physics, 1923
-- Robert Millikan, Nobel Prize Winner for Physics, 1923
Dec
2
2012
on Computers
Sean Irvine
"Computers in the future will weigh no more than 1.5 tons."
-Popular Mechanics, 1949
-Popular Mechanics, 1949
Dec
2
2012
on The Beatles
Sean Irvine
"We don't like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out."
-- Decca Records when rejecting the Beatles in 1962
-- Decca Records when rejecting the Beatles in 1962
Dec
2
2012
on Computer Memory
Sean Irvine
"640k ought to be enough for anybody."
-- Bill Gates, 1981
-- Bill Gates, 1981
Dec
2
2012
on Invention
Sean Irvine
"Everything that can be invented has been invented."
-- Charles Duell, Director of U.S. Patent Office, 1899
-- Charles Duell, Director of U.S. Patent Office, 1899
Mar
3
2013
on What Counts
Sean Irvine
“In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.”
-- Abraham Lincoln
Mar
3
2013
on What Counts
Sean Irvine
"Not everything that counts can be counted; and not everything that can be counted, counts."
-- Albert Einstein
-- Albert Einstein
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