Tim Westergren famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
-
Don't be shy about believing in your ideas - even if folks around you think you're crazy.
-- Tim Westergren -
Make your team feel respected, empowered and genuinely excited about the company's mission.
-- Tim Westergren -
Be sure to ‘notice’ ideas when you have them. Stop. Take the time to consider them seriously. And if your gut tells you they're compelling, be fearless in their pursuit . we live life only once. So, rather than avoiding the risk of trying, avoid the risk of not trying. Nothing is more haunting than thinking, ‘I wish I had’.
-- Tim Westergren -
There are 100,000 artists on Pandora & 70% are indies; artists making $100K - $2 million.
-- Tim Westergren -
Just be prepared for a long and often uncertain journey. The good stuff doesn't come easy.
-- Tim Westergren -
Be sure to ‘notice’ ideas when you have them. Stop. Take the time to consider them seriously. And if your gut tells you they're compelling, be fearless in their pursuit . we live life only once. So, rather than avoiding the risk of trying, avoid the risk of not trying. Nothing is more haunting than thinking, ‘I wish I had’.
-- Tim Westergren
-
When you get into this business you have to grow up quickly. But I wouldn't say I've lost any of my childhood, I've always been a mature child. My Mom says I've been like that since I was little kid. I make time for my friends and I make time for things that other kids do. This is a business and I knew what I was getting into. I make time for being a kid, but I also know when to put on my business hat and go for the business.
-
If we could sell our experiences for what they cost us, we'd all be millionaires.
-
We need to move beyond the demonisation of overpaid traders ... In finance and economics, ill-designed policy is a more powerful force for harm than individual greed or error.
-
Achievement results from work realizing ambition.
-
I once jokingly told someone that every book is like a relationship. They're four or five years long - that's not so bad. They're serious. They demand a lot of attention. But I remember thinking that I wanted to have one with someone who's not so crazy and peculiar and demanding.
-
Since my mother is the type that's called schizophrenogenic in the literature-she's the one who makes crazy people, crazy children-I was awfully curious to find out why I didn't go insane.
-
By means of shrewd lies, unremittingly repeated, it is possible to make people believe that heaven is hell - and hell heaven. The greater the lie, the more readily it will be believed.
-
The hardest thing about being famous is that people are always nice to you. You're in a conversation and everybody's agreeing with what you're saying - even if you say something totally crazy. You need people who can tell you what you don't want to hear.
-
I used to believe in forever, but forever's too good to be true
-
The Christian that is bound by his own horizon, the church that lives simply for itself, is bound to die a spiritual death and sink into stagnancy and corruption. We never can thank God enough for giving us not only a whole Gospel to believe, but a whole world to give it to.
You may also like:
-
Ben Silbermann
Internet Entrepreneur -
Bing Gordon
Executive -
Craig Newmark
Entrepreneur -
Daniel Ek
Entrepreneur -
David Karp
Web Developer -
Don Most
Actor -
Drew Houston
Entrepreneur -
Evan Williams
Entrepreneur -
Jack Dorsey
Businessman -
Jimmy Wales
Internet Entrepreneur -
Kevin Systrom
Entrepreneur -
Mark Pincus
Entrepreneur -
Michael Arrington
Editor -
Niklas Zennstrom
Entrepreneur -
Peter Chernin
Businessman -
Sean Parker
Entrepreneur -
Travis Kalanick
Entrepreneur -
Umair Haque
Author