If I had known how hard it would be to do something new, particularly in the payments industry, I would never have started PayPal. That's why nobody with long experience in banking had done it. You needed to be naive enough to think that new things could be done. Peter Thiel bankexperiencehard share on social
I learned that the songs that mean the most to me are the songs that I write by myself. While there were people I wrote really well with, particularly Gary Nicholson and Delbert McClinton, and I really enjoyed the experience, I came away from it feeling like I need to write by myself. Benmont Tench delbertenjoyexperience share on social
During the war years I worked on the development of radar and other radio systems for the R.A.F. and, though gaining much in engineering experience and in understanding people, rapidly forgot most of the physics I had learned. Martin Ryle developmentengineerexperience share on social
The words printed here are concepts. You must go through the experiences. Saint Augustine conceptexperienceprint Change image and share on social
The striking thing about the Precious Blood is the bond it establishes between love and suffering in our experience, a bond that has become so close that we have come to think of suffering accepted with joy as the most authentic sign of love with any depth at all. Gabriel Marcel acceptauthenticblood share on social
For me, it is just the total experience - from the time I first started as an assistant coach until I wound up at the University of Texas for 20 years. Darrell Royal assistantcoachexperience Change image and share on social
Conviction without experience makes for harshness. Flannery O'Connor convictionexperienceharshness Change image and share on social
A good novel is an out-of-self experience. It lifts you off the ground so that you have the sensation of flying. It says, 'Look at the world around you; learn from the people in these pages, neither quite me nor quite you, how life is lived in so many different ways.' Julia Glass experienceflygood share on social
Customers want high-quality food, good service, and good store experience, and most retailers fail to deliver on those. John Mackey customerdeliverexperience Change image and share on social
So there was something of a learning curve with doing your own thing and people seeing you outside of the band. I mean, people have never really heard my voice before - or heard a whole record of mine before. So it was a completely new experience. James Iha bandcompletelycurve share on social