537 Quotes by Tim Ferriss

To quote the industrial statistician George Box: “Every model is wrong, but some are useful.

Someday” is a disease that will take your dreams to the grave with you.

Work wherever and whenever you want, but get your work done.

The Tail End” by Tim Urban on the Wait But Why blog – if you only read one article this month, make it that one. It.

Herbs? Herbs are from the leaves and stems of plants. Spices, on the other hand, are from the root, bark, and seeds.

People don’t want to be millionaires – they want to experience what they believe only millions can buy.

If you set your goals ridiculously high and it’s a failure, you will fail above everyone else’s success.” – James Cameron “If you find yourself in a fair fight, you didn’t plan your mission properly.” – Colonel David Hackworth “Not my circus. Not my monkeys.” – Polish proverb.

If you can’t see yourself working with someone for life, don’t work with them for a day.

I have had so many spectacular failures, but looking back, I can see how each of them led me a little closer to doing what I actually wanted to do. Years before I was ready to write a book of my own, I bungled two opportunities to co-write cookbooks with other people. These mistakes haunted me, and I was sure I’d never get to write another book. But I waited, and I persisted, and after 17 years I wrote the book I’d always dreamt of.