“Failures teach you more, there's always something fundamental about them.” Quote by Stelios Haji-Ioannou
“In general, I wait to be approached. I want to be the one who's hunted, I want to be the one who people take interest in.” PeopleWantWaitingInterestHunted Author:Laurel Nakadate
“I think it's a really good thing to put yourself in a situation where you feel really uncomfortable because I think things can come out of that discomfort.” ThinkingFeelsSituationGood ThingsUncomfortableDiscomfort Author:Laurel Nakadate
“I have to manage and protect my brand. For the details I can always hire people who can knuckle down much better. For that I need people who are different to myself. People who compensate for my weaknesses.” PeopleNeedsI CanDifferentProtectWeaknessDetailsManageBrandsKnuckles Author:Stelios Haji-Ioannou
“Things might not get better but they might not get worse. There's something sort of beautiful about that.” MightBeautifulGet Better Author:Laurel Nakadate
“Unfortunately I have no rags-to-riches story to tell. Money never played a big role for me. My parents just had it.” StoriesBigsParentRolesRichesRagsRags To Riches Author:Stelios Haji-Ioannou
“I think that my original drive as an entrepreneur was precisely that desire to get away from the image of the shipping magnate's son.” ThinkingDesireSonOriginalsEntrepreneurGet AwayShipping Author:Stelios Haji-Ioannou
“Even if someone is competent, it's so damned easy to crucify him as long as he's only working on his father's account. So at the beginning I certainly wanted to prove myself to my father and the rest of society. That quickly turned into a greater challenge. My lifestyle hasn't changed as a result.” IfsLongWantedFatherEasyChallengesResultsGreaterChangedProveAccountsLifestyleCompetentProve Myself Author:Stelios Haji-Ioannou
“I think my work is optimistic - as much as it is pathetic and funny and sad and ridiculous, at the end of the day it's about the hope that something will go right, and the constant wishing for a world where things might start to make sense.” ThinkingWorldEndsMightWishConstantRidiculousOptimisticMake SenseThe End Of The DayPathetic Author:Laurel Nakadate
“I feel like the men who end up in my videos, their biggest crime is being lonely. They're not violent, they're not scary people, they're just men who keep to themselves and have a hard time being social.” PeopleMenFeelsEndsHardSocialCrimeHe ManLonelyScaryViolentVideoHard TimesBeing LonelyScary People Author:Laurel Nakadate
“A lot of people think that my work is about mocking or making fun of things, but a lot of it is about discomfort and making myself as uncomfortable as the men feel, or putting myself in a situation where I'm revealing my loneliness as much as they're revealing theirs.” PeopleThinkingMenFeelsFunSituationLonelinessHe ManUncomfortableRevealingDiscomfort Author:Laurel Nakadate