Paul Graham Quotes
"It's hard to do a really good job on anything you don't think about in the shower.""It's hard to do a really good job on anything you don't think about in the shower""The way to get startup ideas is not to try to think of startup ideas. It's to look for problems, preferably problems you have yourself.""If you accept that the universe is arbitrary, what's the big deal? It just is""You can't trust your judgment when your imagination is out of focus.""Cities are the absence of physical space between people.""The most dangerous way to lose time is not to spend it having fun, but to spend it doing fake work""The more powerful you are, the more your behavior changes the rules.""You can't decide to turn creativity on or off. You can't tell yourself to have a good idea. The best you can do is try to create an environment where good ideas can happen""In general, the larger the hurdle, the more likely it is that you should avoid it""Ambitious people can envision their ideal place to live. But they’re there. They're living in the marginally better version of the world they see""The best way to get startup ideas is not to try to think of startup ideas. It's to look for problems, preferably problems you have yourself""People are naturally more superficial with attractive people. In terms of impressions, there's a trade-off between competence and looks. We can't help making snap judgments, and beautiful people may have a hard time being seen as competent""When experts are wrong, it's often because they're experts on an earlier version of the world""A startup is a company designed to grow fast. Being newly founded does not in itself make a company a startup. Nor is it necessary for a startup to work on technology, or take venture funding, or have some sort of "exit""You're better off doing something you know you can do but which most people think is difficult than doing something you think you can do but which most people think is hard"