Seth Godin Quotes
The key to getting a reputation for being brilliant is actually being brilliant, not just acting like you are.
Quotes to Explore
-
Scratch a Yale man with both hands and you'll be lucky to find a coast-guard. Usually you find nothing at all.
-
I'm from Miami, I love it when we're out in the heat. When it's cold, I'm like, 'I'm never acting again,' because it's too freezing.
-
If I allow journalists to describe a collection and they make mistakes, I'm upset, because the retractions are never noticed.
-
I got fired for giving coffee away. It was just my regulars. I'd say, 'Don't worry about it,' and they'd put down a dollar tip. Technically, I was stealing. Ethically, I was boosting morale!
-
I'm a huge Disney nut. I have been since I was a little kid.
-
When you're in a band, it's like everyone's the CEO, and anyone could destroy it at any moment.
-
I think as a rifle platoon and company commander your view is about 1,000 meters in front of you and you hope you can cover that ground and not have to back up and give it up again.
-
Very often, the judgments by ordinary citizens may be better than those by professional economists, being more rooted in reality and less narrowly focused.
-
I'm curvy.
-
We see entrepreneurship and small businesses and supply chains as a critical part of the economic growth and competitiveness agenda.
-
Religion is meant to teach us true spiritual human character. It is meant for self-transformation. It is meant to transform anxiety into peace, arrogance into humility, envy into compassion, to awaken the pure soul in man and his love for the Source, which is God.
-
The challenge in multi-lateral negotiations is not to lose sight of one's over-arching goal in the midst of the cacophony of opinions at the bargaining table.
-
Customers often value a good more when its price goes up. One reason may be its signaling value. An expensive handcrafted mechanical watch may tell time no more accurately than a cheap quartz model; but, because few people can afford one, buying it signals that the owner is rich.
-
Let's face it, the great comedians now that are handicapped in the looks department are tremendous writers.
-
I just can't do heels any more. At least not when I'm working. I travel a lot.
-
Women and girls are disproportionately affected by landmines. They have different needs when it comes to education about risks. And they may face greater challenges when a family member is killed or injured.
-
People can drink with their eyes; I can eat with my nose.
-
I thought I could never write a proper book; I'd never done it before. But I thought I could write a sequence. Then I had a chapter. The next thing I knew I was turning acting down.
-
A lot of people don't know how to talk on the phone anymore.
-
Infinity has got to become mine so that I can know which way to turn, so that I can know in what direction something like morning is breaking.
-
I went to Antarctica on a science research boat just to sort of clear my head.
-
One truth discovered is immortal, and entitles its author to be so; for, like a new substance in nature, it cannot be destroyed.
-
The 8 key words that will move practically anyone to your side of the issue: 'If you can't do it, I'll definitely understand.'
-
The key to getting a reputation for being brilliant is actually being brilliant, not just acting like you are.
