Geoffrey

“The job of a journalist would be unbearable if one was always to put oneself in the shoes of a subject.”
― Ryan Holiday, Conspiracy: Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatomy of Intrigue

“When someone copies you, they are copying a moment in time. They don’t know the thinking that went into getting you to that moment in time, and they won’t know the thinking that’ll help you have a million more moments in time. They’re stuck with what you left behind.”
― Jason Fried, It Doesn't Have to be Crazy at Work

“It’s not a huge deal,” he said. “Just don’t go anywhere you’re not supposed to be and remember to smile and wave to the man in the bushes outside your house when you leave for work.”
― John Carreyrou, Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

“In a sane system, a political article that generated thousands of comments would be an indicator that something went wrong. It means the conversation descended into an unproductive debate about abortion or immigration, or devolved into mere complaining. But in the broken world of the web, it is the mark of a professional.”
― Ryan Holiday, Trust Me, I'm Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator