Quotes About Clarity

What was the vision for our team? What big goals would we sign up for? I wanted to decide this in Athens, as a team with Matt in person. I wanted us to make big bets and show the company we could have visions of cathedrals and build them with bazaar methods. What I didn't want was to spend days riffing on yet more ideas, only to return home was as much ambiguity as when we'd arrived. The bottleneck is never code or creativity; it's lack of clarity.

Organizations become bureaucratic as soon as people define their job around a specific rule, or feature, rather than a goal.

It's the mistakes you make before you even say a word that matter more. These include the mistakes of not having an interesting opinion, of not thinking clearly about your points, and of not planning ways to make those points relevant to your audience. Those are the ones that make the difference. If you can figure out how to get those right, not much else will matter.

Data can't decide things for you. It can help you see things more clearly if captured carefully, but that's not the same as deciding.

Doesn't matter what I think or how I feel," said Doc Hansom. "Just go look at the thermometer mounted on the aquarium glass. That will give you your answer." Hansom went back to his inspections, leaving Tommy Tang to wonder why he had not thought of such a simple answer.

You see, i f you have t rue photographic vision, you have clar i ty and i f you have clarity, you don't need to explain or defend your images. Clar i ty is about what emot ions or feel ings the image is t rying to evoke, not the fact s behind the image. Photographic clar i ty is about passion of purpose. I t 's about a single-minded desi re to protect a memory. I t 's about story tel l ing wi th a camera that 's so power ful , no words are necessary.

I'm feeling much better now that I've found my mind.

I don't want to believe because I'm crazy. I want to believe because it's true.

To believe you know where you are headed is not to understand where one is at the moment.

I am sure of nothing except that to believe you know where you are headed is not to understand where one is at the moment.

As we grow detached from things, we come (with God's help) to master our desires, and we give the mastery over to God. Discipline and divine grace heal the intellect and the will of the effects of concupiscence. We can begin to see things clearly.

Failure makes things interesting. Before failure, the path to victory seems so clear. So simple. Maybe not easy, but simple. After failure, we get creative. Failure makes us more aware of our weaknesses. It clarifies our obstacles. It reminds us to keep our heads in the game to the very end because success is never a guarantee—no matter how close it seems. And it reminds us how serious we're going to have to be if we're going to finish first.

Don't just DO something. Stand there! (and get perspective and understanding)

If you must play, decide upon three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time." Chinese Proverb

If you must play, decide upon three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time.

It's a throat-slashing, shark-feeding, off-to-meet-the-gods offence, clear?

Understanding is a luxury; you don't get to have it.

we should not need a magic wand or a decoder ring to interpret Scripture),

Amplification through simplification.

A man is stumbling down the street with one foot on the curb and one foot in the gutter. A cop pulls up and says, "Mister, I've got to take you in. You're clearly drunk." The man asks, "Officer, are you absolutely sure I'm drunk?" "Yeah," the cop says, "I'm sure. Let's go." Obviously relieved, the man says, "Thanks a million, officer. I thought I was a cripple.

Verbal hemophilia. Why can't I clot?

Just let awareness have its way with you completely.

Settle in your mind what you want, what your goal is with your writing, and then take steps to reach that goal.

Ly" adverbs slow down the sentence and often foil the writer's intent.