Jason Fried Quotes

Too often, a problem is allowed to fester until it reaches a crisis point... and the American people are left asking the question: what went wrong and why?

Again, the truth of the matter is we haven't paid that much attention to high school accountability.

Once again, no one in charge had given any thought to the possibility that a woman would be involved.

Sometimes, the people who are helping you can drop the ball.

Complacency by the watchdogs hurts both taxpayers and beneficiaries.

What I worry about is that when problems are not addressed, people will not know who is responsible.

I never went to class. That the university graduated me at all is an indictment of our educational system.

It is correct that I overlooked the contamination of the party, not just now but also in the past.

I've always been interested in the idea of people who fell through the cracks.

Lost are many great commissions by such neglect.

You do not notice changes in what is always before you.

We thought we would get around to it sometime down the line. Theoretically we could have regulated it, but it wasn't on our radar screen.

Most organizations don't fall apart as a result of one big blow. Most relationships don't end because of one grand argument. Most lives don't fall to pieces due to one sad event. No, I suggest to you that sustained failure happens as the consequence of small, daily acts of neglect that stack up over time to lead to a blow up - and break down.

I'm going to get criticism in the future, I've had criticism in the past. Honestly, I genuinely don't care.

I think there's a need for more oversight by social workers, because there are a lot of foster parents who are just collecting checks. They need to look closely into the backgrounds of the people whose hands you're putting the kids into and then continue to monitor them.

If you have a car, you tune it up; you replace the parts. You try to keep it in good shape. This country has tires that are shot, a bunch of engine problems, and rather than saying, 'Okay, let's maybe put some new parts in here,' we just keep putting gas in and driving forward.

No one means to drop catches. Everyone has done it.

Everywhere I look, someone is telling me, 'You're not good enough,' or, 'You can't do this or that.' You can only hear that so many times before enough is enough.

He missed that, too, and it hadn't even happened.

If I was to listen and pay attention to everyone that criticized me, I'd stay home under the bed.

A day can really slip by when you're deliberately avoiding what you're supposed to do.

I think - I think - I think how little they think what lies so near them.

A bad review may spoil your breakfast, but you shouldn't allow it to spoil your lunch.

A little neglect may breed great mischief.

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