John Naisbitt Quotes

We must learn to balance the material wonders of technology with the spiritual demands of our human race.

John Naisbitt

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• I'm cranky.

  

  Larry David
  • Cranky

• I find it fascinating that a lot of business books that do well are from people who've never made any money in business.

  

  Gary Vaynerchuk
  • People
  • Money
  • Business

• But are not the dreams of poets and the tales of travellers notoriously false?

  

  H. P. Lovecraft
  • Dreams
  • False
  • Tales

• Every man is different. You can't generalize with men; you have to find out what your man wants. You have to listen to him when he's telling you what he wants, because a lot of times they're telling you, but you're not listening.

  

  Karrine Steffans
  • Men
  • Different
  • Man

• Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts; not amid joy.

  

  Felicia Hemans
  • Long
  • Joy
  • Suffering

• The production value of YouTube videos is not there.

  

  Dana Brunetti
  • Value
  • Production
  • YouTube

• When I put together a graphic novel, I don't think about literary prose. I think about storytelling.

  

  Ted Rall
  • Together
  • Think
  • I Think

• I take my work seriously.

  

  Daniel Craig
  • Work
  • Take
  • Seriously

• Some of the craziest people I've met, in my life, are some of the most brilliant people I've met.

  

  Katee Sackhoff
  • People
  • Life
  • My Life

• Do not write if there is no tremendous urge to do so. At the heart, there must be an inspiration or muse or one of those old-fashioned things. Else, why bore yourself, destroy other people's interest and kill trees?

  

  Vikram Seth
  • Heart
  • Inspiration
  • Write

• One of the few times I saw my mother cry was when Lennon died, and the other time was when Elvis died.

  

  Sam Taylor-Wood
  • Time
  • Mother
  • Cry

• Every European goes on the streets and sees medieval churches. Not if you live in Indianapolis. The most exciting letters I received were from people in places like that.

  

  Umberto Eco
  • People
  • Live
  • Places

• I always got nervous the nights we played in the World Series. First pitch, I was nervous. Then after that, forget it; I'd start playing.

  

  Yogi Berra
  • World
  • Forget
  • Start

• Bullying is something every kid in public, parochial, or private school has witnessed by graduation. While unfortunate, it is part of growing up.

  

  Pat Buchanan
  • Up
  • School
  • Growing

• You feel yourself working to show something. I've learned to distrust that feeling.

  

  Ralph Fiennes
  • Feeling
  • You
  • Feel

• My fans are pretty spot-on with their gifts. This girl that was super into baking had made this entire batch of cookies - there were one with a dandelion on it, one with a trailer, and some had my face.

  

  Kacey Musgraves
  • Pretty
  • Girl
  • Cookies

• How prone poor Humanity is to dam up the minutest remnants of its freedom, and build an artificial roof to prevent it looking up to the clear blue sky.

  

  E. T. A. Hoffmann
  • Up
  • Freedom
  • Humanity

• I thought, I need to reinvent myself. I want every day of life to be wonderful, fascinating, interesting, creative. And what am I gonna do to make that happen?

  

  Karen Allen
  • Life
  • Interesting
  • Day

• So I think the fans will be totally interested in the new developments and delighted that the old developments are still there and that they can still see some of the old characters maybe reappear.

  

  Andreas Katsulas

• I'd seen Elijah [Wood], when I was a little boy, in The Good Son. And then, I was a huge fan of The Lord of the Rings. It took awhile to get over that whole, "That's Elijah Wood - Frodo, from The Lord of the Rings." I was a mega fan of that. I went to the all-day screenings of the director's cut, where you could see the really long versions of all three movies, in one day.

  

  Samuel Barnett
  • Good
  • Long
  • Day

• If I get incensed about some injustice, you can't make me – I will not just going to sit at my desk, at my computer all the time. I – I might want to march out on that.

  

  Barbara Ehrenreich
  • Time
  • Want
  • Might

• When we aren't collectively imagining hopeful futures, then the way things are going almost invariably seems negative and frightening.

  

  Mohsin Hamid
  • Future
  • Negative
  • Hopeful

• We must learn to balance the material wonders of technology with the spiritual demands of our human race.

  

  John Naisbitt
  • Technology
  • Spiritual
  • Balance