#aol

I think it took us nine years to get one million subscribers to AOL, and then in the next nine years we went from one million to 35 million. ↗

— Steve Case

#get #i #i think #million #next

I think the support of the other team at AOL and everybody's really shared passion and belief about this and - saying that some day everybody was going to be on line. ↗

— Steve Case

#aol #belief #day #everybody #going

There is much you can learn from books and scrolls. These books are my friends, my companions. They make me laugh and cry and find meaning in life. ↗

— Christopher Paolini

#christopher-paolini #eragon #reading #life

Pain is pain. It needs no description. ↗

— Christopher Paolini

#christopher-paolini #inheritance-cylcle #description

Because I do think - not just in building AOL - but just the world in which we live is a very confusing, rapidly changing world where technology has accelerated. ↗

— Steve Case

#because #building #changing #confusing #i

We have all been empowered by the web: everyone with a keyboard can now effectively broadcast to a national audience. In a sense, it puts each of us on the same footing as the major media conglomerates, except for AOL, who now apparently own all our thoughts and teeth. ↗

— John Hodgman

#areas-of-my-expertise #author #daily-show #funny #john-hodgman

The Internet will win because it is relentless. Like a cannibal, it even turns on it own. Though early portals like Prodigy and AOL once benefited from their first-mover status, competitors surpassed them as technology and consumer preferences changed. ↗

— John Sununu

#because #benefited #cannibal #changed #competitors

So the question becomes, If you are ever faced with this choice are you willing to die for what you believe in? For that is the only way you will deny him. [...] It's a difficult question and not one you can answer until you're faced with it. Keep in mind that many people have died for their beliefs; it's actually quite common. The real courage is in living and suffering for what you believe. ↗

— Christopher Paolini

#brom #christopher-paolini #eragon #inspirational #martyr

The real courage is in living and suffering for what you believe." -Brom ↗

— Christopher Paolini

#eragon #paolini #courage

In the garden, the Captain of the Guard stared up at the young woman's balcony, watching as she waltzed alone, lost in her dreams. But he knew her thoughts weren't of him. She stopped and stared upward. Even from a distance, he could see the blush upon her cheeks. She seemed young—no, new. It made his chest ache. Still, he watched, watched until she sighed and went inside. She never bothered to look below. ↗

— Sarah J. Maas

#chaol-westfall #dreams