Seth Quotes

Today, not starting is far, far worse than being wrong. If you start, you've got a shot at evolving and adjusting to turn your wrong into a right. But if you don't start, you never get a chance.

A TV show is constant work, which is the great thing about it.

I think around that time I met David [Gordon Green] or, well, we all met at Superbad and Judd [Apatow] said, 'I'm thinking about having him direct [ Knocked Up].' Sounded like a good idea.

If you try to delight the undelightable, you've made yourself miserable for no reason.

I did karate for a really long time, almost 10 years when I was younger.

A value strategy is of little use to the impatient investor since it usually takes time to pay off.

Bad things happen, but really bad things do not. Do buy the dips, especially the lowest quality securities when they come under pressure, because declines will quickly be reversed.

I'm intimidated anytime I work with someone who's directly outside my very insulated group of friends.

We don't deal in absolutes. We deal in probabilities.

Uh, stay fat people - That's my motto. It's no picnic!

Instead of focusing on arguing with people who say no, it might be easier to get near the people who like to say yes.

If only one word is to be used to describe what Baupost does, that word should be: 'Mispricing'. We look for mispricing due to over-reaction.

You don't have enough time to be both unhappy & mediocre. It's not just pointless; it's painful.

When a Wall Street analyst or broker expresses optimism, investors must take it with a grain of salt.

I believe that uncertainty is really my spirit's way of whispering, I'm in flux. I can't decide for you. Something is off-balance here.

When you are trusted because you care, it's quite likely the revenue will take care of itself

The way you make something happen is to do something that a fool could screw up.

As people get older and fall out of the spotlight, people's memory of them changes.

People should be highly sceptical of anyone's including their own, ability to predict the future, and instead pursue strategies that can survive whatever may occur.

I leave you, hoping that the lamp of liberty will burn in your bosoms until there shall no longer be a doubt that all mean are created free and equal.

You have to learn a few things, which you do along the way, but basically, poetry is a matter of the ear. Iambic pentameters or what constitutes a stanza comes naturally - your ears will know.

If you are deliberately trying to create a future that feels safe, you will willfully ignore the future that is likely.

Leadership, on the other hand, is about creating change you believe in.

I think the most productive thing to do during times of change is to be your best self, not the best version of someone else.

I just love music - by no stretch of the imagination am I professionally competent.

If something is shocking without being funny it's hard to justify.

Reject the tyranny of picked. Pick yourself.

So sure, start with a slogan. But don't bother wasting any time on it if you're merely going for catchy. Aim for true instead.

No one knows more about the way you think than you do.

The only way to get what you're worth is to stand out, to exert emotional labor, to be seen as indispensable, and to produce interactions that organizations and people care deeply about.

Being aware of your fear is smart. Overcoming it is the mark of a successful person.

Once you adopt a value-investment strategy, any other investment behavior starts to seem like gambling.

The fatigue was there, but some people understood that putting it aside was the single most important factor in succeeding.

Costs and liabilities are rarely overstated.

When your art fails, make better art.

The only long-term motivation is self motivation. So hire people who are self motivated and get out of their way.

Networking that matters is helping people achieve their goals.

It's human nature to quit when it hurts. But it's that reflex that creates scarcity.

Gifts are not favors. If you expect something in return, it's not a gift.

If there's time for an emergency, why isn't there time for brilliance, generosity or learning?

Creating art is a habit, one that we practice daily or hourly until we get good at it

Fans, true fans, are hard to find and precious. Just a few can change everything. What they demand, though, is generosity and bravery.

Someone can always do your job a little better or faster or cheaper than you can.

Depressions aren't good but the depression mentality is good.

You don't have to settle. It's a choice you get to make every day.

The only reason to build a website is to change someone. If you can't tell me the change and you can't tell me the someone, then you're wasting your time.

My blogging life is basically goalless. I like the zen nature of that, and paradoxically, it improves results.

It is crucial in a sound investment process to search a mile wide than a mile deep with they find something - also.. never stop digging for information.

Our job is obvious: we need to get out of the way, shine a light, and empower a new generation to teach itself and to go further and faster than any generation ever has.

The way to maximize outcome is to focus on the process.