Roelf Botha Quotes

If you are in Mountain View, you don't resonate with the needs of urban dwellers. Tumblr couldn't have emerged in Sunnyvale. ~ Roelof Botha

My predecessor, P. W. Botha, had an inner circle, and I did not like it. I preferred decisions to evolve out of cabinet discussions. That way, we achieved real co-ownership of our policies. ~ F. W. De Klerk

There's something about her, I remember thinking, a little mysterious.
I tried to absorb the feeling for as long as I could before I went back to work.
I tried not to think about it. Feelings throw everything off. ~ Danila Botha

What I've learned is, what people want is to tell someone, anyone, their problems. ~ Danila Botha

I think of myself as just another consumer. ~ Roelof Botha

Faith is the measure of one's ignorance. That's all. And it certainly is no substitute for reason. ~ Izak Botha

No! Please no," she feels the cool metal
of the handcuffs again. "Please, I'm
Madison, I'm Madison!"
Her arms lock into place above her head.
She jerks her body, pain snapping at her
muscles.
"You can stay like this for the day." He
rises from the bed, bends down, and
blows out the candles on her birthday
cake. "Night, night, Rosie."
"No!"
He opens the door, letting a stream of
sunlight into the room.
"Please don't leave me here, please!"
And then the door closes, and the
sunlight is gone. ~ Kay Botha

Social enables word of mouth at an unprecedented scale. Its most powerful effect, through reviews and recommendations, is to put product quality and value for money as the key to success in commerce. Social brings a level of transparency that prevents marketers from advertising their way to success without underlying product quality. ~ Roelof Botha

I hate all the worry about what someone else is feeling, this crippling insecurity, this tightness in my chest. ~ Danila Botha

I am sick and tired of the hollow parrot-cry of "Apartheid!" I've said many times that the word "Apartheid" means good neighbourliness. ~ P. W. Botha

I don't understand what's wrong with being whoever I want to be, especially when it feels truer sometimes than who people think I actually am. ~ Danila Botha

I am sure innovation will blossom around the world, given that the Internet and mobile platforms enable innovators anywhere in the world to reach a global market with ease. ~ Roelof Botha

1After these things I hearda a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, "Alleluia! Salvation and glory and honor and power belong to the Lordb our God! + 2For true and righteous are His judgments, because He has judged the great harlot who corrupted the earth with her fornication; and He has avenged on her the blood of His servants shed by her." + 3Again they said, "Alleluia! Her smoke rises up forever and ever!" + 4And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sat on the throne, saying, "Amen! Alleluia!" + 5Then a voice came from the throne, saying, "Praise our God, all you His servants and those who fear Him, botha small and great!" + ~ Anonymous

Israel has incredible entrepreneurial spirit and a deep bench of technology talent. ~ Roelof Botha

The idea of an Afrikaner people as a cultural entity and religious group with a special language will be retained in South Africa as long as civilisation stands. ~ P. W. Botha

Sometimes the people around you won't understand your journey. They don't need to, it's not for them. ~ Joubert Botha

We do not want chaos in South Africa. ~ P. W. Botha

Nelson Mandela can rot in prison until he dies or I die, whichever takes longer. ~ P. W. Botha

You could not claim for yourself that which you were not prepared to grant others. ~ P. W. Botha

1. If something is worthwhile doing - do it well. Don't waste your and other's time.
2. Life is brief - never postpone forgiveness when in your power - it may set you free. ~ Danie Botha

You have to put yourself in a position to be lucky. ~ Roelof Botha

Founders should think of their company as a product and build it and shape it with the same passion and care. ~ Roelof Botha

You don't want to be the site that people should use. You want to be the site they can't stop using. ~ Roelof Botha

The free world wants to feed South Africa to the Red Crocodile [communism], to appease its hunger. ~ P. W. Botha

I am one of those who believe that there is no permanent home for even a section of the Bantu in the white area of South Africa and the destiny of South Africa depends on this essential point. If the principle of permanent residence for the black man in the area of the white is accepted then it is the beginning of the end of civilisation as we know it in this country. ~ P. W. Botha

I never have the nagging doubt of wondering whether perhaps I am wrong. ~ P. W. Botha

Botha swimmer and a drowned man are in the water; the latter is borne by the water and controlled by it, while the swimmer is borne along by his own power and of his own volition. Every movement made by the drowned man - indeed, every act and word that issue from him - comes from the water, not from him ... The saints are like this. They have died before death. ~ Rumi

I want to warn young people who lend their ears to radicals and who play around with the music from Lusaka - they will end up inside the bear's fur coat, but they will no longer be able to live. ~ P. W. Botha

There is only one element that can break the Afrikaner, and that is the Afrikaner himself. It is when the Afrikaner, like a baboonshot in the stomach, pulls out his own intestines. We must guard against that. ~ P. W. Botha

Money was invented for a reason. We've seen people try to use beans, etc. and it doesn't work. ~ Roelof Botha

The people who are opposing the policy of apartheid have not the courage of their convictions. They do not marry non-Europeans. ~ P. W. Botha

I am not against the provision of the necessary medical assistance to Coloured and natives, because, unless they receive that medical aid, they become a source of danger to the European community. ~ P. W. Botha