“Just because it feels good, does not necessarily mean it is good, or right, for you.”— Joel L. Daniels, twitter.com
“Stop asking 'What am i getting out of this?' and start asking, 'What can i give to this?' because, gratitude.”— Joel L. Daniels, twitter.com
“What is it like to be a woman in comedy? I would say it's 1% jokes & 99% answering this question.”— Aparna Nancherla, twitter.com
“It is good to know how to go in hard and ask for the world. But every now and then, it’s also good to know when to go in soft and ask for not very much at all.”— Heather Havrilesky, thecut.com
“True success is figuring out your life and career so you never have to be around jerks.”— John Waters, amazon.com
“I’ve chosen to financially empower myself so that I never have to be ducking predators and chasing trophies.””— Ellen Pompeo, hollywoodreporter.com
“Most presidential candidates spend their entire careers, if not their lives from adolescence, preparing for the role. They rise up the ladder of elected offices, perfect a public face, and prepare themselves to win and to govern. The Trump calculation, quite a conscious one, was different. The candi…”— Michael Wolff, nymag.com
“In the middle of my playing career, I decided to stop signing autographs. In part, my feelings about autographs is based upon my belief that I’d rather meet someone who approaches me respectfully, talk to them for a minute and look them in the eye, rather than participate in the momentary ritual of…”— Bill Russell, csmonitor.com
“My experiences have taught me that service, doing what you love, has rewards that money cannot buy.”— Iyanla Vanzant, twitter.com
“Do what you love! Do it with passion! If you are never rewarded with money or recognition, you are making a valuable contribution to yourself.”— Iyanla Vanzant, twitter.com
“I’m not a school counselor. I’m not a therapist. I only have as many hours in a day as anyone else. I edit this publication and I write because I need to, but if I looked at everything and responded to even one person, then I would have to respond to everyone and the work wouldn’t happen. A couple o…”— Tavi Gevinson, thecut.com
“When girls write to us about how inadequate they feel and how shitty Instagram makes them feel and how cool other people look and how lame they are, I just want to be like, No, no, no, no! This is all strategic. You’re doing great. Nothing exciting is happening over here except ambitious people in a…”— Tavi Gevinson, thecut.com
“It's been a tremendous ride. My 15 years, my 15 minutes of fame, is up.”— Emmitt Smith, successories.com
“I'm hoping someday that some kid, black or white, will hit more home runs than myself. Whoever it is, I'd be pulling for him.”— Hank Aaron, baseball-almanac.com
“I looked for the same pitch my whole career, a breaking ball. All of the time. I never worried about the fastball. They couldn't throw it past me, none of them.”— Hank Aaron, baseball-almanac.com
“Despite what your left-leaning liberal arts education instilled in you, reading, writing, and creating is a luxury not a right. Entitlement is thinking otherwise.”— Molly Guy, vogue.com
“For my whole career in retail, I have stuck by one guiding principle. It’s a simple one, and I have repeated it over and over and over in this book until I’m sure you’re sick to death of it. But I’m going to say it again anyway: the secret of successful retailing is to give your customers what they…”— Sam Walton, amazon.com