John Battelle Quotes

As our society tips toward one based on data, our collective decisions around how that data can be used will determine what kind of a culture we live in.

John Battelle

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Apple's iPod success led them to believe an even bigger breakthrough was possible with the iPhone. In some respects, the iPhone hype overwhelmed even Apple.

Steven Levy

SuccessBelieveApplePossibleHype

'The Searcher,' as the title suggests, is about someone in search of something, and I have always loved quest stories and so was drawn to writing one myself.

Simon Toyne

MyselfWritingSearchLovedSomeone

I'm always trying to improve, and you can't ever expect anything from me. You can always just expect me to be dangerous.

Rose Namajunas

MeTryingYouDangerousAnything

I have been trapped in some posh toilets, including those in Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace, and at Victor Spinetti's memorial at St. Paul's Covent Garden, I got locked in the loo.

Ronnie Corbett

GardenTrappedPalaceCastleBeen

The Dome is a metaphor that could mean anything - it could be nuclear fallout, terrorists - I've always been fascinated with stories where people's roles are flipped on their heads, be it the Wall Street guy, the techno guy, etc. All of those things are only successful when there are people and money around.

Mike Vogel

MoneyPeopleWallStreetMeanGuy

International donors, our friends, should demand results; impose results. The fact of giving money is not helping if you give money to honest people and there is no structure to manage that money. It is not helping.

Michel Martelly

MoneyPeopleGivingFriendsYou

I only really and truly fully relax on my own. Give me a sun lounger, a pool and a sea view, and I'm happy.

Miranda Hart

SeaHappySunMeRelaxView

The forces in a capitalist society, if left unchecked, tend to make the rich richer and the poor poorer.

Jawaharlal Nehru

SocietyRichPoorLeftMakeForces

The social world is transforming the way we create wealth, work, learn, play, raise our children, and probably the way we think.

Don Tapscott

WorkChildrenWorldThinkLearnWay

The surest thing about me is that I will change my mind.

Claire Forlani

ChangeMindMeWillAboutThing

No one can pretend to say that a fish is ever killed by heat, for many kinds of fish, in the middle of summer, and in the burning heat of the sun, do either play, as it were, on the surface of the water, or hide themselves under the leaves, weeds, or other substances at the bottom.

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

WaterSunFishHideSummerPlay

My vantage point on the world is the operating room where I see my patients.

Atul Gawande

WorldSeePointI SeeRoomWhere

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