Rick Riordan Quotes

I go back and research, say, every reference to the Gorgons, and I find what the classical writers said about them and it's so much richer than you might get in an average Greek mythology text. I feel like an archaeologist - I'm dusting off these things that people have not seen for thousands of years and bringing them into the modern world.

Rick Riordan

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PeopleResearchWorldFeelYouFind

Our people are excited about building solutions, and it's rewarding to see how much fun Netscape employees have doing something they think is relevant and important.

Jim Barksdale

FunPeopleBuildingThinkEmployees

Words easy to be understood do often hit the mark; when high and learned ones do only pierce the air.

John Bunyan

WordsEasyAirHighMarkUnderstood

What do you need to succeed in business? You need the ability to think critically and communicate, and those things you can get just as easily out of a philosophy degree.

Matthew Stewart

BusinessSucceedThinkYouNeedOut

I believe managing is like holding a dove in your hand. If you hold it too tightly you kill it, but if you hold it too loosely, you lose it.

Tommy Lasorda

BelieveYouLoseHandI Believe

All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was.

Toni Morrison

NatureWaterMemoryTryingPerfect

Donald Trump is the physical embodiment of what David Duke wanted to achieve and failed.

Ron Stallworth

AchieveDonald TrumpPhysicalDuke

Everyone who watches Adult Swim knows there's a sound to it, a feeling that's nostalgic sometimes, but then it's also different and outside the box.

Jay IDK

WatchesFeelingSometimesOutside

The pope dies, you get another pope.

Dino De Laurentiis

YouGetPopeDiesAnother

To retain my fascination with chemistry, I have had to change my research fields about every 10 years.

Donald Cram

ChangeResearchChemistryYearsHad

It's hard not to love Roomba. Roomba had such an amazing impact on the field. When we launched, we asked people, 'Is it a robot?' and got an overwhelming no - 'robots' have arms and legs; they command data. There was a very strong perception that robots had to look like people.

Colin Angle

LovePeopleAmazingPerceptionData

Musicals have clearly gotten more physical. You never saw Ethel Merman doing step aerobics.

Bruce Vilanch

StepDoingYouMoreNeverClearly

While my calendar with Moda Operandi often takes me to fashionable locales like Milan and Paris, I am thrilled when opportunities to visit new places present themselves.

Aslaug Magnusdottir

I AmMeOpportunitiesPresentNew

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