Seth Godin Quotes

Art is never defect-free. Things that are remarkable never meet spec, because that would make them standardized, not worth talking about.

Seth Godin

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• Live TV has an amazing pace to it. You've got to be able to think quick, make changes last minute, and be funny and fast.

  

  J. B. Smoove
  • Live
  • Funny
  • Amazing

• I'm always nervous when I start a new picture.

  

  Lana Turner
  • Always
  • Picture
  • Start

• Jane Austen's characters for women are always very strong, opinionated and elegantly written, so they're always great for an actress to have a chance to do.

  

  Tamsin Egerton
  • Great
  • Women
  • Strong

• A quarterback is always going to be the most valuable player on a football field because he touches the ball every single offensive play.

  

  J. J. Watt
  • Single
  • Play
  • Football

• My parents live out in the middle of nowhere, in the middle of this peach orchard. It's actually Peach County, one of the largest peach-growing counties in Georgia. It's very rural, and there is nothing much going on, so I guess that's had a big influence on everything as far as just not having much to do.

  

  Washed Out
  • Live
  • Parents
  • Growing

• If you employ an army, have money, bombard cyberspace with misinformation, innocent people tend to buy it.

  

  Kapil Sibal
  • People
  • Money
  • Army

• When I'm in 'Man vs. Wild' mode, it's not pleasure. Every sensor is firing and I'm on reserve power all the time and I'm digging deep - and that's the magic of it as well, and that's raw and it's great.

  

  Bear Grylls
  • Time
  • Great
  • Power

• People always tell me I'm going to regret not having kids. But what if I have one and then I regret having it? Has anyone thought of that option?

  

  Karl Pilkington
  • People
  • Kids
  • Thought

• Acting is great therapy - you get to do things you'd normally get arrested for.

  

  Ian McShane
  • Great
  • You
  • Acting

• And so, the youngsters you have today, even though there are far fewer of them - in World War II 16.5 million men and women in uniform, today roughly a million in uniform in spite of the fact that the country is almost twice as large a population as we had in World War II.

  

  Oliver North
  • World
  • Men
  • Women

• Over the years, I have realized that there's more to a film's fate than just good acting and a solid script. It needs to be marketed well. It's the package that sells - the songs, action, actors, etc.

  

  Randeep Hooda
  • Good
  • Action
  • Fate

• Be as polite to the custodian as you are to the chairman of the board.

  

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
  • You
  • Board
  • Chairman

• When we set out our original program from the beginning, obviously our markets were pretty limited, and we were thinking about them mostly as U.S. shows, and they would travel like other U.S. shows have.

  

  Ted Sarandos
  • Thinking
  • Pretty
  • Beginning

• A lot of people heard 'Murda Business' and thought it was about killing people, trying to be tough and hardcore. If you actually listen to the lyrics, it's kind of silly and playful.

  

  Iggy Azalea
  • People
  • Trying
  • Business

• Like I said, I'm just trying to continue to improve and get better.

  

  Karrie Webb
  • Trying
  • Better
  • Said

• The victory march will continue until the Palestinian flag flies in Jerusalem and in all of Palestine.

  

  Yasser Arafat
  • Victory
  • March
  • Jerusalem

• I've never had a problem with people paying attention to what you're doing and say they find that they liked it.

  

  Viggo Mortensen
  • People
  • Attention
  • Problem

• You have a right to your opinion about the work that you're doing. An artist is as equally important as the director. If you believe that, you can work in any circumstances.

  

  Maggie Gyllenhaal
  • Work
  • Believe
  • Important

• My physical transformations - like changing my hair - are usually a reflection of what's inspiring me at the moment.

  

  Madonna Breakfast Club
  • Hair
  • Moment
  • Reflection

• It is generally a feminine eye that first detects the moral deficiencies hidden under the 'dear deceit' of beauty.

  

  T. S. Eliot
  • Moral
  • Eye
  • Beauty

• Along with success comes a reputation for wisdom.

  

  Euripides
  • Success
  • Wisdom
  • Reputation

• The name Peace River itself is the monument of a successful effort on the part of the Company to bring about a better understanding between the Crees and the Beavers.

  

  Ernest Thompson Seton
  • Understanding
  • Effort
  • Successful

• I did art; I made furniture. I didn't want to be a cliche - the Beatle's son who became a musician.

  

  James McCartney
  • Art
  • Son

• Art is never defect-free. Things that are remarkable never meet spec, because that would make them standardized, not worth talking about.

  

  Seth Godin
  • Art
  • Remarkable
  • Defects