Peter Diamandis Quotes

If anyone has seen success and failure on a global stage, it's my friend Steve Forbes.

Peter Diamandis

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• I don't know if I have a 'Greatest Album Ever.' I really liked 'The Blueprint' by Jay-Z. The production on that album was really great. 'All I Need' was the first song I used for walk-on music in 2002 for my second time ever on stage, so that means a lot to me.

  

  Hannibal Buress
  • Time
  • Great
  • Music

• I think for me, or for anyone who plays the quarterback position, it's almost an unspoken word when you think about leadership. Some guys can be a leader and be a running back or a lineman, or wide receiver, strong safety, or linebacker. But when you speak of quarterbacks, it's automatically a default that you're supposed to be a leader.

  

  Cam Newton
  • Strong
  • Running
  • Leadership

• In this new age of GPS, Google Earth and multidimensional digital maps, mapping is suddenly hugely relevant again.

  

  Hans-Ulrich Obrist
  • Age
  • Earth
  • Google

• I do think people are definitely sick of the Kardashians.

  

  Natasha Leggero
  • People
  • Think
  • Sick

• Look at misfortune the same way you look at success - Don't Panic! Do you best and forget the consequences.

  

  Walt Alston
  • Success
  • Best
  • Consequences

• I have no pretension that I belong in D.C. I mean, I have to be cautious on how we do our restaurant.

  

  Daniel Boulud
  • Mean
  • Restaurant
  • Belong

• When I was a kid, I wrote music - from the age of 11 until the age of 18.

  

  Harrison Birtwistle
  • Music
  • Age
  • Kid

• I think it's funny because on 'Glee Project,' there's that added pressure, but with 'Glee,' there's no element of competition. No one's trying to dance better than anyone. But there's that added pressure of, 'So many people are going to watch 'Glee' this week. If I don't nail this dance, I look like an idiot.'

  

  Samuel Larsen
  • People
  • Trying
  • Funny

• I began photographing in 1946. Before that, I was a painter and drawer, with my mother and father's support. They were a bit pissed when I went into photography. They thought photographers were guys who took pictures at weddings.

  

  Harold Feinstein
  • Mother
  • Father
  • Support

• We lived in a one-bedroom apartment in Northwest D.C. I was essentially raised by a Panamanian man and a Jamaican woman. That's why I have such a fascination with Jamaican food.

  

  Wale
  • Why
  • Man
  • Food

• I think I have character, and that is what people like in me.

  

  Carine Roitfeld
  • People
  • Character
  • Think

• Novels tend to end as the Paternoster begins: with the kingdom of God on earth.

  

  Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
  • God
  • Earth
  • End

• I have never, ever talked about my orientation or sexuality because whether I am heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, asexual, it is my concern. I refuse to talk about it... I have not been brought up to talk about my sex life.

  

  Karan Johar
  • Life
  • Concern
  • Bisexual

• We are such materialists that all our metaphors are going to be material.

  

  J. T. Walsh
  • Going
  • Material
  • Metaphors

• You say 'African music' and you think 'tribal drumming.' But there's a lot of African music that's like James Brown, and a lot, too, that sounds very Hispanic.

  

  Damian Marley
  • Music
  • Think
  • You

• My parents were born in Korea. They spent a good part of their life in Korea.

  

  Randall Park
  • Life
  • Good
  • Parents

• Proteins are constantly being degraded. Therefore, simultaneous production of proteins is required.

  

  Ada Yonath
  • Being
  • Production
  • Proteins

• I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars.

  

  Walt Whitman
  • Work
  • Believe
  • Nature

• I feel it's tougher for the guys, because if I break up with them, then they can go on and be forced to watch me on TV every day. I don't see them.

  

  Tamron Hall
  • Up
  • Me
  • Day

• I think playback singing has a lot to do with voice acting. I would suggest to all the youngsters to understand the character, situation, and the story behind the songs. That is when you can add soul to the rendition which, I think, is missing in today's music.

  

  Lata Mangeshkar
  • Music
  • Character
  • Soul

• My fan base is really expanding into an inter-generational thing - it's what every artist probably hopes for.

  

  Daryl Franklin Hohl

• General: I attempted to take Williamsport yesterday, but found too large a force of infantry and artillery. After a long fight, I withdrew to this place.

  

  John Buford
  • Long

• I've been blackmailed a billion times. I've been sued for ridiculous things. At one point in my life, I was an ATM machine. But I'm used to that. You don't get used to it, but I'm used to the fact that people will do this, even your own family members, and I don't hate none of them.

  

  R. Kelly
  • People
  • Life
  • Family

• If anyone has seen success and failure on a global stage, it's my friend Steve Forbes.

  

  Peter Diamandis
  • Success
  • Friend
  • Failure