Nick Hanauer Quotes

Like most plutocrats, I, too, am a proud and unapologetic capitalist. I have founded, cofounded or funded over 30 companies across a range of industries. I was the first non-family investor in Amazon.com. I cofounded a company called aQuantive that we sold to Microsoft for 6.4 billion dollars. My friends and I, we own a bank.

Nick Hanauer

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ProudFriendsFirstCompanyOver

If you've been around as long as I have, watching the literary scene, then you know that who's in and who's out changes by the year. It's really a very fluid situation that requires that the person who is having the good luck now isn't having it a year or two from now.

Jennifer Egan

GoodLuckGood LuckYearLongYou

I think I have a real feel for the industries that are being successful and where opportunities are, and the big issue that I really care about is U.S. competitiveness.

John Delaney

OpportunitiesThinkCareFeelReal

I'd dreamed of being in the food business from the moment my globetrotting parents introduced me to the foods of the world during childhood trips to Europe and Asia.

Andrew Zimmern

BusinessFoodMomentChildhoodWorld

That's such a common saying: Just be present, live in the moment. But there's actually really something to it when you really start to learn it.

John John Florence

LiveMomentStartSayingPresent

The more we look at drug resistance, the more concerned we are. It basically shows us that the end of the road isn't very far away for antibiotics.

Tom Frieden

RoadEndLookFar AwayMoreUs

I don't know if there ever has been anyone in the NFL who plays his position as well as Steve Tasker.

Marv Levy

KnowPositionNFLWellBeenWho

A parent can seem very kind and gentle, but as any child knows, as soon as that parent gets stressed, they can suddenly turn and get a bit angry.

Michael Sheen

AngryChildParentKindGentleTurn

In the nineteenth century the more grandiose word inspiration began to replace the word idea in the arts.

Lukas Foss

MoreInspirationArtsReplaceIdea

It's sad that people listen to music and decide how the singer should look.

Joss Stone

MusicSadPeopleLookListenSinger

I think a lot of people are scared, and I know I was scared to get sober, at least using this as an excuse; 'I don't want to be one of those sober people.' And I don't think you have to be. I think you can be one of those people who happens to be sober.

Jason Isbell

PeopleThinkYouKnowWantSober

I did say that in-group, authority and purity are necessary for the maintenance of order, but I would never give them a blanket endorsement.

Jonathan Haidt

SayAuthorityMaintenanceNeverGive

To be honest, I just want to go somewhere where I can wear a white Speedo.

Johnny Weir

WhiteI CanGoWantHonestWear

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