77 Quotes by Sean Parker

Gray hats are the ones who think they're doing good, but they're not. You learn that when the FBI shows up on your doorstep.

I definitely wanted to earn my freedom. But the primary motivation wasn't making money, but making an impact.

I had a desire to prove to myself that I was actually in control - that I wasn't a puppet.

You just keep pushing yourself harder and harder to achieve more and more - I don't think it's ever quite as glamorous as it appears on the outside.

Look - There's good creepy and there's bad creepy. Today's creepy is tomorrow's necessity.

There came a time when these two incompatible notions of who I was, well, something had to give. Either that 'something' is where you acquiesce to the world around you and you conform, or you sort of defiantly break whatever remaining bonds connect you to that world and create for yourself a different set of values.

At every point I am besieged by people who would like me to conform to some social norm of whatever sort of social group they expect me to be a part of. I never have any identification with these social groups.

One of the difficulties in living the lifestyle I lead is that it is hard to get my friends in one place.

Running a start-up is like eating glass. You just start to like the taste of your own blood.