Even though running is physically straining, it’s mentally refreshing. Especially when you feel like you’ve accomplished something.
BIZ STONEThis idea that the open exchange of information can have a positive global impact is being proven over and over again around the world nearly on a daily basis – and for Secretary Clinton to recognize that, I think, is a huge step.
More Biz Stone Quotes
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I’ve probably overused this analogy of a flock of birds moving around an object in flight, but, in reality, it’s so simple, real time communication of individuals that allow for this super organism type of organism to happen.
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We didn’t have anything before Twitter that allowed a group of people roaming around a city to communicate instantly, in real time, and in a coordinated way, in a group.
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I got an idea: people like news why don’t we write the news down on a piece of paper, and we’ll gas them up and drive them to everyone’s house.
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I think that’s a really important role that people sometimes forget about, especially with all these newspaper shutting down and having trouble, where are all these stories going to go?
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I think before Twitter people didn’t think that way, not in any sort of meaningful or specific way, so what I’m trying to say, if we’re trying a bunch of stuff, a lot of cool and great social stuff, a lot of platform stuff, then some of it will stick, and some of it will be junked over.
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You can shut down a service, and yet people will find ways to communicate.
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In order to succeed spectacularly you have to be willing to fail spectacularly.
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Doing startups is all about making mistakes.
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People first. Technology second.
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They picked my jacket and when the art director got back to Boston, he wanted to know who designed it and I said, “Me.” He was like, “The box guy?”
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The determination that led me to create a new sports team taught me an important lesson: opportunity is manufactured.
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Lesson number one: opportunity can be manufactured.
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In any leadership position, you’re always going to be disappointing somebody.
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You don’t have to spend the entire day hunched over your computer consuming this information.
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I was writing and developing software for alumnae to be able to connect and communicate.
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Understand that you dont have all the answers, you just have to start somewhere and keep an open mind.
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I’m curious about writing in the age of online publishing. Because nobody cares about good writing online.
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Creativity comes from constraint.
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Willingness to take risks is the path to success.
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Both my wife and I have a lot of compassion for animals in general.
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When I studied graphic design, I learned a valuable lesson: There’s no perfect answer to the puzzle, and creativity is a renewable resource.
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Embrace your constraints.
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We can break news really fast. When an earthquake happens, there are people Twittering about it.
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What if the New York Times gave out free, cheap Kindles to everyone and said this is how we’re doing it now. You know? Maybe that’s a way to go.
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I thought I was going to stay at Google, because it was a great place to work.
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The reason I really started running was for meditative purposes. I would pick some problem to have in my head while running.
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