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# Paul Graham

(1964)   Programmer

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Paul Graham is a programmer, best known for *Introduction to Political Theory*.

## Quick Facts About Paul Graham

Born November 13, 1964

Profession Programmer

Notable works Introduction to Political Theory

## About Paul Graham

English-American programmer, venture capitalist, and essayist.

##  Quotes by Paul Graham · Page 2

> [“if you can imagine someone surpassing you, you should do it yourself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-graham/if-you-can-imagine-someone-surpassing-you-you-should-do-it-yourself/)

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> [Like having a child, running a startup is the sort of experience that's hard to imagine unless you've done it yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-graham/like-having-a-child-running-a-startup-is-the-sort-of-experience-that/)

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[Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/child/)

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> [“If you want to make money, you tend to be forced to work on problems that are too nasty for anyone to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-graham/if-you-want-to-make-money-you-tend-to-be-forced-to-work-on-problems/)

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[Money](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/money/)

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> [“The stated purpose of schools is to educate the kids. But there is no external pressure to do this well.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-graham/the-stated-purpose-of-schools-is-to-educate-the-kids-but-there-is-no/)

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[Education](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/education/)

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> [“Don't ignore your dreams; don't work too much; say what you think; cultivate friendships; be happy.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-graham/don-t-ignore-your-dreams-don-t-work-too-much-say-what-you-think/)

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[Dream](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dream/)

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> [One startup I dream of funding is the one that kills the record companies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-graham/one-startup-i-dream-of-funding-is-the-one-that-kills-the-record/)

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[Business](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/business/)

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> [Small-business customers are very conservative and very cheap. We don't have to explain ourselves for the most part.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-graham/small-business-customers-are-very-conservative-and-very-cheap-we-don/)

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[Cheap](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cheap/)

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> [If you really understand something, you can say it in the fewest words, instead of thrashing about.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-graham/if-you-really-understand-something-you-can-say-it-in-the-fewest-words/)

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[About](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/about/)

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> [“You can't distinguish your group by doing things that are rational and believing things that are true. If you want to set…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-graham/you-can-t-distinguish-your-group-by-doing-things-that-are-rational/)

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[Doing things](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/doing-things/)

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> [“People who write about politics, whether on the left or the right, have a consistent bias: they take politics seriously.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-graham/people-who-write-about-politics-whether-on-the-left-or-the-right-have/)

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[Politics](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/politics/)

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> [Dressing up is inevitably a substitute for good ideas. It is no coincidence that technically inept business types are known as 'suits'.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-graham/dressing-up-is-inevitably-a-substitute-for-good-ideas-it-is-no/)

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[Business](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/business/)

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> [“I'm not saying there's no such thing as genius. But if you're trying to choose between two theories and one gives you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-graham/i-m-not-saying-there-s-no-such-thing-as-genius-but-if-you-re-trying/)

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[Genius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/genius/)

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> [“We often like to think of World War II as a triumph of freedom over totalitarianism. We conveniently forget that the Soviet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-graham/we-often-like-to-think-of-world-war-ii-as-a-triumph-of-freedom-over/)

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[Freedom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/freedom/)

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> [If you could replace high-school yearbooks, that could be a lot of money. It's so clearly waiting for someone to come along.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-graham/if-you-could-replace-high-school-yearbooks-that-could-be-a-lot-of/)

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[Along](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/along/)

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> [“It’s easier to get people to fight for an idea. And whichever side wins, their ideas will also be considered to have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-graham/it-s-easier-to-get-people-to-fight-for-an-idea-and-whichever-side/)

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[God Wanted](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/god-wanted-394179/)

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> [“I don’t predict the demise of object-oriented programming, by the way. Object-oriented programming offers a sustainable way to write spaghetti code.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-graham/i-don-t-predict-the-demise-of-object-oriented-programming-by-the-way/)

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[Programming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/programming/)

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> [“Paying attention is more important to reliability than moving slowly. Because he pays close attention, a Navy pilot can land a 40,000…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-graham/paying-attention-is-more-important-to-reliability-than-moving-slowly/)

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[Advice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/advice/)

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> [“If you disagree with something, it's easier to say 'you suck' than to figure out and explain exactly what you disagree with.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-graham/if-you-disagree-with-something-it-s-easier-to-say-you-suck-than-to/)

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[Desperation](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/desperation/)

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> [“So the optimal plan, if you can manage it, is to have a few trusted friends you can speak openly to. This…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-graham/so-the-optimal-plan-if-you-can-manage-it-is-to-have-a-few-trusted/)

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[Choosing friends](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/choosing-friends/)

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> [I get a lot of criticism for telling founders to focus first on making something great, instead of worrying about how to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-graham/i-get-a-lot-of-criticism-for-telling-founders-to-focus-first-on/)

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[About](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/about/)

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> [“This is a good plan for life in general. If you have two choices, choose the harder. If you're trying to decide…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-graham/this-is-a-good-plan-for-life-in-general-if-you-have-two-choices/)

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[Decide](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/decide/)

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> [“It's important for nerds to realize, too, that school is not life. School is a strange, artificial thing, half sterile and half…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-graham/it-s-important-for-nerds-to-realize-too-that-school-is-not-life/)

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[Education](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/education/)

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> [“Could civil liberties really be a cause, rather than just an effect? I think so. I think a society in which people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-graham/could-civil-liberties-really-be-a-cause-rather-than-just-an-effect-i/)

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[Civil liberties](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/civil-liberties/)

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> [“Suppose you are a little, nimble guy being chased by a big, fat, bully. You open a door and find yourself in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-graham/suppose-you-are-a-little-nimble-guy-being-chased-by-a-big-fat-bully/)

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[Bullying](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bullying/)

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> [“The difference between design and research seems to be a question of new versus good. Design doesn't have to be new, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-graham/the-difference-between-design-and-research-seems-to-be-a-question-of/)

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[Different directions](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/different-directions/)

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> [“If you can’t find ten Lisp hackers, then your company is probably based in the wrong city for developing software”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-graham/if-you-can-t-find-ten-lisp-hackers-then-your-company-is-probably/)

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[Cybersecurity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cybersecurity/)

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> [“It’s hard to do a really good job on anything you don’t think about in the shower.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-graham/it-s-hard-to-do-a-really-good-job-on-anything-you-don-t-think-about/)

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[Good job](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/good-job/)

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> [“To be happy I think you have to be doing something you not only enjoy, but admire.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-graham/to-be-happy-i-think-you-have-to-be-doing-something-you-not-only-enjoy/)

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[Admire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/admire/)

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> [You know your business model is broken when you're suing your customers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-graham/you-know-your-business-model-is-broken-when-you-re-suing-your/)

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[Broken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/broken/)

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> [We don't have to go that far to sell our beer because our immediate accounts sell so much. Places that sold 10…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-graham/we-don-t-have-to-go-that-far-to-sell-our-beer-because-our-immediate/)

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[Accounts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accounts/)

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> [“The phrase “personal computer” is part of the language now, but when it was first used it had a deliberately audacious sound,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-graham/the-phrase-personal-computer-is-part-of-the-language-now-but-when-it/)

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[Computers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/computers/)

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> [Everyone by now presumably knows about the danger of premature optimization. I think we should be just as worried about premature design…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-graham/everyone-by-now-presumably-knows-about-the-danger-of-premature/)

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> [“Cobol, for all its sometime popularity, does not seem to have any intellectual descendants. It is an evolutionary dead- end a Neanderthal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-graham/cobol-for-all-its-sometime-popularity-does-not-seem-to-have-any/)

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[Cobol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cobol-34190/)

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> [“We need a language that lets us scribble and smudge and smear, not a language where you have to sit with a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-graham/we-need-a-language-that-lets-us-scribble-and-smudge-and-smear-not-a/)

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[Communication](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/communication/)

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> [“Unknowing imitation is almost a recipe for bad design. If you don’t know where your ideas are coming from, you’re probably imitating…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-graham/unknowing-imitation-is-almost-a-recipe-for-bad-design-if-you-don-t/)

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[Imitating](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/imitating/)

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> [“Object-oriented programming offers a sustainable way to write spaghetti code. It lets you accrete programs as a series of patches.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-graham/object-oriented-programming-offers-a-sustainable-way-to-write/)

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[Programming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/programming/)

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> [“If a writer rewrites an essay, people who read the new version are unlikely to complain that their thoughts have been broken…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-graham/if-a-writer-rewrites-an-essay-people-who-read-the-new-version-are/)

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[Humor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/humor/)

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> [“Just fix things that seem broken, regardless of whether it seems likes the problem is important enough to build a company on.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-graham/just-fix-things-that-seem-broken-regardless-of-whether-it-seems-likes/)

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[Broken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/broken/)

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> [“Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requires. Unless they also happen to be good-looking, natural athletes, or siblings of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-graham/few-smart-kids-can-spare-the-attention-that-popularity-requires/)

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[Nerds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nerds/)

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> [“In practice I think it’s easier to see ugliness than to imagine beauty. Most of the people who’ve made beautiful things seem…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-graham/in-practice-i-think-it-s-easier-to-see-ugliness-than-to-imagine/)

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[Beauty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beauty/)

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## Paul Graham by topic

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