“If it's crazy to call for putting police and armed security in our school to protect our children, then call me crazy.” Quote by Wayne LaPierre
“You know, actors lie all the time. 'Can I ride on the horse? Are you kidding? Of course! I was born on a horse!'... It's the same with motorcycles.” KnowsLyingCoursesActorsBornHorseMotorcycle Author:William Lucking
“I tend to not discriminate when it comes to people I can learn from. Basically, if someone has built a meaningful business in software, technology or media, faced disruption and adversity, and overcame underdog status, I want to know how they did it.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantI CanTechnologyKnow HowMediaBuiltAdversityMeaningfulSoftwareDisruptionUnderdog Author:Aaron Levie
“I think bad politics are incredibly dangerous, so it's important to make sure that people are communicating well. Culture and morale are super important. It's best to not force it, but let it happen organically and genuinely.” PeopleThinkingWellsImportantHappensCultureForceDangerousCommunicateMoraleBad Politics Author:Aaron Levie
“Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical.” DutyCriticalPretendingCorny Book:The Magus Source: The Magus
“I'm certainly not into money and prestige. For me there is simply nothing more exciting than people involved in the creation of great products. That is what drives me.” PeopleCreationProductsInvolvedExcitingPrestige Author:Aaron Levie
“If you're in your early 20s and you're hanging out with a bunch of other people in their early 20s, nobody has a sense of the kinds of problems that real 'workers' run into every day. They're running into a completely different set of problems like 'what's the party going on right now that I should be going to?” PeopleIfsShouldKindDifferentRealProblemRunningPartyRight NowWorkersBunchHanging OutEarly 20s Author:Aaron Levie
“My co-founder Dylan Smith and I left our junior year of college to move to the Bay Area. To the horror of our friends' parents, we actually had two other friends drop out of college to work on the product. The four of us were just working non-stop growing Box.” YearsTwoMovingLeftParentFourGrowingCollegeProductsHorrorAreasBoxesFoundersDylanJuniorsNon StopBay AreaJunior Year Author:Aaron Levie
“My dad is a chemical engineer, and my mom was a teacher. They were pretty serious about education, but I always thought about things a little bit differently.” LittlesBitsTeacherSeriousMomDadLittle BitMy DadMy MomChemicalsEngineers Author:Aaron Levie
“My downtime tends to resemble my uptime. Weekends are workdays, but toned down. Over the whole weekend, I may have five meetings, as opposed to six on a weekday. I used to play piano for 30 minutes at night, but I had to pull that out of my schedule. I don't have time for nonwork stuff.” MayPlayWholeUsedNightStuffFiveMinutesSixMeetingsPianoWeekendSchedulesDowntimeWeekdays Author:Aaron Levie
“My mom is proud of me. But she might not be too happy about the hours I keep or how little I eat. I wake up so late that it would be inappropriate to have breakfast. At most, I will have a snack in the day and dinner. I realize that it's not the healthiest way to live, but it's all I really have time for.” WayLittlesMightWould BeRealizingHoursMomProudLateWake UpMy MomDinnerBreakfastWay To LiveInappropriateSnacksProud Of Me Author:Aaron Levie