Mark Pincus Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
You don't always get to work as much as you like, because I'm waiting to find things that I care about. Sometimes that's frustrating.
-
There is no button that you push and the next day you become independent.
-
I don't really know why I care so much. I just have something inside me that tells me that there is a problem, and I have got to do something about it. I think that is what I would call the God in me.
-
I never left doo wop.
-
I suppose I often think of my writing as quite impersonal. But it turned out, when my father died, writing was exactly what I wanted to do.
-
You've got to really be able to accept the rejection.
-
I love cycling.
-
Some talk shows have become so exploitive and tabloid, I wonder if I can believe some of their guests. Where do they find these guests, and why do they deserve air time?
-
I like to look at 'A Place in the Sun' every now and get inspired by it.
-
We've all read, I'm sure, a Superman book where we didn't really feel like we knew the character. Where the writer, often with the best of intentions, has tried put a personal stamp on the character, whether it be to try and make him more current, or cool, or have a broader appeal, etc.
-
To make the child in your own image is a capital crime, for your image is not worth repeating. The child knows this and you know it. Consequently you hate each other.
-
For many children, the library represents their only access to books, reading, and the Internet outside of their home. If you think about how far behind a child would be without access to these fundamental tools - tools that are vital to successful employment later in life - it's a travesty.
-
Sometimes those big bloated superhero movies take themselves too seriously compared to the material they were based on. Am I going to listen to psychoanalysis from someone with a mask?
-
He that strives to touch the starts, oft stumbles at a straw.
-
To be outspoken is easy when you do not wait to speak the complete truth.
-
I was a huge 'Street Fighter' fan, and I actually still am. The only game I really was good at was 'Street Fighter.'
-
Every single administration in American political history has put cronies and pals and donors into political positions. But normally those people become the ambassador to Liechtenstein or the deputy undersecretary of commerce.
-
I try to avoid experience if I can. Most experience is bad.
-
I'd play the same character for ten years if the words and the moments that I'm playing are authentic.
-
Not a lot of people know me outside of athletics and believe it or not I am actually quite shy. The exhilaration of a win or tears after falling are the extremes. It takes me a while to get to know someone, but once I do I am very loyal to my old friends.
-
As you get older, you become more vain. But as your looks slowly deteriorate, your eyesight worsens, so it all balances out.
-
There are always some surprises in the draw when people are playing pretty well.
-
It's so gratifying to see people face to face who get to meet the people who are giving them a fair price for their work. They can now provide medical support for their kids, give them better education and in general have a better standard of living. God knows they deserve it.
-
My approach is that you have to earn the respect of people you work with.
