Ray Noorda quotes

Ray Noorda quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“Cause change and lead; accept change and survive; resist change and die.”
-- Ray Noorda

#Inspirational Quotes #Causes Quotes #Accepting Change Quotes

“A quotation is a handy thing to have about, saving one the trouble of thinking for oneself, always a laborious business.”

Source : A. A. Milne (2013). “The Red House Mystery and Other Novels”, p.1247, eBookIt.com
“The things that make me different are the things that make me.”
“Inspiration may be a form of superconsciousness, or perhaps of subconsciousness - I wouldn't know. But I am sure it is the antithesis of self-consciousness.”
“Most people's major life changes don't come from reading an article in the newspaper; they come from reading longer-form essays or thoughtful books, which are much more convincing and detailed.”

Source : "I Hate the News" by Aaron Swartz, www.aaronsw.com. October 20, 2006.
“Books are totally useless unless you take their advice. If you just keep reading them, thinking "that's so insightful! that changes everything," but never actually doing anything different, then pretty quickly the feeling will wear off and you'll start searching for another book to fill the void.”
“The 10% between 90% done to 100% done takes most of the time, causes most of the stress, but is all of the value.”
“The pleasure and the love of God for His creatures constitute the original state. His pleasure and love are the means by which He has brought His creatures into existence and are the cause of that bringing into existence. He who knows that he possesses neither being nor act rediscovers himself in that original state of pleasure and divine love.”
“There is no such thing as chance or accident; the words merely signify our ignorance of some real and immediate cause.”
“I talk a lot about women in my act, 'cause let's face it -- if I was hungry, I would talk about food.”
“Wars--and what is war except crime on a mass scale?--destroy rather than produce. The vandal that destroys a window causes not only the owner to bear the costs of replacing it, but costs those whom he planned on using that money to buy from. The same goes for wars. The warlords--of war and peace--destroyed so much, not only what existed, but all those new things that could have existed, if only individuals were left in peace.”

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