Chesky Airbnb Quotes & Sayings

What I've been surprised by is not how different people are, but how similar they are. There are certain types of Airbnb people, and they are in every city in the world - it's just that in some cultures, there is more of a generational divide. — Brian Chesky

When I lost you, it was as if all the solid ground dissolved from under my feet. Look at me; I'm a half-drowned man now, hanging onto a wreck. — Henrik Ibsen

My mother took the measure of what could be built with the material she'd been given, and she built it. — Daniel Smith

AirBnB happened because Brian Chesky couldn't pay his rent, but did have some space. — Sam Altman

Even if you say you "don't play games," that is a type of game - it is the "I don't play games" game. — Aziz Ansari

I'm not saying the whole world will work this way, but with Airbnb, people are sleeping in other people's homes and other people's beds. So there's a level of trust necessary to participate that's different from an eBay or Facebook. — Brian Chesky

World's definition of success
material validation of self
cold and naked substitute
for inner warmth and beauty. — David W. Earle

There was a curious mixture in the boy, of uncompleted savagery, and uncompleted civilization. — Charles Dickens

When I look at founders and CEOs like Mark Zuckerberg at Facebook and Brian Chesky at Airbnb and Sebastian Thrun at Udacity, these are companies that are creating extraordinary social good and extraordinary economic and educational empowerment, all within with context of a for-profit model. — Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen

I think it would be unfortunate if people in Saudi Arabia or some parts of the world influenced what we speak about in Denmark. [But] it's a fact of globalization, and we must consider it. — Flemming Rose

the very act of looking down on others made people more confident. — David McRaney

In June 2010, I moved out of my apartment and I have been mostly homeless ever since, off and on. I just live in Airbnb apartments and I check in every week in different homes in San Francisco. — Brian Chesky