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Related I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES How should I know?" said Alice, surprised at her own courage. "It's no business of mine." The Q... LEWIS CARROLL Only bad books have good endings. If a book is any good, it's ending is always bad - because yo... PSEUDONYMOUS BOSCH If you want to kill any idea in the world, get a committee working on it. CHARLES KETTERING If you want to kill any idea in the world, get a committee working on it. CHARLES F. KETTERING Every event in life — the rejections, the relationships, all the embarrassing things you do will l... MIKE ZACCHIO I think it's a good idea. Anytime you get more than two people together to talk about any issue, you... BOB SIMPSON The secret of any kind of reporting is to go with a guide. So if you, you're going to see Hezbol... DAVID IGNATIUS It is perfectly evident to any logical mind that when you have got the vote, by the proper use of th... EMMELINE PANKHURST If you want to kill any idea in the world today, get a committee working on it. CHARLES FRANKLIN KETTERING If you want to kill any idea in the world today, get a committee working on it. CHARLES F. KETTERING Offensively, we have to start from the beginning any way you can and as soon as you can. If you have... COLT SEDBROOK It's very difficult to get any footage of yourself doing what you love unless you have a friend ... NICK WOODMAN The love you get, is equal to the love you give. BEN OAK Because who knows? Who knows anything? Who knows who's pulling the strings? Or what is? Or how? Who ... JANDY NELSON I think, you know, we entered the 'The X Factor' in the U.K., and you kind of want someone w... HARRY STYLES If I could have gone on describing to you the beauties of this region, who knows but I might have ma... ROBERT GOULD SHAW The American people who have it in their power to elect presidents have decided they don't want to h... CAROL COX The American people who have it in their power to elect presidents have decided they don't want to h... CAROL COX WAIT One of the big things that if you've got a guy who is doing things that other people could view ... DYLAN BAKER I don't think it ever does any harm in any business to feel that there is someone there who care... ANDRE BALAZS Be who you want to be not what others think you should be. BILAL SAIF I believe if there's any kind of God it wouldn't be in any of us, not you or me but just this little... JULIE DELPY The unfortunate thing is that, sometimes, we slip, but, fortunately, consciously or unconsciously, w... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH The guy who knows about computers is the last person you want to have creating documentation for peo... ADAM OSBORNE My dad was a big Frank Zappa fan, so I remember listening to a lot of Frank Zappa. Girls do not like... BILL HADER Congratulations, to the people which made gotham series, still need some more and extra work! DEYTH BANGER How to get it, I annoy you??? You are not interested??? What's the idea??? DEYTH BANGER If you don't have the good fortune to work a lot then you take any job you get offered, whether ... JAMES MCAVOY If you don't want to have to kill or capture every bad guy in the country, you have to reintegra... DAVID PETRAEUS That has been a big thing, because there are quite a few people who love coaching and love youth spo... JUDITH YOUNG If you make art, people will talk about it. Some of the things they say will be nice, some won’t. ... NEIL GAIMAN Clay in the hands of a good potter suffers so many good turns, but in the end, we see its real and t... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH I let people fill in the blanks on their own. If they want to think about their ex, that's fine.... TAYLOR SWIFT There's nothing like a good night's sleep to get you energized. If you know anybody who has any issu... CHRISTOPHER LYNCH I don’t want any of this. I just want to be what I was before you showed up here and all hell brok... KRISTIN CAST I don’t want any of this. I just want to be what I was before you showed up here and all hell brok... P.C. CAST Friendship is a double-edged sword one side it can be great and true but the other side it spells be... GARY F EVANS... The guy who knows about computers is the last person you want to have creating documentation for peo... ADAM OSBORNE It's a question of how you divide the forage pie. It always has been and always will be. There are s... FRAN ACKLEY That's my point: if you own thirty or more books, or you are reading any book at this moment, you ma... THOMAS GEOGHEGAN He was a gentleman and a gentle man, who never had a bad word about any situation. He saw the good i... BRENT JOHNSTON Any relationship should have love, and if there is no love, it is better to call off a relationship.... BIPASHA BASU If you travel 11 months a year - from one dangerous or isolated situation to the next - if you live ... RICK SMOLAN In Hollywood, if you have any success, you have this fear: What do you have to do to hang onto it? DAVID CARUSO There's a long tradition - certainly with country, but in all kinds of genres of music - to have... RICK MORANIS If you want to have control of the land under you, you need to own it. Any time you are renting, a p... ANTHONY JONES In the journey of life, certain paths may seem to be leading nowhere because of a mountain or hill o... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH We do have elite riders who show up on our rides, and if you're a guy like me who isn't necessarily ... DAN BUTLER Who cares what the color means? How do you know what he meant to say? I mean, did he leave another b... LAURIE HALSE ANDERSON It was bad. But good. People remember it. You have a good time. You want to see the Cubs win. And yo... HEIDI KRUCK That's how I clean up here. You get the good with the bad. I have to get rid of everything so I put ... JEFF CAMPBELL Thank you to all the members of the Academy for embracing our film about love, and about tolerance, ... CATHY SCHULMAN I think the trouble with artists or chefs who whine about criticism is that if you love the good rev... JIM HARRISON Maybe there aren't any such things as good friends or bad friends - maybe there are just friends, pe... STEPHEN KING As an outsider you hear about how much passion there is in the community, but until you're in the sp... ANDY BOOTH If you continue to make people feel that their lifestyles are going to make them go to hell, without... JANICE KING Something did happen, and I really don't feel proud of it. DEYTH BANGER What makes 'The Wire' a beautiful story is how true to life it is. In other shows, you have ... TRISTAN WILDS Once God gives you an idea; if it is not against the written word of God, if it is good for God and ... SUNDAY ADELAJA I have no idea whether anyone will have any desire to read it. Will people who don't know me at all ... JUSTIN TUSSING 'Pastoralia' by George Saunders. Possibly my favorite book. It's one of the weirdest boo... LIBBA BRAY Don't say bullshit, don't lie what you saw in the film The Seasoning you will do it, I will do it an... DEYTH BANGER I've found it to be extremely hard. I haven't been in this situation in any of my career and I'm sti... CHELSI WELCH You don't want to use too many statistics. The ones that apply to a July or August game won't be rel... TIM MCCARVER As Faulkner says, all of us have the capacity in us for great good and for great evil, for love but ... GEORGE R. R. MARTIN Be kind. We never know what people are going through. Give grace and mercy because one day your circ... GERMANY KENT My books are about ordinary people, like you, me, people on the street, people who really have an ex... KHALED HOSSEINI If you catch yourself wondering why you want more of the world and you're not satisfied with God, it... CRAIG GROESCHEL I hope no one who reads this book has been quite as miserable as Susan and Lucy were that night; but... C.S. LEWIS If you think about it, the guy who brought out the concept of school, hadn't been to school himself! SHUBHAM CHOUDHARY You have to ask yourself if you want to be the kind of actress who's interesting, or the kind of... WENDI MCLENDON-COVEY We talk for people who won't come forward and complain about a situation. It's hard for one person t... BARRY CORRADETTI People who believe fervently in the war effort, people who oppose it, people who have mixed feelings... PATRICK FITZGERALD Even before I did stand-up, I've always been the kind of guy - and I talk about it on stage - wh... LARRY THE CABLE GUY Being rich is not about how much money you have or how many homes you own; it's the freedom to buy a... JOHN WATERS Sam, Edilio’s a good guy,” Albert said, breaking in on Sam’s gloomy thoughts. “But like I sa... MICHAEL GRANT It´s natural to want someone you love to do what you want, or what you think would be good for them... JOHN IRVING The earth is an arena of champions. We are all champions. We all did overcome millions of potential ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH In any situation, it is good to be aware of even your co-workers, and if you are uncomfortable or co... KIMBERLY GUILFOYLE But if you want to know the truth, the weirdest thing that has happened has been my discovery that p... WILLIAM SHATNER In my arms is a woman who has given me a Skywatcher's Cloud Chart, a woman who knows all my secrets,... MATTHEW QUICK One of the best places for a shy person to meet people is in a coffee shop. If you are a reader, bri... LAURIE HELGOE You don't want to get rid of your experiences, because they're your experiences - good or bad - and ... JENNIFER CONNELLY Anyone who has spent any time at all on the Wild Coast knows the power of this place, MARTHINUS VAN SCHALKWYK You take a bunch of people who don't seem any different from you and me, but when you add them all t... TERRY PRATCHETT Any book that can help you survive the slings and arrows of adolescence is a book to love for life; ... LIBBA BRAY This guy is a bully. Bullies are people who say, 'If you don't do what I want, I'll hurt you,' or, '... CARL POPE There's no such thing as ageing gracefully. I don't meet people who want to get Alzheimer... AUBREY DE GREY There comes a time in life, when you walk away from all the drama and the people who create it. You ... FEMALE IMAGINATION People never like pollution, it has become very wrong to like pollution at all. But just like there ... REBECCA MCNUTT He's a guy who has been around and knows what it's all about. RICK ADDUONO I want to get to the moon. I want to go to Mars. DAVID MACKAY It's never going to be the same as Wakefield, ... But who knows? I have no idea if it helps or not. ... DON MATTINGLY If you're working in a high-crime neighborhood, and you see a person on a street corner hitching his... HEATHER MACDONALD We have kids who love to play basketball and coaches who love to coach and in the overall scheme of ... HEATH WALTON Find a guy who calls you beautiful instead of hot, who calls you back when you hang up on him, who w... WILLIAM SOMERSET MAUGHAM Find a guy who calls you beautiful instead of hot, who calls you back when you hang up on him, who w... PATSY CLINE Find a guy who calls you beautiful instead of hot, who calls you back when you hang up on him, who w... JUDY GARLAND You have no right to complain about any issue or about any problem, if you are not trying and willin... LALIT BHOJWANI
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There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf life. FRANK ZAPPA Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff. FRANK ZAPPA I searched for years I found no love. I'm sure that love will never be a product of plasticity. FRANK ZAPPA Music, in performance, is a type of sculpture. The air in the performance is sculpted into something... FRANK ZAPPA The manner in which Americans consume music has a lot to do with leaving it on their coffee tables, ... FRANK ZAPPA Art is making something out of nothing, and selling it. FRANK ZAPPA Politics is the entertainment branch of industry. FRANK ZAPPA It isn't necessary to imagine the world ending in fire or ice; there are two other possibilities: on... FRANK ZAPPA Rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who can't... FRANK ZAPPA The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced. 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FRANK ZAPPA You can't be a Real Country unless you have a BEER and an airline -- it helps if you have some kind ... FRANK ZAPPA A drug is neither moral nor immoral -- it's a chemical compound. The compound itself is not a menace... FRANK ZAPPA Most rock journalism is people who can't write, interviewing people who can't talk, for people who c... FRANK ZAPPA Suggestions or comments on this site? Send an email -Frank Zappa. FRANK ZAPPA You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline - it helps if you have some kind o... FRANK ZAPPA Jazz is not dead - it just smells funny FRANK ZAPPA Rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who can't re... FRANK ZAPPA In the fight between you and the world, back the world. FRANK ZAPPA Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff. FRANK ZAPPA I think it is good that books still exist, but they do make me sleepy. FRANK ZAPPA Art is making something out of nothing and selling it. FRANK ZAPPA No change in musical style will survive unless it is accompanied by a change in clothing style. Rock... FRANK ZAPPA It isn't necessary to imagine the world ending in fire or ice. There are two other possibilities... FRANK ZAPPA Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the ... FRANK ZAPPA If you want to get laid, go to college. If you want an education, go to the library. FRANK ZAPPA Well, I'm not here to impinge on anybody else's lifestyle. If I'm in a place where I know I'm going ... FRANK ZAPPA You can't always write a chord ugly enough to say what you want to say, so sometimes you have to... FRANK ZAPPA A composer is a guy who goes around forcing his will on unsuspecting air molecules, often with the a... FRANK ZAPPA The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced. FRANK ZAPPA You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline. It helps if you have some kin... FRANK ZAPPA Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the ... FRANK ZAPPA Without deviation progress is not possible. FRANK ZAPPA If we were the Monkees, we'd be ready by now. FRANK ZAPPA Fact of the matter is, there is no hip world, there is no straight world. There's a world, you see, ... FRANK ZAPPA Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the ... FRANK ZAPPA Everybody believes in something and everybody, by virtue of the fact that they believe in something,... FRANK ZAPPA There are more love songs than anything else. If songs could make you do something we'd all love one... FRANK ZAPPA Movin' to Montana soon Gonna be a dental floss tycoon FRANK ZAPPA Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or dates by which ... FRANK ZAPPA It is always advisable to be a loser if you cannot become a winner FRANK ZAPPA The computer can't tell you the emotional story. It can give you the exact mathematical design, ... FRANK ZAPPA All the good music has already been written by people with wigs and stuff. FRANK ZAPPA Most rock journalism is people who can't write, interviewing people who can't talk, for peop... FRANK ZAPPA There are more love songs than anything else. If songs could make you do something we'd all love... FRANK ZAPPA I have an important message to deliver to all the cute people all over the world. If you're out ther... FRANK ZAPPA Nobody looks good with brown lipstick on. FRANK ZAPPA The illusion of freedom will continue as long as it's profitable. FRANK ZAPPA Jesus will think you're a jerk. And it would be true. FRANK ZAPPA No, I don't think people really give a shit about that (meeting one's maker) unless they're complete... FRANK ZAPPA If classical music is the state of the art, then the arts are in a sad state FRANK ZAPPA Most people wouldn't know music if it came up and bit them on the ass. FRANK ZAPPA The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced FRANK ZAPPA My best advice to anyone who wants to raise a happy, mentally healthy child is: Keep him or her as f... FRANK ZAPPA I never set out to be weird. It was always other people who called me weird. FRANK ZAPPA I don't want to see any religious people in public office because they're working for another boss FRANK ZAPPA Those Jesus freaks, well they're friendly but, the shit they believe has got their minds all shut FRANK ZAPPA Stupidity has a certain charm - ignorance does not FRANK ZAPPA Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or dates by which ... FRANK ZAPPA The typical rock fan is not smart enough to know when he is being dumped on FRANK ZAPPA Rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who can't re... FRANK ZAPPA The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced FRANK ZAPPA In a fight between you and the world, pick the world FRANK ZAPPA I believe that people have a right to decide their own destiny; people own themselves. I also believ... FRANK ZAPPA The computer can't tell you the emotional story. It can give you the exact mathematical design, but ... FRANK ZAPPA The only difference between a cult and a religion is the amount of real estate they own FRANK ZAPPA Do you love it - do you hate it? There it is the way you made it FRANK ZAPPA too expensive and too violent. FRANK ZAPPA Fact of the matter is, there is no hip world, there is no straight world. There's a world, you see, ... FRANK ZAPPA The language and concepts contained herein are guaranteed not to cause eternal torment in the place ... FRANK ZAPPA Some people crave baseball - I find this unfathomable but I can easily understand why a person could... FRANK ZAPPA People, wake up Figure it out Religious fanatics Around and about The Court House, The State House, ... FRANK ZAPPA Do we really want to know how Michael Jackson makes his music? No. We want to understand why he need... FRANK ZAPPA Most rock journalism is people who can not write interviewing people who can not talk FRANK ZAPPA Music is always a commentary on society. FRANK ZAPPA I searched for years I found no love. I'm sure that love will never be a product of plasticity. FRANK ZAPPA One of my favorite philosophical tenets is that people will agree with you only if they already agre... FRANK ZAPPA If your children ever find out how lame you really are, they'll murder you in your sleep FRANK ZAPPA I think pop music has done more for oral intercourse than anything else that ever happened, and vice... FRANK ZAPPA It would be easier to pay off the national debt overnight than to neutralize the long-range effects ... FRANK ZAPPA Anything, Any time, Anywhere - for no Reason at All. FRANK ZAPPA The most important thing in art is the frame. For painting: literally; for other arts: figuratively ... FRANK ZAPPA The manner in which Americans ''consume'' music has a lot to do with leaving it on their coffee tabl... FRANK ZAPPA You can't always write a chord ugly enough to say what you want to say, so sometimes you have to rel... FRANK ZAPPA I like to watch the news, because I don't like people very much and when you watch the news ... if y... FRANK ZAPPA The United States is a nation of laws, badly written and randomly enforced. FRANK ZAPPA One of my favorite philosophical tenets is that people will agree with you only if they already agre... FRANK ZAPPA Tobacco is my favorite vegetable. FRANK ZAPPA You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline - it helps if you have some kind o... FRANK ZAPPA There is no such thing as a dirty word. Nor is there a word so powerful, that it's going to send the... FRANK ZAPPA Government is the Entertainment division of the military-industrial complex. FRANK ZAPPA I'm vile and perverted. I'm obsessed and deranged. I've existed for years but very little... FRANK ZAPPA Take the Kama Sutra. How many people died from the Kama Sutra as opposed to the Bible? Who wins? FRANK ZAPPA There's a big difference between kneeling down and bending over. FRANK ZAPPA Music is the only religion that delivers the goods. FRANK ZAPPA My best advice to anyone who wants to raise a happy, mentally healthy child is: Keep him or her as f... FRANK ZAPPA The illusion of freedom will continue as long as it's profitable to continue the illusion. At the po... FRANK ZAPPA It's better to have something to remember than anything to regret. FRANK ZAPPA Drop out of school before your mind rots from exposure to our mediocre educational system. Forget ab... FRANK ZAPPA Interviewer: 'So Frank, you have long hair. Does that make you a woman?' Frank Zappa: 'You have... FRANK ZAPPA Definition of rock journalism: People who can't write, doing interviews with people who can't think,... FRANK ZAPPA Jazz isn't dead. It just smells funny. FRANK ZAPPA Information is not knowledge. Knowledge is not wisdom. Wisdom is not truth. Truth is ... FRANK ZAPPA Republicans stand for raw, unbridled evil and greed and ignorance smothered in balloons and ribbons. FRANK ZAPPA A true Zen saying: "Nothing is what I want. FRANK ZAPPA May your shit come to life and kiss you on the face. FRANK ZAPPA I wrote a song about dental floss but did anyone's teeth get cleaner? FRANK ZAPPA I detest love lyrics. I think one of the causes of bad mental health in the United States is that pe... FRANK ZAPPA For the record, folks; I never took a shit on stage and the closest I ever came to eating shit anywh... FRANK ZAPPA The Ultimate Rule ought to be: 'If it sounds GOOD to you, it's bitchin'; if it sounds BAD to YOU, it... FRANK ZAPPA The bassoon is one of my favorite instruments. It has a medieval aroma, like the days when everythin... FRANK ZAPPA You can't be a Real Country unless you have a BEER and an airline. It helps if you have some kind of... FRANCIS VINCENT “FRANK” ZAPPA, JR. Art is making something out of nothing and selling it. FRANCIS VINCENT “FRANK” ZAPPA, JR. When we had to do book reports, I would pick a book that no one read and just make it up and turn th... AHMET ZAPPA The way this whole novel thing came together was, I sold them one bill of goods and then didn't comm... AHMET ZAPPA I picked books by their covers - the worse the cover, the more I wanted to read it. AHMET ZAPPA I miss my Dad. My Dad loved cheesy monster movies, so we'd have Godzilla movie marathons. Those are ... AHMET ZAPPA I had this whole ritual with my mother making the bed with me inside it so I would be invisible. AHMET ZAPPA I collect things that just look retarded. AHMET ZAPPA All the drawings are mine. Originally, the idea I sold to Random House was an illustrated recipe boo... AHMET ZAPPA I would ask my parents something, but then go to my siblings. We were encouraged to bounce ideas off... AHMET ZAPPA About the only thing that I'll probably end up doing is I made this amplifier with Peavey. It... DWEEZIL ZAPPA I really want younger audience members to see kids in their early 20's playing Frank's music... DWEEZIL ZAPPA Yes, but I view Frank's music as fully composed. In other words, the arrangements can work for a... DWEEZIL ZAPPA There are so many things that are misunderstood or not recognized about my father's music becaus... DWEEZIL ZAPPA I miss my Dad. My Dad loved cheesy monster movies, so we'd have Godzilla movie marathons. Those ... AHMET ZAPPA I didn't really hear any other music other than what my dad was working on until I was 12. My re... DWEEZIL ZAPPA I definitely have managed to overcome dyslexia now to become a fully functional human being but thin... AHMET ZAPPA The music that is played on the radio all the time or written about in magazines has nothing to do w... DWEEZIL ZAPPA We will have close to 3 months of rehearsals to learn about 30 songs. Frank usually rehearsed a band... DWEEZIL ZAPPA I would love to expose multiple younger generations to Frank's music. It's not an easy task ... DWEEZIL ZAPPA My parents told us how they felt but never imposed their beliefs on us, although I appreciate I got ... AHMET ZAPPA I think what my father appreciated was the science experiment of life. He had these kids, and they h... AHMET ZAPPA I didn't read at all until I was 12. I just couldn't. It was too frustrating. AHMET ZAPPA At 12 I dropped out of school but I had lost interest in it at a much earlier age. For me, school wa... AHMET ZAPPA I've always wanted to have a book published - it was a dream of mine, but the thought of actuall... AHMET ZAPPA The way this whole novel thing came together was, I sold them one bill of goods and then didn't ... AHMET ZAPPA My father would often work all night and sleep during the day, so for us, dinner might be pancakes, ... AHMET ZAPPA Just because something has tubes doesn't mean it's the best. I mean, tubes are obviously goo... DWEEZIL ZAPPA There's no difference in a lot of people's minds between good musicians and popular musician... DWEEZIL ZAPPA I don't care about a social life. DWEEZIL ZAPPA I know my name gets used illegally all the time all over the internet. You know, it is a trademarked... DWEEZIL ZAPPA But the reality is when you write a song, you should be able to strip away all the instruments and j... DWEEZIL ZAPPA And, you know, my dad would show me some things sometimes, but the best things that I got to do were... DWEEZIL ZAPPA For me, the most difficult thing is that I am learning melodies on guitar from some songs whose melo... DWEEZIL ZAPPA Frank's bands could play the hardest stuff and make it seem like no big deal. DWEEZIL ZAPPA I mean, no offense, but I don't really see why, like guitar players from Creed, or something lik... DWEEZIL ZAPPA It was spontaneously composed as I was playing it. And then I added a couple of other overdub textur... DWEEZIL ZAPPA Music can be so disturbing and frustrating. I mean the business side of it. The actual making music ... DWEEZIL ZAPPA Well, Steve Vai joined my dad's band right around the time when I actually started playing guita... DWEEZIL ZAPPA While it is true that Frank had a great sense of humor, he was also very serious about composing mus... DWEEZIL ZAPPA I feel that through my father's music I've found my own voice in my own playing. DWEEZIL ZAPPA The thing with food is that you can give 20 people the same recipe and the same ingredients, and som... DWEEZIL ZAPPA Modern records are all made with virtually identical gear, software plug-ins and everything. Everybo... DWEEZIL ZAPPA My Dad was so open creatively that I was off in search of black turtleneck bathing suits with long s... MOON UNIT ZAPPA I spent most of my life locked in my bedroom, miserable about my raging acne. MOON UNIT ZAPPA Gag me with a spoon! MOON UNIT ZAPPA I would think: Stay close to the implants! They must know something because they keep getting asked ... MOON UNIT ZAPPA The idea of licking stamps seemed great fun for me. MOON UNIT ZAPPA I peaked early. I was told I'd missed my boat. MOON UNIT ZAPPA I had a friend whose family had dinner together. The mother would tuck you in at night and make brea... MOON UNIT ZAPPA boys, girls and music . . why do they need gin? FRANK Whoever is happy will make others happy too. ANNE FRANK The best music happens when you have a personal connection to it. That same philosophy can extend to... FRANK IERO I'm not one of those complicated, mixed-up cats. I'm not looking for the secret to life... I... FRANK SINATRA The best revenge is massive success. FRANK SINATRA Mobile video is now a reality and a force to be reckoned with. I think it is essential to think abou... ZE FRANK I've been super impressed with what BuzzFeed has done on Facebook with inspiring list posts and ... ZE FRANK We have this incredible ability to communicate with each other. I want to play around with it, see w... ZE FRANK For some reason, we stopped getting gold stars at some age. It's time to bring them back. ZE FRANK If you want to get into the creative world, you have to just keep flogging away even when nobody'... ZE FRANK I consider creativity to be a more non-rational, subconscious thing. You have a relationship to your... ZE FRANK YouTube has become more mature, both as a platform and as a community. So much content has been adde... ZE FRANK I'm fascinated by simple joy. ZE FRANK We can't all be like Ryan Seacrest... the perfect platform manifestation of a human. I don't... ZE FRANK What better way to connect with people than by staring and talking straight at them? Don't blink... ZE FRANK I'm obsessed with media and the way audiences can become creative participants. ZE FRANK I've been fascinated by the Internet from the very start. In 2001, I had made a funny black-and-... ZE FRANK In an ever-changing technological landscape, where today's platforms are not tomorrow's plat... ZE FRANK Trust is a confusing thing. It seems so simple, but when you try to pin it down, it can be so elusiv... ZE FRANK Anything that makes you feel the most alone also has the greatest power to connect you. ZE FRANK Most of us yearn for really intimate, healthy, in-person relationships. People have a deep desire to... ZE FRANK The naked mole is, like, the ugliest freakin' creature in the world. It is so radically, unbelie... ZE FRANK When I was young, I had this feeling that there was this handbook that I had never gotten that expla... ZE FRANK On street corners everywhere, people are looking at their cell phones, and it's easy to dismiss ... ZE FRANK I studied neuroscience at the cellular level, so I was looking at learning and memory in the visual ... ZE FRANK The story of technology seems to go up and then retract into simplicity again. ZE FRANK I think this is one of the greatest gifts of this era: Because of the Internet, we can start to type... ZE FRANK Let me think about the people who I care about the most, and how when they fail or disappoint me... ... ZE FRANK A good procrastination should feel like you're inserting lots and lots of commas into the senten... ZE FRANK