Paul Graham Quotes


The recipe for great work is very exacting taste plus the ability to gratify it. Paul Graham Creation 95
For the most ambitious young people, the corporate ladder is obsolete. Paul Graham Ambitious 91
Everyone by now presumably knows about the danger of premature optimization. I think we should be just as worried about premature design - designing too early what a program should do. Paul Graham design 86
If you really understand something, you can say it in the fewest words, instead of thrashing about. Paul Graham Uncategorized 78
Startups often have to do dubious things. Paul Graham Uncategorized 64
Empirically the way you get a product visionary as CEO is for him to found the company and not get fired. Paul Graham Uncategorized 61
I suppose I should learn Lisp, but it seems so foreign. Paul Graham Foreign 46
People who write about politics whether on the left or the right have a consistent bias they take politics seriously. Paul Graham Politics 38
There are plenty of smart people who get nowhere. Paul Graham Uncategorized 38
When Facebook first started, and it was just a social directory for undergrads at Harvard, it would have seemed like such a bad startup idea, like some student side project. Paul Graham Uncategorized 34
Being strongwilled is not enough however. You also have to be hard on yourself. Someone who was strongwilled but selfindulgent would not be called determined. Determination implies your willfulness is balanced by discipline. Paul Graham Determination 34
You cant distinguish your group by doing things that are rational and believing things that are true. If you want to set yourself apart from other people you have to do things that are arbitrary and believe things that are false. Paul Graham Identity 30
One startup I dream of funding is the one that kills the record companies. Paul Graham Uncategorized 27
Some people just get what they want in the world. Paul Graham Uncategorized 23

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