Quotes by Bob Young

“George Orwell, James Joyce, Gertrude Stein and almost any writer you could name received rejection letters, ... Margaret Mitchell got rejection letters from 38 different publishers before anyone finally deigned to publish her novel, Gone With The Wind. How many talented writers are there who gave up without ever making it into print because of misguided rejection?”

“Keeping Microsoft decent is allowing companies to offer our products to customers,”

“At the very least, we are now operating on a more level playing field.”

“David came on as project leader to help me,”

“Weve recruited a very professional team and its simply a sign of maturity of our organization that we want the professionals whose careers are at stake in making this thing work properly,”

“Look what weve accomplished so far this year. Were pretty much filling the stadium every night with a team that has only won two games. This is pretty much unheard of in the CFL. This is a sign of the completion of the initial phase of this project . . . The fact David can step out this early is a huge compliment to what he has achieved.”

“Blooks are the hottest new publishing and online trend. So, the newest thing in publishing is the oldest thing: the printed book, reinvented as the blook.”

“[Lulu is launching the Blooker - whose name is an affectionate nod to another important literary prize - as a global contest to mark the 450th anniversary this year of Gutenbergs invention of moveable type in 1455.] Blooks are the latest landmark in the history of books ... They are a new stage in the life-cycle of content, if not an whole new category of literature, with its own creative process and emerging literary style.”

“We have really talented people across our football organization and the results theyve seen this year does not reflect the talent weve got available in this football operation,”

“Whenever something like that happens, its always a function of poor organization less than poor talented people.”