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

• Reputation, reputation, reputation! O, I ha' lost my reputation, I ha' lost the immortal part of myself, and what remains is bestial!

  

  William Shakespeare
  • Character
  • Lost
  • Reputation

• One Book is enough, but a thousand books is not too many!

  

  Martin Luther
  • Enough
  • Books

• I auditioned for the role of an angel in the Nativity play at school. I didn't get it. I auditioned for Mary; didn't get it. So I made up the character of the sheep who sat next to Baby Jesus.

  

  Nicole Kidman
  • School
  • Character
  • Angel

• When you're in a different place every day, there's this kind of madness that sets in.

  

  Sia LSD
  • Different

• We have Al Jazeera Arabic news, Al Jazeera English news, of course; we have three sports channels, and we have Al Jazeera Mubasher, which is a live channel that broadcasts live press conferences and symposiums and meetings. And, of course, we have Al Jazeera commentary in Arabic.

  

  Wadah Khanfar
  • Live
  • Sports
  • English

• 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