Joe Lonsdale Quotes
For me, seed investing isn't just a good return area but a big part of how we network in Silicon Valley. A lot of our best deals have come from being active in the seed stage.
Quotes to Explore
-
The reason for not getting married was that I just didn't have a partner to get married to. Climbing mountains was more attractive to me than marriage, or other fun things like that.
-
I turn into a crying, hysterical maniac when I see a spider. It's pathetic.
-
I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
-
I came from the theater playing leading roles, and when I started doing film and television, I felt as if I had to start from the bottom.
-
Lest Arab governments be tempted out of sheer routine to rush into impulsive rejection, let me suggest that tragedy is not what men suffer but what they miss.
-
I shall produce nothing that will offend the proprieties, whether applied to children or grownups. My pictures are turned out with clean hands and, therefore, with a clear conscience which, like virtue, is its own reward.
-
I was born in Jersey City and raised in Bayonne, New Jersey. It's a town that's next to Jersey City, and I'm still there!
-
I drive a car, like an adult. Not brilliantly. I'm not great.
-
I would love to do some theater.
-
The big issue with rock stars becoming actors is that sometimes it's not believable, and vice versa with actors becoming rock stars. Sometimes just doesn't fit.
-
I detest flying anywhere. Left to my own devices, I'd never leave my keyboard.
-
I have yet to see a drama that puts forward women who are successful and also have a family... they are nearly always seen as victims.
-
You are not alone with a guy until you are a proper age. You don't go to certain levels with men until you are married or you have a certain relationship.
-
Finding a good band is Iike finding a good wife. You got to keep trying till you find the right one.
-
Every company has two organizational structures: The formal one is written on the charts; the other is the everyday relationship of the men and women in the organization.
-
My schedulers keep getting driven crazy by the fact that they can't fit hikes in my schedule.
-
All one needs to do is read - books, magazines, research the Internet - and pay attention to the influencers in their lives to discover the myriad people of strong moral character who have and still are making positive, meaningful contributions and differences in our world.
-
I may adopt. I love children and I do feel the need to take the legacy forward. I am open to it, but emotionally you have to be ready for it. Raising a child is really a huge responsibility. And I should have that time and emotional energy to give to child. How and when is a decision my mother and I will take a few years from now.
-
Decisions of this Court do not have intrinsic authority.
-
I'm just a pretty regular dad.
-
Imperfection and perfection go so hand in hand, and our dark and our light are so intertwined, that by trying to push the darkness or the so-called negative aspects of our life to the side... we are preventing ourselves from the fullness of life.
-
I've discovered that the standard all-American dream of fame and fortune is not success for me. Success for me is simply the joy of working - doing good work - and then bringing that joy home to my family. But if what I do in my work doesn't enrich my life with my family, I'm doing the wrong thing.
-
I think that was the case here. We just wanted it to be good for everybody.
-
For me, seed investing isn't just a good return area but a big part of how we network in Silicon Valley. A lot of our best deals have come from being active in the seed stage.
