“If you can remain with absolutely nothing to do for even a short period of time - that’s a taste of freedom. Being busy is ok, not being busy is also ok. Not caring whether you’re busy or not busy is really ok.”
“I'm OK with firing people when they fuck up, but canning them when they've done nothing wrong - that's painful. [on the layoffs needed after 9/11 hit the business]”
“I'm OK with not being perfect, but I'm not OK with being stagnent.”
“Doing nothing is better than being busy doing nothing.”
“Being busy is better than being bored. Bored left a long time ago. Busy is always around for me. ”
“He not busy being born is busy dying.”