Jim Clark Quotes
16 quotes from Jim Clark — Founder of Silicon Graphics, Netscape, and Healtheon..
“The supreme attraction of motor racing to me is driving a car as near the physical limit as possible without stepping over it.”
“I have always recognised and respected the safety limits for myself and other drivers, and I would far rather lose a race any day than overstep myself or my car.”
“If there was nothing to be frightened of, any silly bugger could get in the motor car.”
“I do think of the danger, from time to time. Especially when there are a lot of trees about.”
“If you do go off, you're gonna hit them, hard.”
“The man with natural ability uses finer limits than the man who has none.”
“I'd get myself madder than hell and take off!”
“I say 'probably' just for the forms' sake, because I'm convinced Jimmy is the best in the world.”
“He's a born driver, boy, and you know the difference between a born driver and a made driver is the difference between night and day.”
“Microsoft was founded the same year as SGI, and they both went public in 1986. I had the experience of my own foolhardy opinion of the PC in those days — that it was a 'toy' unworthy of the attention of real computer scientists.”
“The IPO was the big bang event. It changed everything. Before that, the internet was this thing for academics and nerds. After that, it was the gold rush.”
“The Valley investment climate has changed so much since I was there I couldn't go back there. I'm not interested in those kinds of competitive bidding wars, because you create a couple hundred unicorns and it's false.”
“You've got to give employees liquidity. If you don't, you're holding them hostage. You basically have slave labor. They're tied to you, they can't really sell the stock, and if they do they're going to sell it at a discount. You've got to make a liquid public security to be fair to your employees, otherwise you're just screwing them.”
“Don't be afraid to cannibalize your product. You must be willing to challenge your own product lines. For example, Barnes and Noble could have addressed the Internet, but didn't until Amazon forced them to. That is the worst way to do it.”
“His mere presence on a scene inspired the question that propels every adventure story forward: what will happen next? I had no idea and neither did he.”
“Often starting with the best intentions or no intentions at all, he turned people's lives upside down and subjected them to the most vicious force a human being can be subjected to, change.”
