A very important misconception is that some think we are a venture-capital firm.
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We believed the world didn't need another commoditized venture capital firm.
DAN LEVITAN The thing that first drew our attention to it was that we noticed the chairman is a partner at the l...
CHRIS BROWNE We are a venture-capital-funded company, so of course we need to make some money,
BART DECREM I think it's very gratifying that venture capital is starting to discover the deep sources of intell...
BRIAN BIRK It is clear as you look at the team why Data Point Capital has so quickly become one of the premier ...
COLIN ANGLE A 47 percent increase in venture capital investment is a very strong sign we're doing things right.
JUSTIN WRIGHT There's almost too much venture capital in India - there are issues with seed capital, but for v...
RAM SHRIRAM I don't think a lot of people have been entrepreneurial about venture capital.
JOSH KOPELMAN Venture capital investing is a volatile business, but over the long term it has earned very attracti...
ROSS KARI It's a strong area for venture capital.
CRAIG CUDDEBACH I think 'Something Ventured' is a nice piece because it celebrates venture capital in a uniq...
NOLAN BUSHNELL Stairs to climb are difficult it takes time and effort and going down is easies job... what do I mea...
DEYTH BANGER I believe that there is a Matrix and... to be more accurate I am in the Pornography Matrix.
DEYTH BANGER After John received his degree, he joined DSV, a venture capital firm in Princeton, and when I had m...
JOHN CLARKE Never go into venture capital if you want a peaceful life.
GEORGES F. DORIOT It will be a bright year (for venture capital) in 2006.
JIXUN FOO I think there is that huge false misconception that prescription drugs are safer and more sociably a...
ANEISA MCDONALD Life is a re-discovery.
BRIAN BLESSED If you think that life is a celebration full of party poppers and merry go rounds it's not it's a ga...
GARY F EVANS... Life Is a Misconception.
DEYTH BANGER Life is a desire!
DEYTH BANGER To trust someone you must firstly remember that it is a two way street that will go all the way if y...
GARY F EVANS... It is a lie.
ARTHUR MILLER The best early-stage venture capital investments appear obvious in retrospect; however, very few of ...
DAVID SZE Many of the best firms historically in venture capital have been multi-sector.
MARC ANDREESEN So many folks in the venture capital business are sheep that just want to follow the herd. They are ...
FRED WILSON The individual dynamics going on within a venture fund are critically important to you. Unfortunatel...
HEIDI ROIZEN Where micro-finance focuses on small loans to individual, low-income women, think of Acumen Fund mor...
JACQUELINE NOVOGRATZ Venture capital is unscalable. Production equals the time each partner has.
BILL GURLEY The venture business is a bit of an apprenticeship business, so the firm I worked for didn't let...
FRED WILSON The big advantage that we have as a venture capital firm over a hedge fund or a mutual fund is we ha...
MARC ANDREESSEN I think it's very important that we be able to get some work.
DONOVAN MCNABB I believe Twitter, right now, is just finishing the venture capital phase, getting into a maturity l...
AL-WALEED BIN TALAL There is an underlying mistrust of venture capital and private equity that when they come to invest ...
ARTHUR LIM There is a misconception that we are doing this to bring a casino. What we are planning to do here i...
DOYLE WELLS I think it's well spent money on their case, and I have a law firm with some very, very talented law...
BRIAN CROWE I think the biggest misconception is that people think deaf people are not able to do things.
NYLE DIMARCO We've been looking for venture capital to come into the state to develop our resources. Now we've fi...
DAVE NELSON There are sectors of the world awash in money and venture capital, ... But if you are a woman with a...
BILL EDWARDS I think life is a chain of events.
ZARA LARSSON Some say that this is the Israelis' original sin. With this I do not agree but I think we can call i...
AVISHAI MARGALIT I think it is very important that we understand that these
are informal discussions,
JOHN CALHOUN For me, my life is a journey.
JAY ELECTRONICA I'm fucking the grave, I thought, I'm bringing the dead back to life...
CHARLES BUKOWSKI What I like about Bain Capital is that we have Republicans, we have Democrats, we have independents;...
STEPHEN PAGLIUCA Life is a soccer field, don't you think?
SHAKIRA We're under some gross misconception that we're a good species, going somewhere important, a...
FARLEY MOWAT There are not many people from top-tier venture capital firms who are focused on the seed stage.
AILEEN LEE Love isn't the work of the tender and the gentle;
Love is the work of wrestlers.
The one w...
JALALUDDIN MEVLANA RUMI The opportunity to decieve others is ever present and often tempting, and each instance of deception...
SAM HARRIS Life is a risk.
CARMELO ANTHONY The president views this as a big problem. I think he'll be talking about some reforms that he think...
AL HUBBARD Some of us claim that New York City is the capital of the country, indeed the capital of the world. ...
DAVID DINKINS British Biotech sharpened people up in the venture capital community.
DANIEL MORGAN We think that good exam results are very important but they don't constitute a full rounded educatio...
BARNABY LENON I think it was very important that we got on top early and got some momentum.
CRAIG BRODIE They're just burning through cash every quarter, and venture capitalists aren't seeing a return on c...
TONY TURSICH Without music, life is a journey through a desert.
PAT CONROY Life is a journey. When we stop, things don't go right.
POPE FRANCIS We think it's very important and it's a product type we are very interested in assisting with develo...
MARK SHAFFER [Practitioners in the personnel field say other indicators are more important.] It would be nice if ...
DAVID RUSSO Like anything else in venture capital, you tend to allocate capital to those companies that can yiel...
MARK BOOTH The key with Merrill is they're not as dependent on some of the venture capital private equity gains...
DIANA YATES There are very important policy issues and very complicated issues, and some basic factual issues th...
JOHN DANFORTH There?s a misconception that we?re destructive.
ANNA MERCEDES The trip to the capital in the Challenge Cup in a fortnight is very important. It's a massive game f...
BILL MIDGLEY They've got some very nice venture partners, very solid high visibility investors.
BEN HOLMES I shall write a book some day about the appropriateness of names. Geoffrey Chaucer has a ribald ring...
JAMES JOYCE We have some good opportunities on mandatory boater education. I think that is a very important thin...
BRUCE DUNGAN Intel's 75 percent increase in capital spending to $6 billion in 2000 is finally paying dividends. W...
DANIEL NILES Jenny is a trusted colleague and an important asset to our team. Her expertise and hands-on experien...
JIXUN FOO Venture capital is about capturing the value between the startup phase and the public company phase.
FRED WILSON Most of us think we're too busy or too important to rest for a day.
CRAIG GROESCHEL Hedge funds, private equity and venture capital funds have played an important role in providing liq...
JACK REED There is a basic misconception of rhythms. Our side has already accepted the document. The Belgrade ...
VETON SURROI You say: "My goal is to build a world-class company." Investor thinks: "How about you ship and sell ...
GUY KAWASAKI You say: "If you sign an NDA, I'll tell you my idea." Investor thinks: "You are clueless. How can yo...
GUY KAWASAKI You say: "I'm bright and ambitious." Investor thinks: "That's a relief because I usually invest in s...
GUY KAWASAKI You say: "I don't know much about your firm, but I thought I'd contact you anyway." Investor thinks:...
GUY KAWASAKI You say: "I'm a blue sky thinker." Investor thinks: "You have no business model, and you don't know ...
GUY KAWASAKI You say: "The last time I contacted you, I..." Investor thinks: "I'm going to fire my secretary for ...
GUY KAWASAKI Here's what you should say [to investor]: "This is what my company does..." It's that simple. What y...
GUY KAWASAKI You say: "I've always wanted to be an entrepreneur." Investor thinks: "I've always wanted to be a pr...
GUY KAWASAKI You say: "I love to think of new ways to solve problems." Investor thinks: "Is this a high-school sc...
GUY KAWASAKI It's a strong area for venture capital. It's no longer a choice between whether you will be clean or...
CRAIG CUDDEBACH Finance is critical. If sufficient investment is made in infrastructure and venture capital is made ...
SANJAY KUMAR I like the word 'fuck'. The word means what it means, but it also means whatever you need it to mean...
LISA GLATT Stephen picks up on Armstrong's pier, and calls Kingstown pier "a disappointed bridge" (2.22)...
JAMES JOYCE One misconception about me... that I have a small penis. That's a big misconception.
RICHIE SAMBORA Before the battle they had been discussing whether there might be life after death, and Windham and ...
JENNY UGLOW I’ve seen too many intellectuals lately. I get very tired of the precious intellects who must spea...
CHARLES BUKOWSKI As a lot of the venture capital world seems to be shifting away from consumer, we want to make sure ...
DAN LEVITAN Life is a school of probability.
WALTER BAGEHOT This life is a process of learning.
LAURYN HILL Life is a process. We are a process. The universe is a process.
ANNE WILSON SCHAEF Everybody in life is a chameleon.
MELANIE CHISHOLM His life seemed like a deck of cards, and in the midst of all those two’s and three’s someone ha...
TEKOA MANNING I wanted to tell you that I just--I miss you. And maybe that sounds ridiculous--like we barely know ...
TAMMARA WEBBER Life is a grand party.
EZRA MILLER There is a misconception that we have endless money. We need to allocate the money fairly.
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ALEXANDER MCQUEEN You can hide so much behind theatrics, and I don't need to do that any more.
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ALEXANDER MCQUEEN When the sword is once drawn, the passions of men observe no bounds of moderation.
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ALEXANDER SMITH Real liberty is neither found in despotism or the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments...
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ALEXANDER CHASE In short, no pattern is an isolated entity. Each pattern can exist in the world only to the extent t...
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ALEXANDER MCQUEEN I want to empower women.
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ALEXANDER POPE And, after all, what is a lie? 'Tis but the truth in a masquerade.
ALEXANDER POPE Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed was the ninth beatitude.
ALEXANDER POPE The ruling passion, be it what it will. The ruling passion conquers reason still.
ALEXANDER POPE Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always to be blest.
ALEXANDER POPE So vast is art, so narrow human wit.
ALEXANDER POPE The most positive men are the most credulous.
ALEXANDER POPE Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man.
ALEXANDER POPE How happy is the blameless vestal's lot? The world forgetting, by the world forgot.
ALEXANDER POPE And die of nothing but a rage to live.
ALEXANDER POPE Act well your part, there all the honour lies.
ALEXANDER POPE A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.
ALEXANDER POPE The greatest magnifying glasses in the world are a man's own eyes when they look upon his own pe...
ALEXANDER POPE Never find fault with the absent.
ALEXANDER POPE A brain of feathers, and a heart of lead.
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ALEXANDER POPE We do not even see the sun for several months in the north of Sweden.
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ALEXANDER POPE Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
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ALEXANDER HAMILTON The composition of the primary is so different than when I was first elected governor in 1978.
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LAMAR ALEXANDER If Mr. Bush and Mr. Forbes don't get most of the votes, they should be arrested for wasting mone...
LAMAR ALEXANDER I need to know the price of a gallon of milk and a dozen eggs. I need to know right now.
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LAMAR ALEXANDER Put too many one-size-fits-all jackets on Americans and the place explodes.
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BILL ALEXANDER The anger in the Brigade against those who fought the Republic in the rear was sharpened by reports ...
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DOUGLAS ALEXANDER Your death and my death are mainly of importance to ourselves. The black plumes will be stripped off...
ALEXANDER SMITH Scarce any Tale was sooner heard than told;And all who told it, added something new,And all who hear...
ALEXANDER POPE See skulking Truth to her old cavern fled,
Mountains of Casuistry heap'd o'er her head!
Philos...
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ALEXANDER POPE Death is but a passage. It is not a house, it is only a vestibule. The grave has a door on its inner...
ALEXANDER MACLAREN No doubt I shall go on writing, stumbling across tundras of unmeaning, planting words like bloody fl...
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ALEXANDER HAMILTON When occasions present themselves, in which the interests of the people are at variance with their i...
ALEXANDER HAMILTON In the usual progress of things, the necessities of a nation in every stage of its existence will be...
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EBEN ALEXANDER I grew up in a scientific world, the son of a neurosurgeon.
EBEN ALEXANDER I'm not the first person to have discovered evidence that consciousness exists beyond the body. ...
EBEN ALEXANDER As a neurosurgeon, I did not believe in the phenomenon of near-death experiences.
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EBEN ALEXANDER The honor of a nation is its life.
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Stretch'd on the rack of a too easy chair,
And h...
ALEXANDER POPE It is part of the cure to wish to be cured.
[Lat., Pars sanitatis velle sanari fruit.]
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ALEXANDER HANSON I am not aspiring to be a senior bureaucrat. It would limit my freedom.
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ALAN ALEXANDER When my unit left, we felt good about what we had done.
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ALEXANDER HAMILTON More and more people care about religious tolerance as fewer and fewer care about religion
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ALEXANDER CHASE 'Tis not enough your counsel still be true; Blunt truths more mischief than nice falsehoods do.
ALEXANDER POPE How index-learning turns no student pale,
Yet holds the eel of science by the tale.
ALEXANDER POPE Reason, however able, cool at best,
Cares not for service, or but serves when prest,
Stays til...
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What can we reason but from what we know?
ALEXANDER POPE We may eventually come to realize that chastity is no more a virtue than malnutrition.
ALEXANDER COMFORT My two favorite movies are 'Coming to America' and 'Boomerang'.
SHAUN ALEXANDER A man should never be ashamed to own that he is wrong, which is but saying in other words that he is...
ALEXANDER POPE Lely on animated canvas stole
The sleepy eye, that spoke the melting soul.
ALEXANDER POPE He best can paint them who shall feel them most.
ALEXANDER POPE Wretches hang that jurymen may dine.
ALEXANDER POPE If, presume not to God to scan; The proper study of Mankind is Man. Plac'd on this isthmus of a midd...
ALEXANDER POPE But if
We have such another victory, we are undone.
ALEXANDER POPE The heart resolves this matter in a trice,
"Men only feel the smart, but not the vice."
ALEXANDER POPE Virtue, I grant you, is an empty boast;
But shall the dignity of vice be lost?
ALEXANDER POPE Wealth is the product of man's capacity to think.
ALEXANDER POPE What riches give us let us then inquire:
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ALEXANDER POPE Get place and wealth, if possible, with grace;
If not, by any means get wealth and place.
ALEXANDER POPE One science only will one genius fit; so vast is art, so narrow human wit.
ALEXANDER POPE When I was training, I trained with my younger brother Brady. I would wrestle some of my friends, wh...
JAIMIE ALEXANDER Zeal is very blind, or badly regulated, when it encroaches upon
the rights of others.
ALEXANDER POPE Poets heap virtues, painters gems, at will,
And show their zeal, and hide their want of skill.
ALEXANDER POPE But Satan now is wiser than of yore, and tempts by making rich, not making poor.
ALEXANDER POPE Know then this truth, enough for man to know virtue alone is happiness below.
ALEXANDER POPE Life has taught me to think, but thinking has not taught me to live.
ALEXANDER HERZEN Most women have no characters at all.
ALEXANDER POPE Learn to live well, or fairly make your will;
you played, and loved, and ate, and drunk your fil...
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ALEXANDER TROCCHI Most authors steal their works, or buy.
ALEXANDER POPE Why did I write? What sin to me unknown dipped me in ink, my parents , or my own?
ALEXANDER POPE True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, as those move easiest who have learned to dance. 'T...
ALEXANDER POPE Fix'd like a plan on his peculiar spot, to draw nutrition, propagate, and rot.
ALEXANDER POPE Here, sir, the people govern; here they act by their immediate representatives.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON The system is the best that the present views and circumstances of the country will permit.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON The bookful blockhead ignorantly read,
With loads of learned lumber in his head,
With his own ...
ALEXANDER POPE I find myself... hoping a total end of all the unhappy divisions of mankind by party-spirit, which a...
ALEXANDER POPE They dream in courtship, but in wedlock wake.
ALEXANDER POPE Know then thyself; presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man.
ALEXANDER POPE 'Tis with our judgments as our watches, none
Go just alike, yet each believes his own.
ALEXANDER POPE Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne.
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ALEXANDER POPE Did some more sober critics come abroad? If wrong, I smil'd; if right, I kiss'd the rod.
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ALEXANDER SOLZHENITSYN Even the most rational approach to ethics is defenseless if there isn't the will to do what is right
ALEXANDER SOLZHENITSYN Own only what you can always carry with you: know languages, know countries, know people. Let your m...
ALEXANDER SOLZHENITSYN Hastiness and superficiality are the psychic diseases of the twentieth century, and more than anywhe...
ALEXANDER SOLZHENITSYN The Universe has as many different centers as there are living beings in it
ALEXANDER SOLZHENITSYN Blow the dust off the clock. Your watches are behind the times. Throw open the heavy curtains which ...
ALEXANDER SOLZHENITSYN I am of course confident that I will fulfill my tasks as a writer in all circumstances -- from my gr...
ALEXANDER SOLZHENITSYN Justice is conscience, not a personal conscience but the conscience of the whole of humanity. Those ...
ALEXANDER SOLZHENITSYN Literature becomes the living memory of a nation.
ALEXANDER SOLZHENITSYN Generosity is a two-edged virtue for an artist - it nourishes his imagination but has a fatal effect...
ALEXANDER SOLZHENITSYN I'm tired of hearing it said that democracy doesn't work. Of course it doesn't work. We are supposed...
ALEXANDER WOOLLCOTT Be not the first by which a new thing is tried, or the last to lay the old aside.
ALEXANDER POPE