quotes about Cease

“I should say, the one thing you run into is, if you're trying to raise a round you have to decide, well, how much money are you trying to raise? And then you have to justify that to your investors, because they want to know why you [are] raising that much? Why aren't you raising either twice as much or half as much?”

“the policies that the United States has chosen unfortunately have brought about the wrong sentiment toward the United States and has only increased, and will only increase, extremism in our region.”

Source : "Ex-Iranian Leader Blames Bush Policies for Terrorism". CNN Interview, edition.cnn.com. September 04, 2006.

“Constraints inspire us in how we approach the press, how we approach business relationships, how we do everything.”

Source : "Twitter Founders Thrive on Micro-Blogging Constraints". Interview with Mark Glaser, mediashift.org. May 17, 2007.

“I'm just being myself. To me, that people are interested in Jenni, not necessarily the artist, but the woman it amazes me still.”

“If I thought about it, I could be bitter, but I don't feel like being bitter. Being bitter makes you immobile, and there's too much that I still want to do.”

“All expression, all art, is an indiscretion we commit against ourselves. This is not an 'impoverishment' but an increase in wealth, for it is in this way that we make the short hours of our lives live on beyond themselves.”

“The hardest thing to cope with is not selfishness or vanity or deceitfulness, but sheer stupidity.”

Source : Eric Hoffer (1996). “The Passionate State of Mind”

“No decision has been made unless carrying it out in specific steps has become someone's work assignment and responsibility.”

“When we are clear enough about our own point of view, we can find help in the methods of Eastern Christianity or in the ways of the Far East, perhaps by consulting the I Ching or through mandala contemplation; we may even find help in the ways of shamanism or Islam. If we are clear about where we stand and the direction we must take, such methods may be useful in order to follow our own way to the end.”

“I'm not denying that he's a terrific guy, but I'm not sure he's terrific for me.”

Source : Lauren Weisberger (2009). “Chasing Harry Winston: A Novel”, p.69, Simon and Schuster