Seth Quotes

Change is not a threat, it's an opportunity. Survival is not the goal, transformative success is.

The big win is when you refuse to settle for average or mediocre.

Every great company, brand, career has been built in exactly the same way: bit by bit, step by step, little by little.

I was a huge 'Star Trek' fan. I loved the 'Twilight Zone' growing up. In the future, I hope to create some thoughtful, sci-fi drama.

I'm big on the importance of science, particularly right now at this point in time when there's sort of a systematic rejection of science by a lot of people in America.

The key to getting a reputation for being brilliant is actually being brilliant, not just acting like you are.

Don't measure anything unless the data helps you make a better decision or change your actions. If you're not prepared to change your diet or your workouts, don't get on the scale.

People that take responsibility are often given responsibility!

I have a car that I like - an Aston Martin - for Sunday drives in the country.

Don’t do it because it’s your job, do it because you can.

The people who are the best in the world specialize at getting really good at the questions they don't know.

A bully is playing a game, one that he or she enjoys and needs. You're welcome to play this game if it makes you happy, but for most people, it will make you miserable.

Art is a personal gift that changes the recipient. The medium doesn't matter. The intent does.

Ratings agencies are highly conflicted, unimaginative dupes. They are blissfully unaware of adverse selection and moral hazard. Investors should never trust them.

The best time to do great customer service is when a customer is upset.

The best protection against risk is knowing what you are doing.

Correct is fine but it is better to be interesting

In investing it is never wrong to change your mind. It is only wrong to change your mind and do nothing about it.

The prevailing view has been that the market will earn a high rate of return if the holding period is long enough, but entry point is what really matters.

Avoiding where others go wrong is an important step in achieving investment success. In fact, it almost assures it.

When kids grow up wanting to be you, you matter.

A simple rule applies: if you don't quickly comprehend what a company is doing, then management probably doesn't either.

Genius is the act of solving a problem in a way no one has solved it before.

There's never a surefire good career move except doing good work.

A tipping point is invisible, as we just saw in Greece. In most situations, everything appears fine until it's not fine, until, for example, no one shows up at a Treasury auction.

We don't often have the luxury of time [in Steve Jobs movie ]to have these conversations where you just literally get to sit around for day and days and analyze every line of dialogue.

People who can spread ideas regardless of what those ideas are, win.

Successful investors must temper the arrogance of taking a stand with a large dose of humility, accepting that despite their efforts and care, they may in fact be wrong.

I know of no long-time practitioner who regrets adhering to a value philosophy; few investors who embrace the fundamental principles ever abandon this investment approach for another

One reason I encourage people to blog is that the act of doing it stretches your available vocabulary and hones a new voice.

Underground electronic music is art - fundamentally it's based on contemporary art, culture, dance, and real music. If you look at EDM, how many of those cultural standpoints are the same?

I'm seeing people float further and further away from the idea and the culture that we tried to create, and it really pisses me off.

We buy expecting to hold a bond to maturity and a stock forever.

Habits are where our lives and careers and bodies are made.

The art of good decision making is looking forward to and celebrating the tradeoffs, not pretending they don't exist.

Complexity - limits competition.

God save us from people who mean well.

Human nature is to need a map. If you’re brave enough to draw one, people will follow.

Remember the Bob Dylan rule: it's not just a record, it's a movement.

Every morning we have a choice -- forget our dreams or live them.

Keep starting until you finish.

The less people know, the more they yell.

Most people have been brainwashed into believing that their job is to copyedit the world, not to design it.

If you wait until there is another case study in your industry, you will be too late!

A generation that hates war will not bring peace. A generation that loves peace will bring peace.

Believe in what you do, because you may have to do it for a long time before it catches on.

I do believe in monsters oddly enough. I think they're under my bed. But aliens are ridiculous; monsters I think are real completely though.

I'm a complete coward in real life.

People rarely buy what they need. They buy what they want.

Communication is the transfer of emotion.