“The most important thing is to be able to think what you want, not to say what you want.”
"What you can't say" http://www.paulgraham.com/say.html, January 2004
Paul Graham is an English-born American computer scientist, entrepreneur, venture capitalist, author, and essayist. He is best known for his work on Lisp, his former startup Viaweb , co-founding the influential startup accelerator and seed capital firm Y Combinator, his blog, and Hacker News. He is the author of several programming books, such as: On Lisp , ANSI Common Lisp , and Hackers & Painters . Technology journalist Steven Levy has described Graham as a "hacker philosopher". Wikipedia
“The most important thing is to be able to think what you want, not to say what you want.”
"What you can't say" http://www.paulgraham.com/say.html, January 2004
"Good And Bad Procrastination", December 2005
"Good And Bad Procrastination"], December 2005
"Five Questions about Language Design" http://www.paulgraham.com/langdes.html, May 2001
“The world seemed cruel and boring, and I'm not sure which was worse.”
"Why Nerds are Unpopular," February 2003
"Why Startups Condense in America" http://www.paulgraham.com/america.html, May 2006
"Mean People Fail", November 2014
"Why Nerds are Unpopular," February 2003
"A Plan for Spam" http://www.paulgraham.com/spam.html, August 2002
"How To Lose Time And Money", July 2010
"Hackers and Painters" http://www.paulgraham.com/hp.html, May 2003
"How To Lose Time And Money", July 2010
"Good And Bad Procrastination", December 2005
"How to Make Wealth" http://www.paulgraham.com/wealth.html, May 2004
"What You'll Wish You'd Known", January 2005
"What You'll Wish You'd Known", January 2005
"Why Nerds are Unpopular," February 2003
“Consulting is where product companies go to die.”
"How to Fund a Startup" http://www.paulgraham.com/startupfunding.html, November 2005
"Great Hackers" http://www.paulgraham.com/gh.html, July 2004
"The Other Road Ahead" http://www.paulgraham.com/road.html, September 2001
“There are few sources of energy so powerful as a procrastinating grad student.”
"How to Start a Startup" http://www.paulgraham.com/start.html, March 2005
"Great Hackers" http://www.paulgraham.com/gh.html, July 2004
"Two Kinds Of Judgment", April 2007
"How to Start a Startup" http://www.paulgraham.com/start.html, March 2005
"What You'll Wish You'd Known", January 2005
"What You'll Wish You'd Known", January 2005
“If you leave a bunch of eleven-year-olds to their own devices, what you get is Lord of the Flies.”
"Why Nerds are Unpopular," February 2003
"How To Lose Time And Money"], July 2010
Just the wrong things.
"Good And Bad Procrastination"], December 2005
"Revenge of the Nerds" http://www.paulgraham.com/icad.html May 2002
“Competitors punch you in the jaw, but investors have you by the balls.”
"How to Fund a Startup" http://www.paulgraham.com/startupfunding.html, November 2005
"Why Nerds are Unpopular," February 2003
"Taste for Makers" http://www.paulgraham.com/taste.html, February 2002
"The Other Road Ahead" http://www.paulgraham.com/road.html, September 2001
"Two Kinds Of Judgment", April 2007
"Why Nerds are Unpopular," February 2003