For the most ambitious young people, the corporate ladder is obsolete. — Paul Graham Ambitious Copy Share Image
“A lot of the statements that got people in trouble seem harmless now.” — Paul Graham Copy Share Image
“Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requires. Unless they also happen to be good-looking, natural athletes, or siblings of… — Paul Graham Copy Share Image
“If you can keep hope and worry balanced, they will drive a project forward the same way your two legs drive a… — Paul Graham Hope Copy Share Image
Everyone by now presumably knows about the danger of premature optimization. I think we should be just as worried about premature design… — Paul Graham About Copy Share Image
“Introducing change is like pulling off a bandage : the pain is a memory as soon as you feel it.” — Paul Graham Change Copy Share Image
“The stated purpose of schools is to educate the kids. But there is no external pressure to do this well.” — Paul Graham Education Copy Share Image
“To be happy I think you have to be doing something you not only enjoy, but admire.” — Paul Graham Happiness Copy Share Image
“Intellectual curiosity was not one of the motives on the FBI’s list. Indeed, the whole concept seemed foreign to them. Those in… — Paul Graham Cybersecurity Copy Share Image
“To launch a taboo, a group has to be poised halfway between weakness and power. A confident group doesn’t need taboos to… — Paul Graham Copy Share Image
“The government spying on people doesn’t literally make programmers write worse code. It just leads eventually to a world in which bad… — Paul Graham Bad idea Copy Share Image
A programming language is for thinking about programs, not for expressing programs you've already thought of. It should be a pencil, not… — Paul Graham About Copy Share Image
“So although there may be, in certain specific moments (like your family, this month) a fixed amount of money available to trade… — Paul Graham Family Copy Share Image
When Facebook first started, and it was just a social directory for undergrads at Harvard, it would have seemed like such a… — Paul Graham Bad Copy Share Image
Like having a child, running a startup is the sort of experience that's hard to imagine unless you've done it yourself. — Paul Graham Child Copy Share Image
“If you want to make money at some point, remember this, because this is one of the reasons startups win. Big companies… — Paul Graham Entrepreneurs Copy Share Image
“There is all the more reason for startups to write Web-based software now, because writing desktop software has become a lot less… — Paul Graham Entrepreneurship Copy Share Image
Dressing up is inevitably a substitute for good ideas. It is no coincidence that technically inept business types are known as 'suits'. — Paul Graham Business Copy Share Image
“If you want to make money at some point, remember this, because this is one of the reasons startups win. Big companies… — Paul Graham Money Copy Share Image
“It’s hard to do a really good job on anything you don’t think about in the shower.” — Paul Graham Good job Copy Share Image
“Don't ignore your dreams; don't work too much; say what you think; cultivate friendships; be happy.” — Paul Graham Dreams Copy Share Image
“In almost any group of people you’ll find hierarchy. When groups of adults form in the real world, it’s generally for some… — Paul Graham Common purpose Copy Share Image
