The path to the CEO’s office should not be through the CFO’s office, and it should not be through the marketing department. It needs to be through engineering and design.
The Internet has really democratized ideas. There are no real gatekeepers any more, because if you have a great idea, and you put it online, people will find it and it will get in front of who it needs to get in front of.
‘The Burning Dark’ needs a certain kind of soundtrack – something dark and moody, electronic, weird. One of my favourite bands is Ladytron, and I think they’d fit the bill quite well.
Governments will always play a huge part in solving big problems. They set public policy and are uniquely able to provide the resources to make sure solutions reach everyone who needs them. They also fund basic research, which is a crucial component of the innovation that improves life for everyone.
In our daily life, we encounter people who are angry, deceitful, intent only on satisfying their own needs. There is so much anger, distrust, greed, and pettiness that we are losing our capacity to work well together.
I think, definitely, this country needs a lower corporate tax rate and tax reform so that we can get our profits that we’ve made overseas back into the country without heavy penalties. And if that happens, I think that would be very good for the market and all of that.
Man needs colour to live; it’s just as necessary an element as fire and water.
Philosophical reflection could not leave the relation of mind and spirit in the obscurity which had satisfied the needs of the naive consciousness.
There is an issue of what does the U.S. expect abroad and what does the U.S. give at home. I think there’s a reconciliation there that needs to be done.
Anyone who cannot come to terms with his life while he is alive needs one hand to ward off a little his despair over his fate… but with his other hand he can note down what he sees among the ruins.
Is it sad that Storm Corrosion needs to be explained to people before they can accept it? I don’t think it’s sad; I think it’s inevitable. I think it’s just human nature.
Perhaps there’s a lot of quality television that’s not right for the individual who needs questions answered in each episode, and perhaps reality television may be a better option. With the integrity of HBO and their drive to tell stories, it takes time to arrive at any sort of answers.
Every man needs slaves like he needs clean air. To rule is to breathe, is it not? And even the most disenfranchised get to breathe. The lowest on the social scale have their spouses or their children.
Every leader needs to clearly explain the top three things the organization is working on. If you can’t, then you’re not leading well.
I’m a huge reggae fan. I want to go to Jamaica and make, like, Bob Marley ‘One Love’ positive songs. That’s what the world needs.
I think the next president needs to lead on cultural issues and experience, particularly on foreign policy.
We shall find in our troubled hearts, where discord reigns, two needs which seem at variance, but which merge, as I think, in a common source – the love of the true, and the love of the fabulous.
Software innovation, like almost every other kind of innovation, requires the ability to collaborate and share ideas with other people, and to sit down and talk with customers and get their feedback and understand their needs.
A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.
My reality needs imagination like a bulb needs a socket. My imagination needs reality like a blind man needs a cane.
A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep.
Linguistic supersizing is on the increase, and it may show the influence of advertising-speak and corporate jargon on language, in which everything needs to be hyped to get noticed. It means that some of our greatest words are losing their power.
What would I do with money? I have enough for my needs. I don’t want any more. If I had a lot, I would have to care for it, worry about it.
You are capable of more than you know. Choose a goal that seems right for you and strive to be the best, however hard the path. Aim high. Behave honorably. Prepare to be alone at times, and to endure failure. Persist! The world needs all you can give.
The right combination is between a free economy and social policy that addresses the needs of society and creates equal opportunity.
Obviously, everyone needs to find a system and playing style that suits you more.
Things happen so quickly. We don’t have time for one person to tell everybody what to do. Everybody needs to know what to do in those situations.
It needs to be said and heard: it’s OK to be who you are.
There are three lessons in philanthropy – one, involve the family, especially the spouse. She can be a remarkable driver of your initiative. Two, you need to build an institution, and you need to scale it up. Choose a leader for philanthropy whom you trust. Three, philanthropy needs patience, tenacity and time.
In a lot of cases, writers discover that the novel needs to begin later in the action than they’d first thought.
Every country needs a strong leader in order to progress.
I think the country needs to come together and solve problems.
An artist is always alone – if he is an artist. No, what the artist needs is loneliness.
Baseball needs to put the steroids era behind it by having and enforcing tough rules against all kinds of artificial advantages, so that spring can return.
If you are in Mountain View, you don’t resonate with the needs of urban dwellers. Tumblr couldn’t have emerged in Sunnyvale.
There will be no politics, no ifs and buts; if we see something and feel that work needs to be done, we will get people here we can rely on and ensure it is done in the same thorough way as our other projects.
Mathematics is like music. Neither needs to be useful. It is enough that each gives delight to those who seek delight from it.
Every decade needs its own manual of handicraft.
Every sitcom needs their straight man or straight woman.
I don’t love collabs just for the sake of collaborating. It has to be purposeful and it needs to sonically make sense.
The reason why I buy into the Democratic Party more than the Republican Party is because there are over 2,000 verses of Scripture that deal with responding to the needs of the poor.
A dying man needs to die, as a sleepy man needs to sleep, and there comes a time when it is wrong, as well as useless, to resist.
Technology is changing so fast that investment in hardware is getting riskier everyday. On the other hand, whether it is traditional computers or smart gadgets which are part of the convergence technologies of the future, some planning of hardware needs is still important.
China, frankly, can be an opportunity for Africa based on the huge infrastructure deficit on the continent, but what needs to happen is that governments and citizens have to build internal ownership of the need of good governance, transparency, accountability, for respect for the environment.
The promise of American opportunity and prosperity means something different to each of us. What we each envision varies in terms of wants and needs, and aspirations can change over time. But we all want to see our children have more opportunities than we had.
Every villain needs her story told.
A friend is what the heart needs all the time.
Presented with the claims of nineteenth-century racist anthropology, a rational person will ask two sorts of questions: ‘What is the scientific status of the claims?’ ‘What social or ideological needs do they serve?’
There is a terrorist threat to this country that remains, and I believe that counter-terrorism needs to be the cornerstone of our mission, our vast mission… and aviation security is something that we still have a fair amount of concerns about.
Free speech is meant to protect unpopular speech. Popular speech, by definition, needs no protection.
Society needs to condemn a little more and understand a little less.
We should try to understand our innermost needs. We shouldn’t use irony to reduce their power.
Good listeners have a huge advantage. For one, when they engage in conversation, they make people ‘feel’ heard. They ‘feel’ that someone really understands their wants, needs and desires. And for good reason; a good listener does care to understand.
A person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be free.
A guy that’s going to do all of the dirty work, that guy that is willing to defend anyone and do the little things and not really care about all of that other stuff. I think every championship team needs that.
Every story needs an element of suspense – or it’s lousy.
I just think that – when a country needs more income and we do, we’re only taking in 15 percent of GDP, I mean, that – that – when a country needs more income, they should get it from the people that have it.
This beautiful, messy, wonderful and volatile world of ours needs more heroes.
Bolton’s exactly what the U.N. needs at this point. The president’s right on the mark in picking him.
You shouldn’t feel guilty about taking time for yourself. Every so often, everyone needs to give themselves a big ol’ bear hug and treat themselves to some TLC.
