In Silicon Valley, when you’re a private company, the entrepreneur can do no wrong. Ben Horowitz Read Quote
There are good reasons for not wanting to host the Olympics. The Games can be costly and, in spite of their patriotic overtones, can unintentionally expose a nation’s weaknesses to the world. Mary Pilon Read Quote
The people I really admire, like William Blake and John Coltrane and Richard Wagner, had these ridiculously full universes that took their entire lives to describe. David Longstreth Read Quote
Buddhists talk about nirvana in very much the same terms as monotheists describe God. Karen Armstrong Read Quote
Most of the planet’s terrestrial surfaces are visually accessible through video cameras and satellite imagery, if not physically within reach. Even the approaches to Mount Everest are now littered with human debris. One can drive to Timbuktu, which for centuries was synonymous with inaccessibility. Alan Huffman Read Quote
I think it’s pathetic that women and men treat each other worse than we treat our pets. It’s love or hate. Gene Simmons Read Quote
It’s great to get an ‘F’, but you also want to give the sense that there’s something outside achievement. I’ve seen a lot of so-called high-achievers who don’t feel they’ve achieved much. Alain de Botton Read Quote
I always encourage people to pay themselves first, so I really advocate setting up direct deposit for your paycheck and establishing an automatic transfer so that part of each paycheck goes straight into your savings account. Alexa Von Tobel Read Quote
I get tips from Bob Gaudio. And one of my songs somehow caught the attention of one of my idols, Marty Panzer, who wrote big hits for Barry Manilow. So two guys who inspired me to write lyrics are now teaching me to write. Erich Bergen Read Quote
