Shiny Things Quotes

• A company shouldn't get addicted to being shiny, because shiny doesn't last.

  Jeff Bezos

  Entrepreneur, Lasts, Company

  "Jeff Bezos owns the web in more ways than you think". Interview with Steven Levy, www.wired.com. November 13, 2011.

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• Don't get seduced by the next shiny thing, because you'll get caught up chasing shiny things and that will keep you from addressing what you really need to accomplish.

  Joe Tripodi

  Business, Needs, Next

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• I'd have a longer attention span if there weren't so many shiny things.

  Darynda Jones

  Attention, Attention Span, Ifs

  Darynda Jones (2015). “The Charley Davidson Series”, p.189, St. Martin's Press

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• Like a magpie, I am a scavenger of shiny things: fairy tales, dead languages, weird folk beliefs, fascinating religions, and more.

  Laini Taylor

  Belief, Fairy Tale, Language

  Laini Taylor (2009). “Lips Touch: Three Times”, p.226, Scholastic Inc.

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• In search of love and music
  My whole life has been
  Illumination
  Corruption
  And diving, diving, diving, diving,
  Diving down to pick up every shiny thing

  Joni Mitchell

  Illumination, Diving, Corruption

  Song: Black Crow, Album: Hejira, 1976

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• Her laughter was a shiny thing, like pewter flung high in the air.

  Pat Conroy

  Laughter, Air, Laughing

  Pat Conroy (1995). “Beach Music”, Nan A. Talese

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• It's easy to have a relationship and show each other only the beautiful shiny things. Sharing good parts about you is elementary, so finding a partner in life can't be only about showcasing these agreeable characteristics, but also the less impressive ones. In a strange way, true intimacy lies in that dark side-in making peace with the fact that it lives inside you somewhere-so that you can share it with the person and they can be there to help you overcome it.

  Claudio Sanchez

  Beautiful, Lying, Dark

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• I don't know if there's enough vision. Industry wide, the apathy regarding this recent problem is already setting in - shiny things are happening elsewhere, people are forgetting.

  Theo de Raadt

  Technology, People, Vision

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• I'm addicted to laughing. I go to see a lot of comedy shows. I'm addicted to playing really loud and obnoxious rock music in my car. I'm addicted to beautiful clothes and shoes. I just love gorgeous stuff and work hard to acquire pretty things, shiny things. I'm addicted to shiny things!

  Nadia Giosia

  Beautiful, Hard Work, Rocks

  "Nadia G. Dishes On Her Hunger for Life". Interview with Dustin Fitzharris, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 17, 2012.

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• I was really in to shiny things when I was younger and I stole a shiny tag for my dog. I didn't get caught. I hope I don't go to jail for that.

  Nicholas Hoult

  Dog, Jail, Tag

  "Interrogation: Nicholas Hoult". Interview with Lara Kilner, www.mirror.co.uk. February 2, 2008..

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• One of the reasons why language is so sick right now and cliché-ridden and lame and boring and laid-out, and about to go to sleep, is because there aren't a thousand Tom Clarks. If I were writing a prescription right now, you know, if I had my shiny thing here, a stethoscope around my neck, that's the prescription I'd write. Take one thousand Tom Clarks before going to bed.

  Edward Dorn

  Sleep, Writing, Sick

  Edward Dorn, Joseph Richey (2007). “Ed Dorn Live: Lectures, Interviews, and Outtakes”, p.41, University of Michigan Press

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