I think what's always important is not to be contrarian for its own sake but to really get at the truth. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes contrarian important sake
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
What cracks me up is people who think I don't take baseball seriously. It's the most important thing in my life. They don't know how hard it is for me to get a bad game out of my mind. I still can't, but I'm getting better. Brady Anderson badbaseballcrack 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
I've found that in now having experienced what it's like to make records and just through growing up in general that you should be expressive about what's affecting you instead of trying to sing about a subject just for the sake of other people getting something from it. Chantal Kreviazuk affectexperienceexpressive share on social