Hansson Quotes

All mothers breed dead children.
They shall, perhaps, live later.
When no longer dead, they are born
Not - by coincidence, by choice. ~ Mie Hansson

Workaholics don't actually accomplish more than nonworkaholics. They may claim to be perfectionists, but that just mean they're wasting time fixating on inconsequential details instead of moving on to the next task. ~ David Heinemeier Hansson

All mothers breed dead children. ~ Mie Hansson

In the dark, thoughts become louder. ~ Mie Hansson

Do not judge a woman on her knees: you never know how tall she is when she stands. ~ Mie Hansson

Lonely you linger in a league above poetry. ~ Mie Hansson

What differentiated us was our perception of our mutual reality, which made no difference. ~ Mie Hansson

I ain't scared to lend a hand
I ain't scared to clench it either ~ Mie Hansson

It's a lot harder to pull your head up and ask why. ~ David Heinemeier Hansson

The answer is not more hours, it's less bullshit. ~ David Heinemeier Hansson

Everything is possible in America, except the production of intelligence. ~ Mie Hansson

When sparks fly, some truly great ideas come to light. ~ David Heinemeier Hansson

Racism watching is a puzzle solving activity and often involves debunking pseudo-science. The investigator must try to figure out what makes people believe in weird ideas. As Stieg said in an interview, 'Fifty years later, people still believe in this; the whole Neo-Nazi movement. There is absolutely no sense in this. They do it contrary to everything science tells us. Contrary to human goodness or altruism, contrary to rational thinking. And this is fascinating, why? ~ Eric Bronson

Ignore the real world
"That would never work in the real world." You hear it all the time when you tell people about a fresh idea.
This real world sounds like an awfully depressing place to live. It's a place where new ideas, unfamiliar approaches, and foreign concepts always
lose. The only things that win are what people already know and do, even if those things are flawed and inefficient.
Scratch the surface and you'll find these "real world" inhabitants are filled with pessimism and despair. They expect fresh concepts to fail. They
assume society isn't ready for or capable of change.
Even worse, they want to drag others down into their tomb. If you're hopeful and ambitious, they'll try to convince you your ideas are impossible.
They'll say you're wasting your time. ~ David Heinemeier Hansson

One pattern to help yourself fight the mad dash for the mirage of being done is to think of a good day's work. Look at the progress of the day towards the end and ask yourself: 'Have I done a good day's work?' ~ David Heinemeier Hansson

You're better off with a kick-ass half than a half-assed whole. ~ David Heinemeier Hansson

Women in love are pathetic
and I cannot be bothered, for now,
I am back to metaphysics
and my armpits gather hair. ~ Mie Hansson

No man has the courage to approach her or initiate questions she herself rise, for all men fear a fascist and she can very well be a fascist's wife. ~ Mie Hansson

I wore you on me at all times
Like I now carry my pen.
Unlike your own opinion my
Belongings must have a function.
You bled through the ink of my lines and
To be my subject nursed your thirst.

Was it my fault, or your own, that you forgot
- I do not deal in tender verse. ~ Mie Hansson

Some find freedom in comfort
others find comfort in freedom ~ Mie Hansson

Nobody is an overnight success. Most overnight successes you see have been working at it for ten years. ~ David Heinemeier Hansson

If you're not working on your best idea right now, you're doing it wrong. ~ David Heinemeier Hansson

Most software has a tiny essence that justifies its existence, everything after that is wants and desires mistaken for needs and necessities. ~ David Heinemeier Hansson

When you yet to do 100% of what somebody wants, you need a perfect match, and it's pretty rare that you have a perfect match between what you thought people needed and what they actually need. If you try instead to do 80 percent of what they need, there's a pretty good chance you'll hit a sweet spot. ~ David Heinemeier Hansson

Forcing everyone into the office every day is an organizational SPoF (Single Point of Failure). If the office loses power or Internet or air conditioning, it's no longer functional as a place to do work. If a company doesn't have any training or infrastructure to work around that, it means it's going to be unavailable to its customers. ~ David Heinemeier Hansson

Beneath her thinnest skin and light, a fuse leads way to dynamite. ~ Mie Hansson

Had I only known my letters
Would be of such importance
I'd empty myself on paper
Every single morning'

And it was for such reason,
as she read his little stanza,
that she decided to stamp
one
final
letter:

'Every single morning
I'd empty myself on paper
You were my greater importance
That's why I wrote you letters. ~ Mie Hansson

I shall have my lasso, I shall lead the course;
I recognize it's time to mount a different horse. ~ Mie Hansson