“A true leader must strive towards a grand vision of human progress, bu...” — Joe Lonsdale Quote

A true leader must strive towards a grand vision of human progress, but remember that the minor details of her everyday life really matter to those who look up to her as a role model.

I think that the culture at Stanford really shapes how you view the world, and you get a lot more out of an entrepreneurial mindset.

We adapt to technological progress by raising our minimum standards of living and working to stay above this rising threshold.

Good government is one of the most important factors in economic growth and social well-being.

Those who serve in our armed forces do so from a profound sense of duty to secure liberty for their fellow Americans. They enlist to serve their fellow citizens who express their will through elected representatives, not an unaccountable defense establishment.

On films, you have the liberty of working out the details, the psychology, taking maybe more risks and takes than you can in television just because you can't be figuring things out on the day.

That's important to me, ironing out those details of 'hey, what's my read? Where am I looking? Where are my feet? Where are my eyes?' on any play.

Most of our lives aren't that exciting, but the drama is still going on in the small details.

I came from a background of photography so I look at details and visuals, and I see things in pictures or signs.

For me, there's a fine line between telling a story that's fictional with lots of details and then removing yourself too much from it, so it's bloodless, a little too fictional.