Steve Blank Quotes

Build and they will come’ is not a strategy, it’s a prayer.

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• It's like someone important is missing from a party because you can't imagine an Olympic gymnastics competition without Romania.

  

  Nadia Comaneci
  • Important
  • You
  • Party

• A lot of cable television is shot on a single camera. Our eyes are more trained to that. It takes the camera off the crane, away from observing the action, to becoming a character in the story along with everyone else. People are getting used to that.

  

  A. J. Bowen
  • People
  • Character
  • Action

• It is our hope that the AP program can serve as an anchor for increasing rigor in our schools. Rigor can be maintained while increasing student participation.

  

  Gaston Caperton
  • Hope
  • Student
  • Anchor

• Man is supposed to be the maker of his destiny. It is only partly true. He can make his destiny, only in so far as he is allowed by the Great Power.

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
  • Great
  • Power
  • True

• For me there is no such word as 'luck' in the dictionary.

  

  Fabrice Muamba
  • Me
  • Luck
  • Word

• No man ever praised two persons equally – and pleased them both.

  

  Arthur Helps

• I learn a lot from my experiences and collaborations. Most of my collaborations are meant for me to learn.

  

  Pharrell Williams N.E.R.D.

• There is no such thing as a guilty pleasure.

  

  Douglas Wilson
  • Guilty

• I really hate my hair when it's not braided because it's so big when it dries. When it's wet, it looks cool, but when it dries, it gets all in my mouth during a match, and I hate it.

  

  Jeff Hardy
  • Hate
  • Cool
  • Hair

• I've never hosted a party in my life, not even my own birthday party. I'd feel really uncomfortable saying, 'Hey everybody, let's celebrate me!' But I'm not antisocial. I don't hate people.

  

  Alessia Cara
  • People
  • Life
  • Hate

• Public opinion is stronger than the legislature, and nearly as strong as the ten commandments.

  

  Charles Dudley Warner
  • Strong
  • Opinion

• A face is like the outside of a house, and most faces, like most houses, give us an idea of what we can expect to find inside.

  

  Loretta Young
  • House

• I guess I was very fortunate; I had a very very, lets put it this way, I had very wonderful upbringing and a childhood where my parents, of course, exposed us to many cultural aspects, not only of India but other parts of the world.

  

  Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
  • World
  • Parents
  • Childhood

• In my 20s, I could just power through stuff and be fine, but now, in your 40s? It's kind of like Kobe Bryant. He plays basketball a little bit differently than he did when he first started out.

  

  Daniel Wu
  • Power
  • Basketball

• Realistic novels simply pretend that the rules of their invented worlds are identical to the rules of actual life, but that's a ruse.

  

  John Crowley
  • Life

• The Google Voice service is a lifesaver for me. My actual phone number changes a lot, so having a canonical Google Voice number that doesn't change - it's actually my same number from high school - is indispensable.

  

  Matt Mullenweg
  • School
  • High
  • Service

• I think there are plenty of soulmates out there. That's what I choose to believe.

  

  Emma Stone
  • Believe

• If the two economies can figure out how to waltz... I think there is benefit for Colorado colleges and universities, and I think there are benefits for Cuba as well.

  

  John Hickenlooper

• True ahimsa should wear a smile even on a deathbed brought about by an assailant. It is only with that ahimsa that we can befriend our opponents and win their love.

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
  • True
  • Smile
  • Opponents

• My favorite duo since Thelma and Louise. They got chops, heart, and soul stirring harmonies.

  

  David Massengill
  • Heart
  • Favorite
  • Harmonies

• I am proud, but I'm annoyed with myself for not believing in myself enough.

  

  Lizzie Armitstead
  • Proud
  • Annoyed

• The main prank that we play with props is for people's birthdays. The special effects people will put a little explosive in the cake so it blows up in their face - that's always fun to play on a guest star, or one of the trainees or someone who's new.

  

  Catherine Bell
  • Play
  • Face
  • Cake

• Build and they will come’ is not a strategy, it’s a prayer.

  

  Steve Blank
  • Prayer
  • Strategy
  • Build