"Marketing today is much more like sailing than driving. Your boat is the brand. If you point your boat in the right direction, follow the winds/currents, and steer, you will get the boat to go where you want it. Marketers should become the wind, but accept that theyâ€™re at the mercy of the currents and weather"

-- Steve Rubel

#Wind Quotes #Weather Quotes #Sailing Quotes

“Sometimes you've got to be able to listen to yourself and be okay with no one else understanding.”

Source : Christopher Barzak (2007). “One For Sorrow”, p.285, Bantam
“The whole 'studly womaniser' thing, I mean, I quite enjoy the title - it's just not very accurate.”
“Ancestor worship, or filial piety so characteristic of Asian cultures, for example, does not really resonate with Americans who favor children, not grandparents.”
“Whether you know or not, you are the infinite potential of love, peace and joy”
“Put down the weight of your aloneness and ease into the conversation. Pay attention to everything in the world as if it's alive. Realize everything has its own discrete existence outside your story. By doing this, you open to gifts and lessons that the world has to give you.”
“There is no doubt that many expensive national projects may add to our prestige or serve science. But none of them must take precedence over human needs. As long as Congress does not revise its priorities, our crisis is not just material, it is a crisis of the spirit. Considering the city of New York's financial shortfall.”

Source : The New York Times, p. 69, April 25, 1971.
“Who wouldn't want to vote for a guy who was a peaceful, radical, non-violent revolutionary; who hung around with lepers, hookers, and crooks; who never spoke English; was not an American citizen; anti-capitalism; totally anti-death penalty; anti-public prayer (Matthew 6:5); but never once anti-gay; didn't mention abortion; and was a long-haired, brown-skinned, homeless, middle-eastern, Jew?”
“Performing is the craziest workout for me, because I feel like, on the first day of tour, I'm going nuts. Halfway through, I'm just so tired but obviously you keep pushing yourself because you have fans watching you.”

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