John Collison Quotes

Our initial idea with Stripe was that for people like us - those building apps and websites - it was incredibly difficult to take payments. So with an open mind, and maybe a useful lack of knowledge about the industry, we started building a payment product.

John Collison

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Topics

KnowledgePeopleMindBuildingOpen

The printed newspaper is a powerful showcase for news, opinion and advertising.

Jill Abramson

AdvertisingOpinionPowerfulNews

I left college with a deep sense that I needed to understand poverty more.

Matthew Desmond

CollegeDeepPovertyUnderstandMore

You can get the true essence of New Yorkers by just hanging out in Central Park.

Andy Roddick

YouNewTrueCentral ParkOutPark

I will protect all Colombians regardless of whether the attacks come from guerrillas or paramilitaries.

Alvaro Uribe

WillProtectComeRegardlessWhether

Those that clamor loudest for Columbus to be erased from the pages of American history do so far more because of their hatred for America than their love of the Indians.

Tom Tancredo

LoveHistoryAmericanAmericaHatred

It's an absolute honour and privilege to get out there and be an Australian headlining an Australian card. That's unreal; it really is.

Robert Whittaker

PrivilegeOutGetAustralianHonour

I don't want to be one of those kids who gets famous and then changes and becomes cocky. That's why it's so important to me to try and take a photo with every girl who comes to see me.

Lucky Blue Smith

GirlMeFamousImportantWantWhy

Don't copy another writer's style, because that is not authentic, and that's how it will sound. You develop your style over your whole life and through countless influences. Don't impose something artificial.

Douglas Brunt

LifeStyleYouCopyWillSound

Here's a very simple, common sense idea - if you practice something more, you get better at it; if you can't complete everything you need to do, take more time.

Chris Gabrieli

TimeSimplePracticeBetterYou

You can't rush inspiration.

Colson Whitehead

YouInspirationRush

Confidence starts at home, and something my mother never did was look in the mirror and say she was ugly or fat.

Ashley Graham

MotherConfidenceHomeMirrorUgly

Education must begin with the solution of the student-teacher contradiction, by reconciling the poles of the contradiction so that both are simultaneously teachers and students.

Paulo Freire

EducationSolutionTeachersBegin

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by John Collison