Jason Fried Quotes

To say that the grocery business is cutthroat would be a major understatement.

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• Memorial services are the cocktail parties of the geriatric set.

  

  Harold MacMillan
  • Memorial
  • Parties
  • Cocktail

• This is something I've wanted to do my whole life is play baseball, and I think just the opportunity to put on a big-league uniform every day is just... you know, people dream of it, but not everybody gets to do it. I'm thankful every day I get to do it.

  

  Jacob deGrom
  • People
  • Life
  • Dream

• It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it.

  

  E. W. Howe
  • May
  • Cold
  • Friendship

• I've written many extra verses to songs that I learned to sing - an extra verse about a friend, or just add some verse - and that led to writing my own songs.

  

  Jackson Browne
  • Writing
  • Friend
  • Add

• I think about death most of the day, every day. We can't escape death, and choosing to ignore it only makes it more scary.

  

  Caitlin Doughty
  • Think
  • Death
  • Day

• I love science fiction. I always have, ever since I was a kid. I love a lot of science fiction writers. William Gibson is one of my favorite writers.

  

  Tahmoh Penikett
  • Science
  • Kid
  • Fiction

• In Hinduism, Shiva is a deity who represents transformation. Through destruction and restoration, Shiva reminds us that endings are beginnings, and that our world is constantly undergoing a cycle of birth, death and rebirth.

  

  Karen Salmansohn
  • World
  • Death
  • Transformation

• If you always feel like an imposter, you work harder, and that makes you better at your job. You've got to keep a level of variation; otherwise, you'll end up talking about nails and beauty products all the time.

  

  Edie Campbell
  • Up
  • Time
  • Work

• I picture my books as movies when I get stuck, and when I'm working on a new idea, the first thing I do is hit theaters to work out pacing and mood.

  

  Maggie Stiefvater
  • Work
  • Picture
  • Movies

• Years ago, I carved out an identity, and it has always been about having a voice to tell people about stuff I love.

  

  Eddie Trunk
  • People
  • Love
  • Identity

• As much as possible, I try to encourage people to use stunt men because that is really their job.

  

  Sam Neill
  • People
  • Men
  • Job

• Well, I certainly did not think that I could do worse.

  

  D. W. Griffith
  • Think
  • Well
  • Did

• I've served on the International Relations Committee.

  

  Sam Brownback
  • International
  • Committee

• From LeBron's standpoint, if a guy like Kyrie walks away - that creates doubt. But Kyrie committed right away, and that's a major statement about his faith in us.

  

  Dan Gilbert
  • Guy
  • Faith
  • Like

• My career is an open book, but my life is not.

  

  Barry Bonds
  • Life
  • Book
  • Career

• The beautiful thing about hip-hop is it's like an audio collage. You can take any form of music and do it in a hip-hop way and it'll be a hip-hop song. That's the only music you can do that with.

  

  Talib Kweli Black Star
  • Music
  • Beautiful
  • Song

• I just love writing. It's magical, it's somewhere else to go, it's somewhere much more dreadful, somewhere much more exciting. Somewhere I feel I belong, possibly more than in the so-called real world.

  

  Tanith Lee
  • World
  • Feel
  • Belong

• Old age and sickness bring out the essential characteristics of a man.

  

  Felix Frankfurter
  • Age
  • Man
  • Old Age

• Contrary to what Kafka does, I always like to refer all of my fictions to the level of reality, He, on the other hand, leaves them at an imaginary level.

  

  Manuel Puig
  • Reality
  • Hand
  • Always

• After graduating college, I finally allowed myself to strive for what I loved to do, even if there were no guarantees that I would be able to make a living off of acting. This, combined with my life experiences prior - like stars aligning - led me to this lovely role of Katana within the DC Comics universe.

  

  Karen Fukuhara
  • Life
  • College
  • Universe

• In Cleveland, music was always a big part of my life. That's really where I cut my teeth.

  

  Mark Foster Foster the People
  • Life
  • Music

• There is no health without mental health; mental health is too important to be left to the professionals alone, and mental health is everyone's business.

  

  Vikram Patel
  • Important
  • Business
  • Alone

• I respect Billy Joel, but I'm not a guy who's gonna sit down and listen to the entire 'Essential Billy Joel.'

  

  Garth Risk Hallberg
  • Guy
  • Respect
  • Down

• To say that the grocery business is cutthroat would be a major understatement.

  

  Jason Fried
  • Business