Ben Silbermann Quotes

At a small company, so much of the trick is focus. Not only can you only do a finite number of things, but you have to do them in the right order.

Ben Silbermann

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FocusSmallYouCompanyRightOrder

There are some basic rules if they want to join the tumbling team. No drinking, no smoking, no swearing, no drugs and, most of all, no belonging to a gang. I read the riot act to them the minute they want to join. I tell them there's only one gang they can belong to if they want to be with me and that's Jesse White's gang.

Jesse White

MeTeamSmokingRulesBelonging

Being in the latter stages of life means the morning is unkind to the reflection. It takes a few hours for the creases to fall out. By about 4 P.M., I look quite nice.

Jeremy Hardy

LifeMorningReflectionFallLook

There is nothing more American than acknowledging that even if we don't agree politically, even if we don't agree with the president, even if we don't like each other, all of us have the same rights.

Ana Navarro

AmericanNothingPresidentMoreSame

I like character-driven stuff. It doesn't matter, the size of the part.

Steve Buscemi

MatterSizeLikeStuffPart

Barack Obama and Joe Biden have been working hard to help middle-class families make it in America.

Steny Hoyer

AmericaHelpWorking HardHardBeen

All the great organizations in the world, all have a sense of why that organization does what it does.

Simon Sinek

GreatOrganizationWorldWhySense

Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be attained only by someone who is detached.

Simone Weil

GreatRealitySomeoneIllusionsOnly

Football teaches you hard work. It takes a lot of unspectacular preparation to have spectacular results in both business and football.

Roger Staubach

WorkHard WorkBusinessFootballYou

The Internet is a bright spot for our struggling economy and functioning just fine without what amounts to a federal pat-down of the inner workings of the Internet.

Mary Bono

InternetBrightEconomyWithoutFine

If you look at the history of other movements, whether Civil Rights or environmental rights, these are all decades-long undertakings.

Mitch Kapor

HistoryEnvironmentalYouLookCivil

I remember telling my mom, 'Mom, I'm gay, but I'm not going to march in a parade or anything.' That's what I was telling my parents and all my friends and everything. I'm gay, but I'm not going to be on a float or something. Cut to five years later, and I was the grand marshal of the gay pride parade.

Jonathan Groff

ParentsMomPrideFriendsRemember

I grew up with classical music when I was a ballet dancer. Now when I have to prepare an emotional scene, to cry or whatever, I listen to sonatas. Vivaldi and stuff. It's just beautiful to me.

Diane Kruger

MusicBeautifulMeNowCryListen

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