"I think Pixar has the opportunity to be the next Disney -- not replace Disney -- but be the next Disney."

-- Steve Jobs

#Opportunity Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“But in truth, should I meet with gold or spices in great quantity, I shall remain till I collect as much as possible, and for this purpose I am proceeding solely in quest of them.”

Source : Christopher Columbus, Bartolomé de las Casas (1827). “Personal Narrative of the First Voyage of Columbus to America: From a Manuscript Recently Discovered in Spain”, p.54
“An idea is like a play. It needs a good producer and a good promoter even if it is a masterpiece. Otherwise the play may never open; or it may open but, for a lack of an audience, close after a week. Similarly, an idea will not move from the fringes to the mainstream simply because it is good; it must be skillfully marketed before it will actually shift people's perceptions and behavior.”
“I think I've advanced my views with compassion and tolerance.”
“To love for the sake of being loved is human, but to love for the sake of loving is angelic.”

Source : Alphonse de Lamartine, James B. Runnion (1911). “Graziella: a story of Italian love. Translated ... by James B. Runnion. Sixteen thousand”
“I do know there are still industries that are not on an equal playing field with women. My thing is, don't let that keep you from continuing to do what you know that you have to do. Don't look at it as an excuse, look at it as an opportunity.”
“How well I know with what burning intensity you live. You have experienced many lives already, including several you have shared with me- full rich lives from birth to death, and you just have to have these rest periods in between.”
“Birth is the sudden opening of a window, through which you look out upon a stupendous prospect. For what has happened? A miracle. You have exchanged nothing for the possibility of everything.”

Source : William Macneile Dixon (1937). “The Human Situation: The Gifford Lectures Delivered in the University of Glasgow, 1935-1937”, London : E. Arnold
“I'm fascinated with worlds where there's a small population left, whether it's a movie or these TV shows that fascinate me - 'Falling Skies' or 'The Walking Dead' - they are about survival and triumphing over difficult times. I just have a thing for 'em.”

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