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I think the famous line from the Joker really describe startup founders who survive long enough to get a viable startup... "Whatever doesn't kill us only makes us stranger."


(I think you mean Nietzsche: "Was mich nicht umbringt, macht mich stärker."/"What does not kill me makes me stronger.")


I think he meant the Joker (from The Dark Knight), who of course was ripping Nietzsche off.

Nietzsche: God is dead. God: Nietzsche is dead.


"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro" (HST) also sums up a lot ;)


I don't care. Get it right.


He did have it right. He was quoting a different person, who made a different quote, based on the one you're talking about.


No, it is not correct to attribute a line to someone who is merely quoting. The line is spoken in Batman but it is not "from Batman".

Like Ronald Reagan said, "ask not what you can do for your country, ask what your country can do for you"... Lol


Okay, so where is the line "What does not kill us makes us stranger" from then?


I didn't realize it was a different quote. Apologies.


Reminds me of an old Russian saying from the post-revolution Lenin days: "Two steps forward, one step backward" (source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_steps_forward_one_step_back)


..the famous line from the Joker...

Ah America, where memory is indeed short.


Ah America, where memory is indeed short.

Read the quote carefully. There's an "A" in "STRANGER", not an "O".


Ooooh....




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