Ev Williams Quotes

How do you know but ev’ry Bird that cuts the airy way, Is an immense world of delight, clos’d by your senses five?

Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And, while the bubbling and loud hissing urn Throws up a steamy column and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful ev'ning in.

What’s yuh firs’ name? VICARRO: Silva. JAKE: How do you spell it? VICARRO: S-I-L-V-A. JAKE: Silva! Like a silver lining! Ev’ry cloud has got a silver lining. What does that come from? The Bible? VICARRO: (sitting on the steps) No. The Mother Goose Book.

Our cause is for the truth, for righteousness, For anyone who e’er oppression knew. ’Tis not rebellion for the sake of one, ’Tis not a cause to serve a priv’leg’d few— This moment shall resound in history For ev’ry person who would freedom know! So Biggs, stand with me now, and be my aide, And Wedge, fly at my side to lead the charge— We three, we happy three, we band of brothers, Shall fly unto the trench with throttles full!

How about these birthday congratulations, these many, many happy returns of the day, when ev'rybody but you knows there won't be any!

HEART OF TEA DEVOTION Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And, while the bubbling and loud hissing urn Throws up a steamy column and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful ev ning in. WILLIAM COWPER Perhaps the idea of a tea party takes you back to childhood. Do you remember dressing up and putting on your best manners as you sipped pretend tea out of tiny cups and shared pretend delicacies with your friends, your parents, or your teddy bears? Were you lucky enough to know adults who cared enough to share tea parties with you? And are you lucky enough to have a little person with whom you could share a tea party today? Is there a little girl inside you who longs for a lovely time of childish imagination and "so big" manners? It could be that the mention of teatime brings quieter memories-cups of amber liquid sipped in peaceful solitude on a big porch, or friendly confidences shared over steaming cups. So many of my own special times of closeness-with my husband, my children, my friends-have begun with putting a kettle on to boil and pulling out a tea tray. But even if you don't care for tea-if you prefer coffee or cocoa or lemonade or ice water, or if you like chunky mugs better than gleaming silver or delicate china, or if you find the idea of traditional tea too formal and a bit intimidating-there's still room for you at the tea table, and I think you would love it there! I have shared tea with so many people-from business executives to book club ladies to five-year-old boys. And I have found that few can resist a tea party when it is served with the right spirit. You see, it's not tea itself that speaks to the soul with such a satisfying message-although I must confess that I adore the warmth and fragrance of a cup of Earl Grey or Red Zinger. And it's not the teacups themselves that bring such a message of beauty and serenity and friendship-although my teacups do bring much pleasure. It's not the tea, in other words, that makes teatime special, it's the spirit of the tea party. It's what happens when women or men or children make a place in their life for the

Consider the case of two very similar companies, Twitter and Tumblr. Both had brilliant, product-oriented founders in Evan “Ev” Williams and David Karp. Both were hot social media start-ups. Both grew at a remarkable rate after establishing product/ market fit. Both had a major impact on popular culture. Yet Twitter went public and achieved a market capitalization that peaked at nearly $ 37 billion, while Tumblr was acquired by Yahoo!—another start-up that used blitzscaling to become a scale-up, only to decline and fade away—for “only” $ 1 billion. Was this dumb luck on Twitter’s side? Perhaps. Luck always plays a larger role than founders, investors, and the media would like to admit. But a major difference was that Twitter could draw on numerous networks for advice and help that Tumblr could not. For example, Twitter was able to bring in Dick Costolo, a savvy executive with prior scaling experience at Google. In contrast, even though Tumblr was arguably the most prominent start-up in its New York City ecosystem, it couldn’t easily draw upon a pool of local talent who had experience dealing with rapid growth. According to Greylock’s John Lilly, for every executive role that Tumblr needed to fill, there were less than a handful of candidates in all of New York City.

To leave my Julia, shall I be forsworn; To love fair Silvia, shall I be forsworn; To wrong my friend, I shall be much forsworn; And ev'n that power which gave me first my oath Provokes me to this threefold perjury.

Curst be the Gold and Silver which persuade Weak Men to follow far-fatiguing Trade! The Lilly-Peace outshines the silver Store, And Life is dearer than the golden Ore. Yet Money tempts us o'er the Desert brown, To ev'ry distant Mart and wealthy Town: Full oft we tempt the Land and Sea; And are we only yet repay'd by Thee? Ah! why was Ruin so attractive made, Or why fond Man so easily betrayed? -Eclogue the Second. Hassan; or the Camel-driver

Onlar mı evin bir parçası, yoksa ev mi onların bir parçası sorusu, çocukların cevap vermeye hazır olmadıkları bir sorudur. Madem köpeği elinden aldınız, onu aldıktan sonra mutfağı da alın -akşam yemeği için pişen şeyin fırındaki kokusunu da. Sonra çamaşır gününün kokusunu, tahta askılarda kuruyan yünlülerin kokusunu. Küllerin kokusunu. Ocağın üzerinde için için kaynayan sabunun. Otlak çiti yanında bekleyen yaşlı, uslu atı alın. Okuldan geldikten sonra aksam yemeğine oturuncaya kadar onu meşgul eden gündelik işleri alın. Sabahın erken saatlerindeki sisi alin, ağaçların tepelerinde kavga eden kargaların seslerini alın (…) İbrikle leğeni de alın, nasıl olsa her ikisi de kuru ve tuzlu. Kedilerin bir sıra olup oturarak ağızlarını bir karış açıp birilerinin gırtlaklarından aşağıya süt sağmasını bekledikleri inek ahirini da alın. Atların ahırını da alın -saman, toz, at sidiği ve terle lekenmiş eski derilerin kokusunu, açık kapının ardında uzanan sürülmüş tarlayı döven yağmuru. Tüm bunları alırsanız ona ne yapmış olursunuz? O kadar büyük bir yokluk karşısında ona eskisi gibi iyi bir oğlan olmaya devam etmesini söylemenin yararı ne?

REGINA By all that is divine, behold thy bracelet— A stunning piece of jewelry it is! How didst thou come by such a lovely thing? CADY My mother fashion’d it and gave it me. REGINA ’Tis worthy of the public’s admiration. GRETCHEN So fetch it is, it fetcheth ev’ry glance. REGINA What is this “fetch” and, pray, whence cometh it? GRETCHEN A word come swimming ’cross the ocean blue, From England’s ruddy shores. Know’st thou this country?

How do you know but ev’ry Bird that cuts the airy way, Is an immense world of delight, clos’d by your senses five? —William Blake, from “A Memorable Fancy,” The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

So fetch it is, it fetcheth ev’ry glance. REGINA What is this “fetch” and, pray, whence cometh it?

Ev Williams: Success at this magnitude is fucking hard—and unlikely—no matter how great the idea. Because it’s not just an idea—it’s dozens of ideas and hundreds of decisions. The myth is that ideas are stumbled onto fully baked. In reality, they have to be developed.

Ev Williams: Twitter didn’t find immediate product-market fit. Why did it then grow? Because we changed it! And—little-known fact—after that fateful South by Southwest, growth stalled again. And then we changed it more.