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Quotes from Chris Sacca

If Trump publicly commits to embrace science, stops threatening censorship of the Internet, rejects fake news and denounces hate against our diverse employees, only then it would make sense for tech leaders to visit Trump Tower.
~ Chris Sacca
I think our election proved to us that 'billionaire' is an incredibly magical word in our language in that people just defer to it. Donald Trump is not a billionaire, but he knew it was vital for him to be perceived as one.
~ Chris Sacca
The passive acceptance of exclusionary words and deeds is not okay.
~ Chris Sacca
A deep appreciation for politics comes from empathy for our fellow human beings and their diverse paths through life.
~ Chris Sacca
The old economy with careers and benefits and pensions is gone. There are scary implications to that.
~ Chris Sacca
Travis Kalanick was and is the perfect person to lead Uber, a product I knew from day one was going to be big.
~ Chris Sacca
I want to make clear that my feedback comes from a place of loyalty and persistent gratitude. I love Twitter.
~ Chris Sacca
I don't have a boss or PR person, so I'm accountable to no one.
~ Chris Sacca
Twitter is 'Black Twitter'. That is a brand that 'Black Twitter' has given itself. That's where the hashtags happen... where the excitement is.
~ Chris Sacca
When you get into investing, your default stance should be 'No,' because most deals suck. Most deals won't make money. Most companies will fail.
~ Chris Sacca
I've yet to see an example of somebody standing up to Donald Trump and suggesting policy initiatives and him embracing them yet. It's not happening at scale.
~ Chris Sacca
There is a greed case for diversity. Diverse perspectives bring us into markets we didn't know existed.
~ Chris Sacca
I believe there is no natural ceiling on the revenue Twitter can generate. I also believe that Twitter's reach can become more pervasive and its impact on the world more meaningful.
~ Chris Sacca
The Internet is not pervasive as it could be, or democratic.
~ Chris Sacca
George Winston piano albums have been my go-to since junior high.
~ Chris Sacca
The better I get at investing in and helping companies, the result is more founders who are excited to work with me and more of my wonderful limited partners insisting I take piles of their loot to keep it all going.
~ Chris Sacca
I'll miss working with Mark, and all of the other Sharks. Each of them has been incredibly generous and warm to me, and I am proud of all the episodes we made together.
~ Chris Sacca
Being a cheap bastard now means so much more freedom and choices later.
~ Chris Sacca
Uber is a better company with better math, better predictive supply, better brand, lower pickup times, higher quality of service. They'll absolutely win.
~ Chris Sacca
When I was 20 years old, I was living in Ireland, going to school in Cork. There was this girl in my film class that I was kind of flirting with. We had this notebook that we passed back and forth. We would write 10 questions and then pass it back while we were supposedly paying attention.
~ Chris Sacca
You can't necessarily tell when watching at home, but those pitches are usually an hour long each, and many are emotional, hilarious, and inspiring.
~ Chris Sacca
When you see a 'Shark fight' erupt, we aggressively want to understand what we are committing our money toward.
~ Chris Sacca
2009 was one of the busiest, most insane, stressful periods in my entire career. I was raising a bunch of money, buying a bunch of Twitter. I saw my friend fired as CEO of Twitter. Uber was growing like a weed. As these companies get bigger and bigger, there's more and more friction. Being public was the last thing I wanted to do at the time.
~ Chris Sacca
Live Twitter can be built right into the main Twitter app, but it should certainly have its own tab so we can concentrate on the live experience free of distraction.
~ Chris Sacca