Seth Godin Quotes
No more than six words on a slide. Ever. There is no presentation so complex that this rule needs to be broken.
Quotes to Explore
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I think a lot of people have a problem with the fact that I've adopted an African child, a child who has a different color skin than I do.
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All of the great writers whom I admire have died. I guess the most recent one would be Marquez.
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The preachers commission is to declare the whole counsel of God; but the cross is the center of that counsel.
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It is my absolute intent to hold the line on taxes.
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I just like writing lyrics. I find a little satisfaction in performing live, making records. But primarily, I just try to write every day.
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It would be a terrible mistake to go through life thinking that people are the sum total of what you see.
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I was obsessed with The Sound of Music. I always feel nostalgic watching it.
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Regardless of what people ultimately think about Crazy As Hell, It's not the type of film that, ten minutes after seeing it, you're only focused on what you want to eat.
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The French people have chosen change. This change I will put into place.
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I adore jokes. They're a theatrical contrivance, but the irony of all fiction is that you approach reality by avoiding it a bit; you spoof it a bit.
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That's why I like listening to Schubert while I'm driving. Like I said, it's because all his performances are imperfect. A dense, artistic kind of imperfection stimulates your consciousness, keeps you alert. If I listen to some utterly perfect performance of an utterly perfect piece while I'm driving, I might want to close my eyes and die right then and there. But listening to the D major, I can feel the limits of what humans are capable of - that a certain type of perfection can only be realized through a limitless accumulation of the imperfect. And personally I find that encouraging.
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The difference between an actor and a star is the budget and the overall presentation of a film.
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Recording at home enables one to eliminate the demo stage, and the presentation stage in the studio, too.
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I enjoy bringing humanity to complex characters.
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I find the public passion for justice quite boring and artificial.
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I have never come across someone who could inspire more respect than the Greek philosophers.
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Sometimes when I'm writing a superhero story I wonder if they really have to punch each other in the face. Is that really going to solve anything? I feel the same way sometimes when I watch episodes of Law & Order. I'm like, "Yeah, right. You found the sex offender and now everything is fine." TV is big on closure, but I think closure is horseshit in real life. I'm still haunted by stuff I did in my teen years when I think about it too much.
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Every soldier knows this simple fact: If you don't know your enemy, you will not be able to defeat him.
