Jurvetson Flickr Quotes

Weird noises: Happen in the wee hours.

Me, unaffected: The only supernatural and ominous force in this place is me and I was here first, so whatever and whoever you are you need to go. ~ Unknown

The difference between an ordinary life and an extraordinary life is only a matter of perspective. Pull the blinds. Look around you. It is a mad, mad world and you do not require ten digit bank accounts to immerse yourself in it. Travel down dusty roads without a destination in mind. Climb a mountain and scream out into the void. Kiss the hell out of a stranger. Skinny dip in a lake. Get lost and lose yourself (they are two separate things). Explore the wilderness (especially the one within). Think less of destiny and more of the moment right here. Because when you are old and ill with your loved ones around you, fame won't matter, nor will the extent of your wealth. You are the sum of the stories you can tell. ~ Beau Taplin

I'll respect your opinion as long as your opinion doesn't disrespect anybodies existence. ~ Unknown

Your life is like a play. Your eyelids are the curtains. Sleep is intermission. And you are the audience. ~ Unklnown

I pushed myself forward and rose cautiously to my feet. A draft from the aft signaled that my dressing gown was open, but I didn't care. The nurses could take shots with their camera phones and upload them to their Flickr stream for all I cared, just so long as my face wasn't in it.
A wave of dizziness rolled over me when I took a step, but it was one of those gentle rocking swells and not a thirty-foot-tall fist of Poseidon. I could do this. I shuffled over carefully and leaned against the nightstand for support as I opened the drawer. Then I nearly fell over when Granuaile spoke from behind me.
"Nom nom nom!" she said.
I looked around for the cookies she must be referring to and then realized, belatedly, that the room was bereft of delicious baked goods. The only thing on display was my backside, and apparently she thought it looked tasty. ~ Kevin Hearne

Don't let excitement make you announce things prematurely. Be silent until you're sure; & even when you're sure, don't give too much away. ~ Unklnown

I'm not a person. I'm just 3 mental illnesses stacked on top of each other wearing a trench coat. ~ Unknown

The accusations against Bill Cosby are a classic case of he said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said. ~ Unknown

Something new will always be the source of growth in Silicon Valley. ~ Steve Jurvetson

LinkedIn and Flickr, among other sites, have already proven freemium can generate revenue in the social media context. ~ Ryan Holmes

Collective intelligence. Think of how Wikipedia works, how Amazon harnesses user annotation on its site, the way photo-sharing sites like Flickr are bleeding out into other applications ... We're entering an era in which software learns from its users and all of the users are connected. ~ Tim O'Reilly

Wake up every morning and tell yourself you're a badass bitch from hell and that no one can fuck with you and then don't let anybody fuck with you. ~ Unknown

If I see what you're up to on Facebook but I don't see your updates on Flickr, I'll still care about Facebook. ~ Max Levchin

You have a great personality!" Thanks. I constructed it so you wouldn't abandon me. ~ Unknown

Being bisexual and having different feelings when you're attracted to guys than when you are to girls is to hard to explain because being attracted to a guy is like 'ah' and being attracted to a girl is like 'oo' but that doesn't make any sense to anyone but me. ~ Unknown

Me, getting a man to speak openly and honestly about his emotions: hacked ~ Unknown

Start somewhere. ~ Unknown

Man: Has anyone ever told you you're beautiful?

Me: Oh no sir, today is my first day out of doors and papa forbade mirrors in the house lest we fall victim to vanity ~ Unknown

Try to remember that the 'bottomless sea' can't hurt us as long as we keep on swimming. ~ C.S. Lewis

The best colleges admit only successful students, offering no evidence the college itself forged the students' late success. ~ Neil DeGrasse Tyson

An emotion: *pokes its head through the mountain of suppression I've buried it under*

Me, beating it with a stick: Back! Back! ~ Unknown

My only constant is the black hair tie around my wrist. No mans gonna be there for me like this hair tie has. No ones presence is gonna be as reassuring. ~ Unknown

this place makes me
the kind of exhausted that has
nothing to do with sleep
and everything to do with
the people around me ~ Rupi Kaur

My mind is a hurricane but at least I love the rain. ~ Unknown

My hair growing down my back > a relationship ~ Unknown

I ain't shy you just so think I'm nervous. ~ Unknown

I don't think people love me. They love versions of me I have spun for them, versions of me they have construed in their minds. The easy versions of me, the easy parts of me to love. ~ Unknown

Flourishing is everyone's birthright. I'm trying to break this hold that being smiley and cheery has on what people think the good life is. ~ Steve Jurvetson

Flickr is no such thing, just as Google is not operating a library. They are commercial enterprises designed to maximize revenue, not defend political expression, preserve our collective heritage, or facilitate creativity, and the people who work there are private employees, not public servants.7 ~ Astra Taylor

People sometimes forget how early Flickr came. Facebook didn't add photo sharing till a year after Flickr was acquired by Yahoo. ~ Stewart Butterfield

*clicks page 2 of google search results* the deep web ~ Unknown

When my friend told her drug dealer that she was transgender, he immediately started using the correct pronouns for her and her parents don't so there's an issue there. ~ Unknown

Go to the moon - that's my dream. ~ Steve Jurvetson

Consider becoming the type of energy that no matter where you go, or where you are, you always add value to the spaces and lives of those around you. ~ Unknown