Sam Wells Quotes & Sayings

Had Jeb Jolley been attacked by a serial killer? It was certainly possible, but which kind? The FBI split serial killers into two categories: organized and disorganized. An organized killer was like Ted Bundy - suave, charming, and intelligent, who planned his crimes and covered them up as well as he could afterward. A disorganized killer was like the Son of Sam, who struggled to control his inner demons and then killed suddenly and brutally each time those demons broke free. He called himself Mr. Monster. Which kind had killed Jeb, the sophisticate or the monster? — Dan Wells

We learned after the first semester in law school that it's best never to discuss exams. If notes are compared afterwards, you become painfully aware of things you missed. — John Grisham

In the beginning of a company, there is no management and this actually works really well. — Sam Altman

I closed my eyes. The monster had named itself now - stolen its name from the Son of Sam, who'd called himself Mr. Monster in a letter to the paper. He'd begged the police to shoot him on sight, so he wouldn't kill again. He couldn't stop himself.
But I could. I am not a serial killer.
I put down the knife. — Dan Wells

You can tell if the person is beautiful inside after the autopsy — Haresh Daswani

What I liked about working with Palmbomen and him being a super crate digger and super well known with all this exotic and unfamiliar music to me. — Sam De Jong

The way to have a company that executes well is you have to execute well yourself. — Sam Altman

An organized killer was like Ted Bundy suave, charming, and intelligent, who planned his crimes and covered them up as well as he could afterward. A disorganized killer was like the Son of Sam, who struggled to control his inner demons and then killed suddenly and brutally each time those demons broke free. He called himself Mr. Monster. — Dan Wells

We have, alas, belittled the cross, imagining it merely as a mechanism for getting us off the hook of our own petty naughtiness or as an example of some general benevolent truth. It is much, much more. It is the moment when the story of Israel reaches its climax; the moment when, at last, the watchmen on Jerusalem's walls see their God coming in his kingdom; the moment when the people of God are renewed so as to be, at last, the royal priesthood who will take over the world not with the love of power but with the power of love; the — N. T. Wright

Perhaps one of the more creative promotions of all time was
in 1969, when a marketer with the Procter & Gamble Company
came up with the idea of giving away goldfish with each purchase
of a king-size box of Spic and Span. — Mary Potter Kenyon

He was my tormentor and my solace; the creator of the dark and the light within. — C.J. Roberts

Ideas by themselves are not worth anything, only executing well is what creates value. — Sam Altman

That was how the Son of Sam had ended his letter: Let me haunt you with these words: I'll be back! I'll be back! — Dan Wells

The deepest mystery comes not when we don't know somebody well, but when we do. — Sam Keen

Did that dog just call me a bastard?" asked Sam. — Dan Wells