"The media wants overnight successes (so they have someone to tear down). Ignore them. Ignore the early adopter critics that never have enough to play with. Ignore your investors that want proven tactics and predictable instant results. Listen instead to your real customers, to your vision and make something for the long haul. Because that's how long it's going to take, guys."

-- Seth Godin

#Inspirational Quotes #Real Quotes #Media Quotes

“Then you will have to trust me. Beyond logic, beyond reason, beyond hope, trust me.”

Source : Patricia A. McKillip (1999). “Riddle-Master”, p.211, Penguin
“One time my mom tried to ground me, but that lasted 15 minutes.”
“While I think storytelling is a meaningful way to spend your life... it does feel a little bit secondary or off-point.”
“It hinges on oil. Europeans feel they handled the boycott after the Yom Kippur War [1973] very badly. The Arabs need to sell oil; otherwise they cannot live.”
“Upon this theology he rarely pondered. The kernel of his practical religion was that it was respectable, and beneficial to one's business, to be seen going to services; that the church kept the Worst Elements from being still worse; and that the pastor's sermons, however dull they might seem at the time of taking, yet had a voodooistic power which 'did a fellow good-- kept him in touch with Higher Things.”
“All they teach you in drama school is how to do stage fights and be a pain in rehearsals.”
“Are you looking for a Negro who won't fight back?”
“A lot of people have the misconception that modeling is a glamourous job, and it can be. But ultimately if you don't like to stay quiet, and let people tell you what to do, and fuss on you... it may not be the right fit. If you decide it's something you're really passionate about though, go for it!”

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