I was the type of person that would show a PowerPoint presentation about why I should do something versus crying and screaming over it.
“When you have a large amount of the workforce being laid off, some of them have no other choice but to go out there and invent something.”
“Conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long; even if it is, the consciousness of possessing and using it well should satisfy one, and the great charm of all power is modesty.”