Spiegel Quotes & Sayings

One of the things I'm trying to get better at is apologizing when I make mistakes. That's been a big priority of mine. — Evan Spiegel

Bekeren is geen mensenwerk. Dat laat ik over aan God.

(Converting people is not a job for humans. I leave that to God). — D. Menkens-van De Spiegel

Grace isn't just forgiveness, it is forgiveness fueled by surrender. — Amy E. Spiegel

The fun thing about Snapchat is really the surprise and the joy that comes from learning how to use it. — Evan Spiegel

It seems odd that at the beginning of the Internet, everyone decided everything should stick around forever. — Evan Spiegel

Just having friends isn't enough, however. Our friendships should be ones that are pleasing to God and edifying to us as well as our friends. — Amy E. Spiegel

I snap with my mom. It was a great way for me to see my dog when I was in college. We send selfies, too. — Evan Spiegel

We are all healers of each other. Look at David Spiegel's fascinating study of putting people together in a support group and seeking that some people in it live twice as long as other people who are not in a support group. I asked David what went on in those groups and he said that people just cared about each other. Nothing big, no deep psychological stuff-people just cared about each other. The reality is that healing happens between people. — Rachel Naomi Remen

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Cars bring me sheer joy. — Evan Spiegel

If I had a ringtone, it would probably be Neil Diamond. — Evan Spiegel

I think it's a shame that we have 'Bild' like you have the 'Sun'. Now serious newspapers like 'FAZ' and 'Spiegel' use a bit of the tone of 'Bild.' This is terrible. — Gunter Grass

What Snapchat said was if we try to model conversations as they occur, they're largely ephemeral. We may try to write down and save the really special moments, but by and large, we just try to let everything go. We remember it, but we don't try to save it. — Evan Spiegel

I'm not a great manager; I try to be a great leader. And for me, that's been going through a process of not how to be a great CEO but how to be a great Evan, and that's really been the challenge. — Evan Spiegel

Creating a representation of yourself for the Internet stopped making sense when we were all on phones and connected everywhere. — Evan Spiegel

We don't want to own people's photos. We want to help them communicate with friends in whatever way makes them happiest. — Evan Spiegel

You give me things too," he said in a hushed voice as he bit off the cap.
"Like what?"
"A headache," his smile widened. — Leah Spiegel

You know you look good if you can make a gay man open his mouth and then snap it shut. — Leah Spiegel

People started conceiving of their friends as networking tools, like, 'Friend me so you can be friends with someone else,' or, 'The more people you know, the more networked you are.' But we see real value in having a fun conversation with your friends. — Evan Spiegel

I was a Valley girl; I hung out, and through a photographer friend. I met Peter Douglas, who was one of Kirk Douglas's kids. He introduced me to Sam Spiegel. — Theresa Russell

More people are watching college football on Snapchat than they are on television. — Evan Spiegel

We believe that the next generation of powerful mobile companies have a deep understanding of the world as a unified whole, where digital and analog experiences affect each other rather than transporting analog experiences into the digital realm. — Evan Spiegel

I've always been very enamored of European newsmagazines - the 'Spiegel' kind of magazine, which has an energetic, high-low approach to news. — Tina Brown

Think about what you like to do and don't talk yourself into something for fear of being left out. That being said, it's important to try different things. Push yourself out of your comfort zone and you may surprise yourself. — Amy E. Spiegel

Why do you care?" His eyes looked casually over my shoulder, down the hallway then flicked back to me.
"Are you jealous?" his left eyebrow rose slightly.
"Of Lizzie, umm, no," I mouthed.
"Ah, huh" he didn't sound convinced. "So what are you doing with Kosic?" His face twitched for a second like he smelled something bad.
"Jealous?" I smiled. — Leah Spiegel

Whenever you're done reading the chapter," he held uo his hands like take your time, "we'll start the concert." With a quick flip of my wrist I gave him the middle finger. He threw his head back and laughed.
I looked up at Hawkins, who locked eyes with mine as he sang, "Love in an elevator, lovin' it up, til I hit the ground. — Leah Spiegel

I just try really hard to be me, and sometimes that means I'm unfiltered. I try to give people myself because I think making a great product is being in touch with how you feel about things and being able to express things. I really hope I can stay in touch with how I feel about things and I'm able to express that. — Evan Spiegel

Joie," he said with his lips hovering over mine.
"What?" I felt my heart flutter.
"Shut up," he muttered and then he kissed me. — Leah Spiegel

For Snapchat, the closer we can get to 'I want to talk to you' - that emotion of wanting to see you and then seeing you - the better and better our product and our view of the world will be. — Evan Spiegel

We are not advertising ourselves as a secure platform. It's a communication platform. It's not our job to police the world or Snapchat of jerks. — Evan Spiegel

I'd like to create a space for people who have a lot of talent but not a lot of reach. — Evan Spiegel

I text nonstop, and I love emoji. I'm also on the phone quite a bit for work - probably more than 10 calls per day. — Evan Spiegel

Technology businesses in general are susceptible to hacking. That's why you have to work really, really, really hard with law enforcement, with security experts, internal and external groups, to make sure you're paying attention and addressing security concerns. — Evan Spiegel

Evan Spiegel, the 24-year-old founder of Snapchat, a photo-messaging app that was valued at $15 billion after a round of fundraising in March, confirmed that his firm is preparing for an IPO, though he didn't say when. — Anonymous

The feed was probably the biggest innovation in social media of late. But the interesting thing about a feed is that the more content you consume, the farther in time you go. — Evan Spiegel

All life on earth is inextricably bound together in a web of mutual interdependence. — Marjorie Spiegel

There's this weird thing that happens when you contribute something to a static profile. You have to worry about how this new content fits in with your online persona that's supposed to be you. It's uncomfortable and unfortunate. — Evan Spiegel

What Happens, Happens. — Spike Spiegel Cowboy Bebop

Online one day, you log in, and you realise, 'This is not me.' Everything you're posting, you're doing it in the context of everything you've posted before. Let's delete everything, save the stuff that's important, and then you only have to organise the one per cent that's worth keeping. — Evan Spiegel

You know I prefer blondes. J.T. Hawkins, Foolish Games — Leah Spiegel

I am a young, white, educated male. I got really, really lucky. And life isn't fair. — Evan Spiegel

If you have nothing in common with the person you are dating and his parents hate you and your friends hate him, this is not romantic; it's a bad idea. — Amy E. Spiegel

I keep hearing about battery innovation, but it never makes it to my phone. — Evan Spiegel

"Dont marry an orange and expect him to turn into an apple." If you want an orange, great. If not, put him back in the proverbial fruit bowl for someone else to enjoy and move on. — Amy E. Spiegel

Social media is about friending someone so they'll invite you to a party or get you a job. If that's the work, Snapchat is the playground. — Evan Spiegel

As long as humans feel they are forced to defend their own rights and worth by placing someone beneath them, oppression will not end. — Marjorie Spiegel

Part of growing up is narrowing your life choices to a manageable size. — Amy E. Spiegel

But as I glared up at Hawkins, I realized he was only looking down at me. "You got my attention. Now what are you going to do with it?" He said into the microphone. — Leah Spiegel

When we look at social media, we really look at it on a continuum, and the continuum is from accumulation to instant expression. — Evan Spiegel

One of the ridiculously difficult things about raising children is that they are constantly developing and changing so that just when you think you have them figured out, they throw you a curve, a new twist you never saw coming. They are like mutating viruses - as soon as you have become immune to their latest shenanigans, they develop a new strain to which you have yet to be exposed. While this constant shape-shifting is one of the greatest challenges of parenting, it is also one of the things which makes them so fascinating and wonderful. — Amy E. Spiegel

I feel like I'm finally learning how to use Twitter, and Tweetbot has been a huge part of that. The interface is awesome, and it lets me easily manage two accounts at once. — Evan Spiegel

We never saw Google+ Circles or Facebook Lists as reflective of the way our friendships play out. — Evan Spiegel

The intent to preserve and capture something is very different from the urge to share, but they had become intertwined. — Evan Spiegel

For it is better to know you are ignorant than to be ignorant and think otherwise. — James Spiegel

Somewhere along the way, when we were building social media products, we forgot the reason we like to communicate with our friends is because it's fun. — Evan Spiegel

I know that DER SPIEGEL is a respected magazine. But I don't know whether it is possible for you to publish the truth about the Holocaust. Are you permitted to write everything about it? — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Traditional social media, in the view of our company, has become a bit repetitive. It doesn't feel very good to be marketed to by your friends. Snapchat is different because it says, look, friends aren't valuable to you just because they can get you into a cool party. — Evan Spiegel

We've never been anti-permanence. We just belief deletion should be the default. — Evan Spiegel

It seems that the desire to oppress others is so ingrained in many humans that they readily distort even a liberating theory or concept into its inverse, creating another wall of defense against positive change. Ultimately, an unbiased observer of human behavior must conclude that most action is not shaped by theory, but rather theories are shaped to conform to actions we have no intention of changing. — Marjorie Spiegel

Spike Spiegel: Hey, Jet, did you know that there are three things that I hate?
Jet Black: Whatever ...
Spike Spiegel: Kids ... animals ... and women with atitude.
Jet Black: Oh?
Spike Spiegel: So why do we have all three neatly gathered on our ship! — Keiko Nobumoto

The essence of conversation is not which media format we choose to talk to each other with, so we don't differentiate between snaps and chats. It's just someone wanting to talk to you. — Evan Spiegel

I think, with any new product that's difficult to understand, there are always lots of questions and criticism. I think we have all the right criticism. We're just going to keep executing on what we believe. — Evan Spiegel

It's no surprise companies that quickly grow in value attract those who may want to also profit from the hard work of others. — Evan Spiegel

When we're in that kind of childish space, we're more genuine and feel more comfortable with our friends. — Evan Spiegel

Having been bullied growing up, it's something that's really near and dear to my heart. You probably won't have many friends on Snapchat if you're being a jerk. — Evan Spiegel

When we bought it, Spiegel was in a difficult situation; it made a loss at that time. We invested in it and then it turned around, and then we bought Eddie Bauer and Newport News. — Michael Otto

When we remember our identity in Christ, it changes the way we see these relationships because we no longer base our worth on the approval of others but the approval we have already received from our Father through the work of His son. — Amy E. Spiegel

I want my kids to enjoy romance as part of the entirety of marriage, when it has been earned with commitment and hard work. — Amy E. Spiegel

Typing and read receipts make a lot of sense for messaging. You write a letter, you put it in an envelope, you send it to a friend, and you want to know when they get it. It's like FedEx - they let you know when the package gets dropped off. — Evan Spiegel

Snapchat really has to do with the way photographs have changed. Historically, photos have always been used to save really important memories: major life moments. But today ... pictures are being used for talking. — Evan Spiegel

I know it's to hang out, talking into the wee hours, being "just friends," but ladies, ladies; we just don't work that way. We bond through words. For the female mind, these late night are like verbal make-out sessions. — Amy E. Spiegel

I just love the smell of an old book store and the feel of the crisp pages along my fingertips. — Leah Spiegel

Many people prefer to treat themselves as objects, and they are relieved by an opportunity to deliver themselves into the hands of an authoritarian figure who will make the decisions for them, once they have made the decision that they want to be changed. — Herbert Spiegel

Single life shouldn't be a diet of junk food, aiming only to please one's lower appetites. It should be a time of preparation, the veggies that earn our dessert. — Amy E. Spiegel

TheIinternet is a timeless void - you put something in there, and it's there forever and loses a lot of context. — Evan Spiegel

It would be better for everyone if we deleted everything by default and saved the things that are important to us. — Evan Spiegel

I was intending to trip on my way back, making her the clear winner, when she whimpered, "I can't believe your not going to let me win, especially after the other night." Her face suddenly fell and I stopped what I was doing for a second when out of nowhere she grabbed my shovel and threw it to the ground before turning to run back to the hutch. "Sucker," she called over her shoulder. — Leah Spiegel

The only guy who was at all helpful as a producer was Sam Spiegel with On the Waterfront. He's one of the few who even knows what he's doing. — Elia Kazan

Ephemeral should be the default. — Evan Spiegel

In tech in particular, everyone is so serious all the time and has these grand visions. — Evan Spiegel

You are pregnant, with child, in the family way. People, some of whom you hardly know, will begin to comment on your belly size. They might even give it a rub, like you have strapped an animal of some kind in your front side and given total strangers permission to pet you at their leisure. — Amy E. Spiegel

I don't want to disrupt anything. We never conceive of our products as disruptive - we don't look at something and say, 'Let's disrupt that.' It's always about how we can evolve this and make this better. — Evan Spiegel

In the future, we'd like to support upcoming artists, people that are trying to be actors. — Evan Spiegel

Snapchat changed that perception of deleting something as bad. Online, typically you delete something if it's bad or if it's really embarrassing. — Evan Spiegel

It's funny how when you say "yes" to something (like the man of your dreams), you don't think about the fact that you are also saying "no" to something else. — Amy E. Spiegel

If we take a step back and look at what Snapchat is, it all starts with the camera. — Evan Spiegel

I think diversity is a challenge everywhere. — Evan Spiegel

Generally speaking, the people who come to work at Snapchat believe in personal growth. It's part of why Snapchat's stories are ephemeral, because you will be a different person tomorrow. — Evan Spiegel

It's not about working harder; it's about working the system. — Evan Spiegel

Alancing time you spend with or without people is crucial for mental health. — Amy E. Spiegel

It's important to be thoughtful and mindful about the things you say to other people. — Evan Spiegel

There is real value in sharing moments that don't live forever. — Evan Spiegel

The next time you are heading out the door, pause at the mirror and make sure that what you see reflects your purpose and value. That doesn't mean donning the burka, but it probably doesn't mean having words on your butt either. — Amy E. Spiegel