Esther Dyson Quotes

The best investor is your customer.

Esther Dyson

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• The horror genre is not my favorite. I think it's fun, there's a great place for it and I get a kick out of it, but some stuff I'm too old for. You can't just take 10 guys and stick them in a cabin and off them one at a time - I'm not vested.

  

  Jackie Earle Haley
  • Time
  • Great
  • Fun

• Undeniably, I'm a country singer; I'm a country songwriter. But I feel like I make country music for people who like country music and for people who don't.

  

  Kacey Musgraves
  • People
  • Music
  • Country

• My parents aren't married. And one of the reasons why they never got married is because they had been married before, and they liked it the way it was. They didn't feel like they needed a piece of paper to be committed. So for me, I know that marriage is not a golden ticket.

  

  Kate Hudson
  • Why
  • Parents
  • Me

• I believe things happen that can't be explained, but so many people seem intent on explaining them. Everyone has an answer for them. Either aliens or things from the spirit world.

  

  Harold Ramis
  • People
  • World
  • Believe

• Nobody likes, you know, the ugly parts of politics.

  

  Barbara Bush
  • Know
  • Politics
  • Ugly

• I really believe in, 'Move on, live and let live, forgive and forget.'

  

  Kate Winslet
  • Believe
  • Live
  • Forgive

• As to my Title, I know not yet whether it will be honourable or dishonourable, the issue of the War must Settle it. Perhaps our Congress will be Exalted on a high Gallows.

  

  Abraham Clark
  • War
  • High
  • Know

• It's nice when people say, 'God, I've been listening to you since 1963 or 1985, or whatever.' I appreciate anybody who goes out and buys music these days.

  

  Loudon Wainwright III
  • People
  • Music
  • God

• We all ought to understand we're on our own. Believing in Santa Claus doesn't do kids any harm for a few years but it isn't smart for them to continue waiting all their lives for him to come down the chimney with something wonderful. Santa Claus and God are cousins.

  

  Andy Rooney
  • God
  • Believe
  • Kids

• The more prosperous and settled a nation, the more readily it tends to think of war as a regrettable accident; to nations less fortunate the chance of war presents itself as a possible bountiful friend.

  

  Lewis H. Lapham
  • War
  • Friend
  • Chance

• You have to have something that is forever, something that is invisible.

  

  Beyonce Destiny's Child
  • Forever
  • Invisible

• I realize now that people are not thinking about you and me or caring what is said about us. They are thinking about themselves-before breakfast, after breakfast, and right on until ten minutes past midnight. They would be a thousand times more concerned about a slight headache of their own than they would about the news of your death or mine.

  

  Dale Carnegie
  • People
  • Thinking
  • Death

• Happiness is about what happens to you; and, to an extent, it's dependent on your circumstances, your behaviors, and your attitudes. But the joy of Christ is much, much bigger. The joy of Christ is about relationship with a person. It's something you have access to, but it's also something you must choose. Christian joy shows up not only in the happy times but also in times of trial and discouragement.

  

  David Jeremiah
  • Up
  • Happy
  • Relationship

• I think herd mentality is a good thing overall. Because if every sheep had to figure out the velocity of the wolf and their personal risk, that would take forever.

  

  Neal Barnard
  • Good
  • Forever
  • Risk

• I just remember Bruce Lee blowing my mind on the screen, and I thought to myself, Thats what I want to do for a living when Im older. Bruce Lee was so magnetic and charismatic and held the screen so well.

  

  Scott Adkins
  • Mind
  • Remember
  • Want

• "Yog" is an abbreviation - my real name is Yorgos, which is Greek for George.

  

  George Michael
  • Greek
  • Real Name
  • Abbreviation

• One week I was in school and the next I'm at Leavesden Studios in Dumbledore's office reading scenes with Daniel Radcliffe. Weird. And terrifying for such a huge 'Harry Potter' fan.

  

  Evanna Lynch
  • School
  • Reading
  • Scenes

• I think the media world is adjusting to the digital age.

  

  Gary Bettman
  • World
  • Age
  • Media

• When your child comes to you at a young age and declares he or she is passionate about this or that, the natural tendency for many parents, out of love, is to simply support that decision. That's the path of least resistance, but it's not necessarily the best path, in my opinion.

  

  Naveen Jain
  • Parents
  • Child
  • Young

• The customer is never wrong.

  

  Cesar Ritz
  • Wrong
  • Customer

• We should never be allowed to forget that it is the customer who, in the end, determines how many people are employed and what sort of wages companies can afford.

  

  Alfred Robens
  • Forget
  • Companies
  • Customer

• The best investor is your customer.

  

  Esther Dyson
  • Customer
  • Investor