I became CEO at the beginning of the hit on old economy stocks. When something like that occurs in your first six months as a CEO of a more traditional branded firm, it makes for a fast learning curve.
I've had maybe 20 jobs, big and small, and I've never hated any of them. At the same time, the moment the learning curve flattened, I was out of there.
The thing about music is it's not an obscure pursuit, it's a very natural thing for human beings to do. Once you put in the effort, the learning curve is very fast.
I've figured out my learning curve. I can look at something and somehow know exactly how long it will take for me to learn it.
So I went out and bought Hard Again by Muddy Waters. That was a big learning curve. I listened to that album again and again and again. James Cotton was the harmonica player on that album.
My job is to just express something that I want to express. And if I'm ahead or behind the curve, that's for others to decide.
For me, it's a compliment to be compared with Marilyn, the unforgettable actress, the most beautiful one of all. But, curves aside, we have very little in common.
I like to be able to get swift curves in the plant drawings that are usually drawn in five to ten minutes.
I'm convinced that had I not changed my name, I don't think I would have had quite the same career curve that I eventually had.
I use fast curves, pitched overhand and sidearm, fastballs, high and inside, and an underhand fade away pitch with the hand almost down to the level of the knees.
Life keeps throwing me curve balls and I don't even own a bat. At least my dodging skills are improving.
Me personally, I'm a guy who it took a long time to figure out what I'm supposed to be doing. I relate to a lot of that finding oneself a little later in the game, or being thrown a curve later in the game.
When life throws you a curve ball just give up, no need messing around with that off speed shit
What is straight? A line can be straight, or a street, but the human heart, oh, no, it's curved like a road through mountains.
Being a grownup means assuming responsibility for yourself, for your children, and - here's the big curve - for your parents.
Leonard had let them go alone with the young boy who Ali was now convinced, was a couple falafel's short of a picnic
Each drop that fell, had a story to tell. each smile that curved, said a million words. (Poem: Our Existence, Book: Ginger and Honey)
Beyond the curve of his days he glimpsed neither superhuman happiness nor eternity--happiness was human, eternity ordinary.
I tried to convey to the boy how people’s lives are often altered by curved lines read slowly from paper, sand, or stone.
The world is changed because you are made of ivory and gold. The curves of your lips rewrite history.
Rubenesque: the word for masterpiece curves. Screw you, unsalted rice cakes.
