Lean startup entrepreneurs cannot rely on hunches or assumptions. They must get out there and see what’s happening for themselves.

Startups need a specially designed form of management to cater to their very particular needs as fledgling companies.

Validated learning is the process by which employees can measure their output and success through experiential lessons. The more validated learning achieved, the more successful a startup can become.

The Build-Measure-Learn feedback loop is the steering mechanism by which a startup can drive toward its end goal.

Innovation accounting informs the Build-Measure-Learn feedback loop that gives startups the information needed to decide when to persevere and when to pivot without being reactionary.

The ability to know when to continue on a path or to change direction is vital to the future of a startup.

A lean startup employs a small-batch approach. Before embarking on a lengthy journey toward product development, the company leaders first test out smaller iterations to be sure that what they are creating is valuable.

Growth is sustainable when new customers are acquired from the actions of previous customers.

Speed is a life-or-death necessity for a startup, but quality should not be sacrificed in a bid to accelerate.

Intrapreneurs—entrepreneurs tasked with creating new products or ventures within an existing corporation—should also use the lean startup method.

Hair is an issue for most women, and after washing, blow-drying, flat-ironing, curling, braiding, twisting and spending the time and money on it, who wants to mess it up by sweating and having to do it all over again?

My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.

Thank God for beautiful songs about feeling despair when you yourself are in despair. They really get us through.

A lot of people ask me, 'Are you going to do a sequel to 'The Guest' or 'You're Next?' - those movies weren't financially viable, so even though there are a lot of fans of it, it'd be a pretty small market we'd be appealing to. It's got to be a big hit for you to really justify that.

If you've ever felt oppressed on any level, there's something from 'The Wire' that you can take and identify with.

I take a very practical view of raising children. I put a sign in each of their rooms: 'Checkout Time is 18 years.'

We started training a month before the movie started and then by five months in, we were at our peak shape.

I think a part of being successful or trying to be successful is staying true to who you are. Be genuine.

Today I began the novel that I determined to be great.

I do not wish a foreign army to spill the blood of my people.

Can a secular artist be used as a vessel to bring souls to Christ? Of course... this is God we are talking about!

Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can't see where it keeps its brain.

When I first started editing GQ, it gave the impression of being, and in fact was, a gay magazine. There were female models in it and there were women on the cover, but the boys were always much, much more beautiful than the girls.

You can't tell yourself that your stress is produced in your head and feel better. You still need to learn how to create a change.

The Conservative party, the modern Conservative party, is on the side of people who want to work hard and get on.

The image of Ireland is projected as a male image in the acting world, similar to the way that the word of Ireland is male dominated.

It is criminal to put our servicemen and women in harm's way and to put the lives of so many civilians on the line for the misguided frustrations of the Bush administration.

I think that providing obstructions in the live setting is when you get something that actually means something, as opposed to just aping your way through your greatest hits.

We know that in tough times cynicism is just another way to give up and in the military we consider cynicism or giving up simply as forms of cowardice.

It's always a pleasure to find something that matters.

I think we have to face the reality that in a society where there is a legitimate threat of terrorism, not being able to see one's face, not being able to have some sense of communication in that way, is for many societies a challenge.

I want to go into science class and awaken that spark that makes learning possible.

Dont fight a battle if you dont gain anything by winning.

I'd rate myself an 8. I do have my flaws, but I'm a cool dude. If I wasn't myself, I'd kick it with me. I'm a down-to-earth person and all around cool guy.