John Battelle Quotes

Bill Gates has become the patron saint of philanthropy and the poster child of rebirth, and from what I can tell, rightly so.

John Battelle

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• As with the onset of sudden celebrity, for the newly rich, the world often becomes a darker, narrower, less generous place; a paradox that elicits scant sympathy, but is nonetheless true.

  

  Felix Dennis
  • World
  • True
  • Celebrity

• The average man's judgment is so poor, he runs a risk every time he uses it.

  

  E. W. Howe
  • Time
  • Man
  • Risk

• So, you know, parenting is a very intimate and amazing experience and one of the best experiences of my life.

  

  Uma Thurman
  • Life
  • Experience
  • Amazing

• Greetings and death to our enemies.

  

  Dan Aykroyd
  • Death
  • Enemies
  • Our

• I love Jonathan Richman - I love a lot of his music, and the thing I really like about him is his attitude. He seems very happy, and the way he performs is like, 'Don't worry, everybody, just get into it. I'm just having fun; I like when you guys are having fun.'

  

  Mac DeMarco
  • Music
  • Happy
  • Fun

• Marching thus at night, a battalion is doubly impressive. The silent monster is full of restrained power; resolute in its onward sweep, impervious to danger, it looks a menacing engine of destruction, steady to its goal, and certain of its mission.

  

  Patrick MacGill
  • Power
  • Night
  • Goal

• Even when you're 50, you can make the effort to improve your standards.

  

  Edmund Hillary
  • You
  • Effort
  • Improve

• I like pastels and lighter shades on darker skins. I feel like it lifts everything and accentuates being chocolate.

  

  Laura Mvula
  • Like
  • Everything
  • Chocolate

• I don't think that modesty is the outstanding characteristic of contemporary politics, do you?'

  

  Edward Heath

• Agathon: One must not try to trick misfortune, but resign oneself to it with good grace. (tr. Athen. 1912, vol. 2, p. 278) (tr. O'Neill 1938, Perseus)

  

  Aristophanes
  • Good

• The devil ain't got no music. All music is God's music.

  

  Mavis Staples
  • Music
  • God
  • Devil

• We were kinda rebels. From the wrong side of the tracks. Down where we were raised, it was a tough town.

  

  Gary Rossington Lynyrd Skynyrd

• An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision.

  

  James Whistler
  • Vision

• I believe that all of us are born heterosexual, physically created with a plumbing that's heterosexual, and created with the instincts and desires that are basically, fundamentally, heterosexual.

  

  Jerry Falwell
  • Believe

• I wanna be a nice guy.

  

  David Guetta
  • Guy
  • Nice

• Growing up I played in garage bands and cover bands with my older brother, and he got us a gig opening up for some hippie jam band. I was 15. I felt like such an adult!

  

  Charles Kelley Lady Antebellum
  • Up
  • Growing
  • Band

• I think I need a little break. I've got a two-year old. I'll be part of The Leisure Class for a while.

  

  Lauren Ambrose

• When I was in my 20s, I learned not only how to work hard but about the importance of focus.

  

  Dara Khosrowshahi
  • Work
  • Focus

• Rather than disliking theatre, I've expressed a preference for television because it tends to deal in its small way much more with issues and is able to reach a broader church of people than theatre.

  

  Christopher Eccleston
  • People
  • Small
  • Church

• My brother Steve, who was a few years older than me, had 'Bad' on tape, and I remember listening to 'Smooth Criminal' and just thinking it was the coolest thing ever. I must have been five or six at the time, and I remember walking around school by myself thinking I was Michael Jackson. I wasn't dancing, exactly - more like walking musically.

  

  Kevin Parker Tame Impala
  • Time
  • Thinking
  • School

• No one is more keen than me to see the Hunting Act repealed, because I believe in the management of wildlife.

  

  Owen Paterson
  • Believe
  • Me
  • Management

• As a society we should be encouraging people out of the debt-culture mindset, not promoting it.

  

  Naomie Harris
  • People
  • Society
  • Culture

• Why did people run around in random directions when shooting started instead of literally hitting the deck to stay out of the line of fire? How stupid could you get?

  

  Cheyenne McCray
  • People
  • Running
  • Fire

• Bill Gates has become the patron saint of philanthropy and the poster child of rebirth, and from what I can tell, rightly so.

  

  John Battelle