Seth Quotes

Anyone who takes responsibility for getting something done is welcome to ask for the authority to do it.

You really get tired in one area of your life, and then you start questioning your whole existence.

Anytime you start getting a real tangible relationship with something that's been blown up to a legendary status, you just realize that every part of it is just people getting ahead.

You don't have to come from Trinidad to really love Harry Belafonte, you don't have to come from the West Coast to appreciate the simplicity and the beauty of the songs Kurt Cobain wrote.

The best vaccine imaginable is only valuable to the extent we get it to everyone who needs it.

We've actually eliminated Type II polio in the world, at least as far as we can tell.

When it comes to providing aid, developing innovations and making bold steps that change the course of history, the United States is usually on the front lines.

Before Fringe I was in Dirty Sexy Money playing Jeremy Darling who was this bratty New York socialite.

Fringe' was the first time I realized that I could ever man up in a character and make this transition from being a boy or a young man into actually being a man.

Whatever kind of story you're telling, whether it's a genre piece for a comic book or whatever it is, it has importance because it's all a metaphor for the existence of our being.

I think what's so great about 'Arrow' is that they really ground everything in reality.

I think everyone thinks their family is insane, and every family is insane. There is no real normal.

The more you spend time with a character, the more you see different nuances of that character.

I just think, as a species, what we [people] enjoy most is creation and creativity, and telling stories is an extension of expressing all the thoughts and ideas that we have inside of ourselves.

The job is not your work; what you do with your heart and soul is the work.

The instinct to produce great work doesn't require a fancy notebook.

If you can raise money, you're never going to have trouble getting a job.

Teaching young people to sell is a priceless gift.

'Teamwork' is the word that bosses use when they actually mean 'Do what I say'

As creators, our pursuit of perfection might be misguided, particularly if it comes at the expense of the things that matter.

When you put your ideas in the world, then, and only then, do you know if they're real.

You can be right or you can have empathy. You can't do both.

What I learned: Shun nonbelievers. Ignore critics. Do your best for people who want to dance with you.

As long as you want to please everyone, you won't please anyone.

Seek out habits that help you overcome fear or inertia. Destroy those that do the opposite.

Don't create for the masses. Create for the people who are your kind of weird.

If you're not the best in the world at what you do, then you have to get better.

Positive thinking doesn't guarantee results, all it offers is something better than negative thinking.

The organizations of the future are filled with smart, fast, flexible people on a mission

No one is as smart as all of us.

Surprise and differentiation have far more impact than noise does.

Are you doing work worth doing, or are you just doing your job?

Go ahead and make something for the elites. Not the elites of class or wealth, but the elites of curiosity, passion and taste. Every great thing ever created was created by and for this group.

Many Things That Are True Are True Because You Believe Them.

The best creative solutions don't come from finding good answers to the questions that are presented... They come from inventing new questions!

Be relentlessly generous, without focusing on when it will come back to you.

'How was your day?' is a question that matters a lot more than it seems.

Plans are great, but missions are better.

Not changing your strategy merely because you're used to the one you have now is a lousy strategy.

At least at first, the new thing is rarely as good as the old thing was. If you need the alternative to be better than the status quo from the very start, you'll never begin.

Black Friday is a media trap, an orchestrated mass hallucination based on herd dynamics and the media cycle.

Many people believe that great designers get great clients. It's the other way around.

Your best customers are worth far more than your average customers.

The myth that the CEO is going to discover you and nurture you and ask you to join her for lunch is just that, a Hollywood myth.

The internet was supposed to homogenize everyone by connecting us all. Instead what it's allowed is silos of interest.

Fear is the dream killer, the silent voice that pushes us to lose our passion in a vain attempt to seek safety.

You don't win an Olympic gold medal with a few weeks of intensive training.

Debt creates stress, stress creates behaviors that don't lead to happiness.

In a race, sooner or later there's a moment that separates the winner from those who don't win. That instant is your chance, the moment you've been waiting for.

The person who fails the most wins.