All Michael Arrington Quotes
- Startups Are Hard. So Work More, Cry Less, And Quit All The Whining All
- Write good content about stuff that you love. Readers will find you. Content
- Customer research produces bland products. We're producing a piece of art. Art
- We live in a world where you're not being eaten by a lion when you fail, you just have to get another job. Another Job
- A business model that hasn't been tried before is always interesting, even if it's likely to fail. Always Interesting
- I believe the term "blog" means more than an online journal. I believe a blog is a conversation. People go to blogs to read AND… Believe
- Women in my world are respected as much as men. Inspirational
- Best startups generally come from somebody needing to scratch an itch. Best
- I am a partner at CrunchFund, a venture capital firm with investments in many startups around the world. I am also a limited partner in… Capital
- I always try to find the truth in a situation. That unvarnished, pure nugget of truth at the core of every issue that I write… Always Try
- Talking about Apple v. Microsoft without mentioning the Internet and the browser is like talking about WWII without talking about the nuke. Framing the conversation… Apple
- Before the Internet, all most people cared about was Office. And Office was really the only reason anyone wanted Windows machines instead of Macs. All
- Just pick a political story at random and read the comments. There is no logic or reason on either side - only hypocrisy and hate. Comments
- Journalists hold themselves apart, and above, the common person. They have rules designed to ensure their objectivity and impartiality. Apart
- Journalists are supposed to put the people first, even before themselves. Around the world and throughout history, journalists have died to get the truth out. Died
- Our independence from AOL was so important to me that I negotiated an extremely odd provision in our purchase agreement that allowed me to disclose… Agreement
- If AOL had ever ordered me to remove a piece of content from the site for any reason, I would have immediately written about it… Any
- I love talking about taxes. Love
- Everyone wants the rich to pay more in taxes. Everyone
- I want something completely new and different to happen, and lots of it. Stuff that makes us change the way we think about a market… Change
- I interviewed most of the presidential candidates about their positions on technology issues in the 2008 election. After those interviews I endorsed one candidate from… Barack
- Our government is just way too interested in mucking around in Silicon Valley by creating and enforcing rules based on little or no understanding of… Based
- Friendships and marriage are far more potent than financial conflicts. Conflicts
- Most people have an aversion to risk, my college economics professor told me. Which means they have to be rewarded to take on that risk.… Aversion
- The payouts for starting a business are just terrible when you account for risk. A tiny minority of entrepreneurs ever get rich. And the majority… Account