Reed Hastings (Wilmot Reed Hastings Jr.) Quotes
I'm on the Facebook board now. Little did they know that I thought Facebook was really stupid when I first heard about it back in 2005.
Quotes to Explore
-
If there's anyone in my lifetime who deserves honor it is Billy Graham. I think he is the most significant figure since the apostles.
-
The first wave of the Internet was really about data transport. And we didn't worry much about how much power we were consuming, how much cooling requirements were needed in the data centers, how big the data center is in terms of real estate. Those were almost afterthoughts.
-
I'm not a fanatic about exercising. For me, it's about moderation and balance.
-
I don't go out. I don't go to clubs. It's not my thing. I sit at home with my glass of wine and watch hours of reality TV. I have a million shows on my TiVo.
-
It was psychobabbler Abraham Maslow who wrote of the phenomena of self-actualization. What Maslow failed to grasp is that reaching true self-actualization can only be ultimately achieved when you have your own brand of ammunition.
-
I think people thought I was crazy for leaving Mexico when I had any project I wanted falling at my feet. But I risked everything to come to Los Angeles, where no one knew who I was, and start all over again. It was a very hard step to take. However, it was the moment I thought it was right to take a risk in my career.
-
I'm a woman who is very confident with the body, with my body.
-
You don't need to recall 100,000 cars because you need to fix something. That can be done with a download of software.
-
I don't remember a time that I didn't know how to play the guitar.
-
I was in Asia and people asked me about being considered sex symbol. I don't know if that's good or not, because where I come from, sex isn't something you're allowed to talk about.
-
The people in my songs are all me.
-
Inflation is an increase in the quantity of money without a corresponding increase in the demand for money, i.e., for cash holdings.
-
I think everyone has their awkward phases. Growing up isn't easy for everyone. I definitely had my awkward moments.
-
It is the uninvolved parent who has to resort to strictness.
-
There shouldn't be a segregation of women over a size 16, it should just be all women who want to wear beautiful clothes.
-
My favourite animal would probably be - probably be a dingo. Because I like how in the night you can - at the zoo, you can hear them howl and stuff like that. It's just amazing.
-
I consider most of the talent in the financial world to be suboptimal. It could be better placed earning its living in the real world.
-
I truly believe that if you put your goals in writing, speak them out loud and work for them, they will happen.
-
I wrote my own pop songs and sang one of them when I went into a stupid beauty competition when I was 16. That was my public debut, and it made my mother even more determined that I should go into opera!
-
When I was young, I was stupid, and I thought maybe I would write the fancy stuff.
-
The fool of nature stood with stupid eyesAnd gaping mouth, that testified surprise.
-
The only thing that ever consoles man for the stupid things he does is the praise he always gives himself for doing them.
-
I'm on the Facebook board now. Little did they know that I thought Facebook was really stupid when I first heard about it back in 2005.
