Starting Up quotes

Starting Up

19 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.

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Stephen King
Stephen King Author

"I am always chilled and astonished by the would-be writers who ask me for advice and admit, quite blithely, that they "don't have time to read." This is like a guy starting up Mount Everest saying that he didn't have time to buy any rope or pitons."

Bill Gates
Bill Gates Business Magnate, Philanthropist

"I really do think cancer will largely be a solved problem. I think most of the infectious diseases like malaria - our foundation is very involved - once we're finishing polio eradication, then starting up this malaria eradication, and getting that done as fast as we can."

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