John Collison Quotes

Marketplaces by their nature tend to grow faster than most other companies.

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• Most people treat the present moment as if it were an obstacle that they need to overcome. Since the present moment is life itself, it is an insane way to live.

  

  Eckhart Tolle
  • People
  • Life
  • Live

• It's very hard to maintain focus in the gym.

  

  Patrick Wilson
  • Focus
  • Gym
  • Very

• I think that when we strip people down, most of us want the same things. People just have very different views of how to get there.

  

  Dan Gilbert
  • People
  • Different
  • Think

• I got to dress up in funny clothes and run around New Zealand with a bow and arrow for 18 months, how bad could that be?

  

  Orlando Bloom
  • Up
  • Bad
  • Funny

• There's no such thing as a non-final cut director.

  

  Abel Ferrara
  • Thing
  • Director
  • Cut

• I've been missing Japanese literature so much of late.

  

  Utada Hikaru
  • Literature
  • Missing
  • Japanese

• It is a mistake to fancy that horror is associated inextricably with darkness, silence, and solitude.

  

  H. P. Lovecraft
  • Mistake
  • Silence
  • Darkness

• Um, well, I made a new CD called 'Dream With Me' and it's out now, and I'm really excited about it.

  

  Jackie Evancho
  • Dream
  • New
  • Really

• Never let an inventor run a company. You can never get him to stop tinkering and bring something to market.

  

  E. F. Schumacher
  • Stop
  • Never
  • Company

• Every single figure on Mount Rushmore was a third party at one time or another, so third parties become major parties, and I think that the Libertarian Party may become my major party.

  

  Gary Johnson
  • Time
  • May
  • Think

• I would rather be the tail of a lion than the head of a mouse.

  

  Daddy Yankee
  • Head
  • Lion
  • Mouse

• The voice of the intelligence is drowned out by the roar of fear. It is ignored by the voice of desire. It is contradicted by the voice of shame. It is biased by hate and extinguished by anger. Most of all it is silenced by ignorance.

  

  Karl A. Menninger
  • Fear
  • Hate
  • Desire

• I don't believe in total freedom for the artist. Left on his own, free to do anything he likes, the artist ends up doing nothing at all. If there's one thing that's dangerous for an artist, it's precisely this question of total freedom, waiting for inspiration and the rest of it.

  

  Federico Fellini
  • Believe
  • Freedom
  • Artist

• I have this concept that I call 'Combo Meals.' The idea is that I start with the kids' meal and then add a few more ingredients, and it becomes the adult meal. This way I'm not making two entirely separate dishes. I'm just simply adding on to what I'm already making.

  

  Tamra Davis
  • Kids
  • Way
  • Start

• It's always nice when someone comes up to you and tells you they enjoy the show. At least they're not coming up and saying how much they hate it.

  

  Sam Heughan
  • Up
  • Hate
  • Nice

• Quarterbacks need to make their team better. If it's a bad team, they can even make a bad team better.

  

  Fran Tarkenton
  • Bad
  • Team
  • Better

• When I meet a person and that chemistry is there, I cannot hide the electricity. I need to learn more about him, and once I feel safe, I'm gone, I'm in love, and I give it my all!

  

  Taraji P. Henson
  • Love
  • Person
  • Feel

• In times of joy, all of us wished we possessed a tail we could wag.

  

  W. H. Auden
  • Joy
  • Happiness
  • U.S.

• Be patient, work hard and consistently, have faith in your writing, and don't be afraid to listen to constructive criticism.

  

  Jonathan Galassi
  • Work
  • Writing
  • Faith

• Everybody makes mistakes, but when goalkeepers make them, it is costly. That's the nature of being a goalkeeper.

  

  Gary Speed
  • Nature
  • Mistakes
  • Goalkeeper

• That's part of the curse: If you're gonna play the song, you better play it. I've tried to phone in 'Jeremy' a few times, and it's tough. It doesn't work.

  

  Eddie Vedder Pearl Jam
  • Work
  • Song
  • Tough

• The time between appearances for us is so great that we lose track of it. It would be like watching 'Ben Hur' at one frame a second. There would be long periods of time where absolutely nothing was going on.

  

  Dwight Schultz
  • Time
  • Great
  • Long

• A writer never reads his work. For him, it is the unreadable, a secret, and he cannot remain face to face with it. A secret, because he is separated from it.

  

  Maurice Blanchot
  • Work

• Marketplaces by their nature tend to grow faster than most other companies.

  

  John Collison
  • Nature