If you have too many epiphanies, you’re on some kind of drug.
BARRY DILLERThe American public tunes in every night hoping to see two people screwing. Obviously, we can’t give them that but let’s always keep it in mind.
More Barry Diller Quotes
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I absolutely believe the Internet is passing from its free days into a paid system. Inevitably, I promise you, it will be paid.
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I’ve always said AOL is great opportunity for somebody.
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No one can solve an issue where there is no economic model yet.
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All forms of commerce are adversarial.
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Ticketmaster does not set prices. Live Nation does not set ticket prices. Artists set ticket prices.
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I never thought I was a very good manager.
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I’m never absolutely sure of anything, and I don’t want to be. You’re either right and you’ll pull through, or you’re not. We’re never going to be right about everything, and we’ve certainly been wrong.
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Facebook’s the real deal. Nobody can buy Facebook now. Everybody has taken an angle at it. But Facebook may be the place that organizes everybody’s personal information. It’s got a very good chance of being that.
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Well, the Internet is this miracle. It is an absolutely extraordinary idea that you can press a send button, and you are publishing to the world.
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Now along comes the potential creative destruction brought by a different distribution methodology, the Internet.
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Put one dumb foot in front of the other and course-correct as you go.
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Hollywood is a community that’s so inbred, it’s a wonder the children have any teeth.
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The world is changing. Networks without a specific branding strategy will be killed. I envision a world of highly niched services and tightly run companies without room for all the overhead the established networks carry.
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You really want to get a headache? Try to understand Internet advertising.
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The only way anyone’s going to succeed is to build the product.
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