Neil Gupta
 

Favorite Quotes

These are random quotes I’ve enjoyed over the years, in no particular order.

A drenched man is not afraid of the rain.

Anupam Kher

Success is fucking up on your own terms.

Guillermo del Toro

You cannot make a man by standing a sheep on its hind-legs. But by standing a flock of sheep in that position you can make a crowd of men.

Sir Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson

Usage is like oxygen for ideas. You can never fully anticipate how an audience is going to react to something you’ve created until it’s out there. That means every moment you’re working on something without it being in the public it’s actually dying, deprived of the oxygen of the real world.

Matt Mullenweg

The things you do more often are the things you’re going to get good at. So if you get really good at spending money, you’re going to be really good at spending money. If you have to work on making money from day one, you’re going to get really damn good at making money.

Jason Fried

Most companies are looking to “wow” with their products, when in reality what they should be looking for is an “of course” reaction from their users.

Christian Lindholm

A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.

Wayne Gretzky

Rap music is music for entrepreneurs. Other genres write about love (rock, r&b), unattainable love (indie), nothing at all (electronic / dance), or redneck issues (country). But only rap music is almost maniacal in its focus on success, the acquisition of money and subsequent dispensation of it.

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