Contrarian thinking doesn't make any sense unless the world still has secrets left to give up. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes contrarian give leave
Don't bother starting the 10,000th restaurant in Manhattan. Find something to do that if you don't do it, it won't get done. Peter Thiel 000thbotherfind Change image and share on social
I think competition can make people stronger at whatever it is they're competing on. If we're competing in some athletic event for competitive swimmers, really intensely competing, it's likely that both of us will become better, but it's also quite possible we'll lose sight of what's truly valuable. Peter Thiel athleticcompetecompetition share on social
Ideally, I want us to be working on things where if we're not working on them, they won't happen; companies where if we don't fund them they will not receive funding. Peter Thiel companyfundhappen Change image and share on social
Socialism has no moral justification whatsoever; poor people are not morally superior to rich people, nor are they owed anything by rich people simply because of their lack of success. Charity is not a socialist concept - it is a religious one, an acknowledgment of God's sovereignty over property, a sovereignty the Left utterly rejects. Ben Shapiro acknowledgmentcharityconcept share on social
I don't think even when you find a person, you can be completely honest, ever. There's still pieces of you that you don't give away. I do believe you always need that place where it's just you, your thoughts, no one else's judgment or anything. Alicia Keys completelyfindgive share on social
I have a slightly contrarian streak as a writer, and one of the things I was interested in was how distilled could I make a life, and how I could cross what is kind of trivialized as a domestic novel with a novel of ideas, a philosophical novel. Jenny Offill contrariancrossdistill share on social