#ge

Empowerment of individuals is a key part of what makes open source work, since in the end, innovations tend to come from small groups, not from large, structured efforts. ↗

— Tim O'Reilly

#efforts #empowerment #end #groups #in the end

Darkness as well as light. Or do I mean darkness, another kind of light? Lucifer would say so, and I have a weakness for fallen angels. ↗

— Jeanette Winterson

#darkness #light #sympathy #weakness #art

I think Microsoft will have to change. I think that the business of Microsoft, the company of Microsoft, is going to continue to succeed. But I think the business model of Microsoft is going to have to change. ↗

— Tim O'Reilly

#business model #change #company #continue #going

We often get blinded by the forms in which content is produced, rather than the job that the content does. ↗

— Tim O'Reilly

#content #does #forms #get #job

My parents put everything in a trust fund for me. I won't get it until I'm 18, so I'll use it for college. ↗

— Heather O'Rourke

#everything #fund #get #i #me

Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#car #car keys #giving #keys #like

The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. The Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then they get elected and prove it. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#crabgrass #democrats #elected #get #government

The proper behavior all through the holiday season is to be drunk. This drunkenness culminates on New Year's Eve, when you get so drunk you kiss the person you're married to. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#drunk #drunkenness #eve #get #holiday

Staying married may have long-term benefits. You can elicit much more sympathy from friends over a bad marriage than you ever can from a good divorce. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#benefits #divorce #elicit #ever #friends

Seriousness is stupidity sent to college. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#sent #seriousness #stupidity