115 Quotes by Tim O'Reilly

I'd love to have the time to learn to sing opera properly rather than bellowing half-formed fragments of melody in exuberant moments.

I believe people are fundamentally good and want to find things that make life better for themselves. There are social dynamics for people that work, and there are ones that are pathological. But beneath every 'no' lays a 'yes' that had never been broken. I put my life-faith in that.

You have to pay attention to money, but it shouldn't be about the money.

When you have to prove the value of your ideas by persuading other people to pay for them, it clears out an awful lot of woolly thinking.

A key function of a publishing brand is the bestowal of status by who and what you pay attention to.

In social networks, you gain and bestow status through those you associate with.

There are more than 21 eBook channels already. Authors can’t possibly get to these and do what they do best.

Ruby on Rails is a breakthrough in lowering the barriers of entry to programming. Powerful web applications that formerly might have taken weeks or months to develop can be produced in a matter of days.

Create more value than you capture.