Ryan Quinn Quotes & Sayings

People are average when they are driven by a motivation to fit in. The American challenge, then, is to be oneself - only, exactly, and totally." "Why is that American?" "Because of our freedom to pursue life, liberty, and happiness. People assume the most important word in that sentence is 'freedom,' when, in fact, it is 'pursue.' If we don't pursue life, we are just as free to waste it. — Ryan Quinn

Nothing important in this world is measured by grades. Intelligence, character, integrity, success, happiness - do you want these things, or do you want to struggle with the arbitrary difference between an A minus and a B plus? — Ryan Quinn

You ever notice how the people who most need to see or read something are the most oblivious or resentful of its existence? — Ryan Quinn

But that's life. That's your education. A series of opportunities and missed opportunities. Exams and grades and blue books and blue balls and majors and minors and liberal arts and liberal minds. The scam of it is, no matter how much you paid or how far you traveled, everybody's receipt says pretty much the same damn thing. BA, MBA, JD, PhD, MA, BS.

BS. That's all it is, right? — Ryan Quinn

Work is what people do to survive. That kind of work is rarely interesting, least of all to the people who are doing it. The things we choose to pursue in our own time are what matter. — Ryan Quinn

Because of our freedom to pursue life, liberty, and happiness. People assume the most important word in that sentence is 'freedom,' when, in fact, it is 'pursue.' If we don't pursue life, we are just as free to waste it. Our averageness is the degree to which we fail to attempt that pursuit. — Ryan Quinn

Don't confuse a reliance on electronic technology with life itself. — Ryan Quinn

It's redaction city when it comes to his online identity. — Ryan Quinn

You know as well as I do that it is humans who turn computers into cyberthreats. — Ryan Quinn

Television was for passive audiences; computers were for builders. — Ryan Quinn

Manipulating emotions is the most important function of meaningful art. — Ryan Quinn

As our daily interactions and transactions become more digitized, our behavior becomes increasingly datatized. — Ryan Quinn

He intended to be clear that there were certain activities in which he would not take part. — Ryan Quinn

I didn't excel at school. It's amazing what talents get ignored when a person doesn't thrive in a typical education setting. — Ryan Quinn

Perfect information about the past and the present contains the very instructions to build the future. — Ryan Quinn