Rick Smolan Quotes
There are a number of fascinating stories included in 'The Human Face of Big Data' that represent some of the most innovative applications of data that are shaping our future.
Quotes to Explore
-
For me every ruler is alien that defies public opinion.
-
I think extreme secrecy is a bad sign in all startups. Very few startups die because they tell you exactly how their technology works. On the long list of startup killers, that's pretty far down. Though on the list of entrepreneur fears, it's pretty high.
-
If I ever get out of here, thought of giving it all away to a registered charity.
-
I'm playing every day. I still want to win.
-
I would say off the cuff that I am an anxious person. I worry about everything. I need to know everything. I tend to live in a state of anxiety with the feeling that life is some kind of great catastrophe.
-
Ah, that is a perfume in which I delight; when they roast coffee near my house, I hasten to open the door to take in all the aroma.
-
I think people's relationship with the concept of violence changes, and that to me might be a little more interesting.
-
Envision possibility. Don't worry who else believes in it; the universe is only looking for instructions from you.
-
When archaeologists discover the missing arms of Venus de Milo, they will find she was wearing boxing gloves.
-
It's easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top.
-
There are many sham diamonds in this life which pass for real, and vice versa.
-
Man," said the Ghost, "if man you be in heart, not adamant, forbear that wicked cant until you have discovered What the surplus is, and Where it is. Will you decide what men shall live, what men shall die?
-
Be cheerful and grateful for the good that you have: do not brood over fond hopes unrealized until a chain is fastened on each thought and wound around the heart. Nature intended you to be the fountain-spring of cheerfulness and social life, and not the mountain of despair and melancholy.
-
When the facts change, I change my mind.
-
Children, love one another, and if that is not possible-at least try to put up with one another.
-
It's something that I do every year - every Ramadan to be exact - taking an 18-hour flight back home to Malaysia from Los Angeles. I'm born and raised in Malaysia, and Ramadan and Eid has always been my favorite time of the year.
-
Let me tell you, 'The Reader' was not glamorous for me in terms of the body-hair maintenance.
-
When business leaders ask me what they can do for Indiana, I always reply: 'Make money. Go make money. That's the first act of corporate citizenship. If you do that, you'll have to hire someone else, and you'll have enough profit to help one of those non-profits we're so proud of.'
