Patrick Collison Quotes

When you talk to people who are old, some wish they had enjoyed themselves more, but not many wish they had wasted more time.

Patrick Collison

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TimePeopleWishYouTalkMore

Being a celebrity or anything else where you're really ambitious, it's really a game to see how successful you can get.

Joe Rogan

GameYouCelebritySeeAnythingGet

I have an audio stigmatism whereby I hear things wrong - I have audio illusions.

Tom Waits

WrongThingsIllusionsAudioHear

My favorite way to cook trout is whole, bone-in, on the grill. The fish are stuffed with sliced lemons and herb sprigs, brushed with oil, and cooked over fairly hot coals until the skin is crisp and the flesh is moist and flaky. Go ahead and gild the lily by adding a sauce.

Tom Douglas

FishSkinGoAheadWayOil

My experience is that the universal is the personal. If you can get past your navel-gazing into the deepest part of yourself as a writer, you find everyone - we're all there.

Mary Gauthier

ExperiencePastYourselfYouFind

The people of Missouri said they expect their elected leaders to support public schools because they know that education is the best economic development tool there is.

Jay Nixon

EducationBestSupportPeopleKnow

The whole point of being an actor is to get satisfaction out of a role - unless you're just vain about celebrity. You're always looking for the one thing that will surprise you.

Jonny Lee Miller

LookingSurpriseYouSatisfaction

As more and more people reach the Internet by mobile phone, we should make sure users are getting the open access they believe they're paying for.

Chellie Pingree

PeopleBelieveInternetReachPhone

I am learning that in life it is OK to travel in darkness, not knowing what your next move is.

Cobie Smulders

LifeLearningDarknessTravelI Am

A lot of libertarians and ultra-capitalists like to put out this idea that competition makes for better creativity. But it's just because we don't see all the creativity that's been crushed.

Boots Riley

CreativityCompetitionBetterSee

For most of the track world, the Olympic year is such a huge year, and it's a big year for us marathoners too.

Ryan Hall

WorldYearBigTrackUsOlympic

A city can only be reconstructed in the form of urban quarters. A large or a small city can only be reorganized as a large or a small number of urban quarters; as a federation of autonomous quarters. Each quarter must have its own center, periphery and limit. Each quarter must be a city within a city.

Leon Krier

CitySmallLimitWithinOwnUrban

Carrying a movie is both a great privilege, it's a great opportunity, but it can be a great pressure, and sometimes that can make people behave very oddly.

Kenneth Branagh

OpportunityGreatPeoplePressure

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