52 Quotes by Steven Hall

People say 'well, so and so wants to give me 1,000 shares but the other company wants to give me 3,000. Well, wait a minute guys, what do you think they will be worth in the end?' And maybe the company offering you 1,000 has greater potential?

Are Simon & Garfunkel cool, or are they just really uncool? I can't decide.

The calmer and more well-ordered my desktop is, the more I can convince myself I'm on top of things.

As transaction revenues are continuing to grow, customer service seems to decline as a result, ... They (online brokerages) have the capacity and time issues fairly under control, now they need to (beef up) customer service.

The Internet can only facilitate a certain number of people at once.

I'm a bit suspicious of people who are narrow in their musical tastes.

I'm excited about how books work in a digital age. When you read a book, unlike a film, you are decoding symbols in order to 'see' the story, so it is collaborative in a way that a film can never be.

I have notebooks and sketchbooks for ideas. I also have drawers full of envelopes covered in quick outlines, scenes or scraps of dialogue that I don't want to forget. I tend to grab whatever's to hand and just get the thing down before it's lost. It's not what you would call a streamlined system.

'Homeward Bound.' I find myself listening to that tune a lot when I'm traveling. Sitting in a railway station, wanting to go home, carrying all your stuff with you.