Quotes about "Success & Achievement"

It's this concept of 'just fill up a building of smart people.' It sounds so basic, but honestly it might just be the secret behind Shopify's success. We just do that and get out of the way. ”

Our mantra has been, 'We will not buy a company unless we think the people that make up the company have a better job the day after the acquisition than before.' ”

If you go into business school and suggest firing a customer, they'll kick you out of the building. But it's so true in my experience. It allows you to identify the customers you really want to work with. ”

The reason for a lot of bands not making it is because they don't really understand that your job is sort of divided into two different things. It's one thing creating it... It's like being an architect but also a construction worker. ”

I'm black. I'm gay. I'm culturally Christian. I am a walking target on so many levels, and it is horrifying and a cross that very, very many of us who look like me have to bear. ”

My number one goal was to be the best fighter ever in the Octagon. I think I can hold hands with many who can stake that claim. ”

I went through UFC with five title defenses. Jonny 'Bones' Jones beat my record, so I'm trying to beat his record. That's my goal. That's what I want to do. ”

In the beginning of my career, all I did was drama, and I couldn't get arrested doing comedy; nobody would hire me! ”

Being the object of Alfred Hitchcock's obsession was horrific, but while he ruined my career, he could never ruin my life. ”

A museum is like a valuing machine. Museums and the industrial society started at the same moment, and they're really tied into each other. They've been all about displaying objects and the kind of wealth that can be derived from objects and promoting that point. ”