Denton's Quotes

A successful surgeon should be a man who, when asked to name the three best surgeons in the world, would have difficulty deciding on the other two. — Denton Cooley

My principal battle with the North Vietnamese was a moral one, and prayer was my prime source of strength. — Jeremiah Denton

Forget about someone's resume or how they present themselves at a party. Can they blog or not? The blog doesn't lie. — Nick Denton

The most interesting comments, they don't come from people with Klout scores. They don't come from people with a history on our sites. — Nick Denton

I don't really mind playing tabloid monster. I always liked those characters in the old movies. — Nick Denton

I've become a much more serious young insect. — Andrew Denton

Jonah Peretti is one of the smartest web publishers out there. And Buzzfeed is an aggressive and dynamic company. — Nick Denton

Your writers write these pieces about meaningless startups, meaningless apps and meaningless companies. — Nick Denton

I didn't like the nervous tension of being a public person. — Andrew Denton

My wife being a trainer helps, because when I'm at home, everything we keep at the house is pretty healthy. — James Denton

I still treat every job as if I might never get hired again as far as the way I save money and live really modestly. — James Denton

I've always felt that I did well as a student because I lacked confidence. — Denton Cooley

I find I'm luckier when I work harder. — Denton Cooley

It's still about the women. It's not called Desperate Plumber. People are more interested in cat fights. — James Denton

I saw a story in the Los Angeles Times that 40 percent of the viewers are men. It didn't really surprise me. — James Denton

We are here because we know that the only guarantee in life is that if you do nothing, then nothing will change. — Ann Denton

My wife is really unhappy with my agent. But I'm the big winner. — James Denton

I've been on a lot of shows that nobody cared about. — James Denton

The biggest surprise about our marriage is that Erin was out there. — James Denton

Web media needs to move to TV metaphor - with full-screen imagery and other content interrupted with full-screen ads. — Nick Denton

Superior writers, videographers and other content makers want to work with their own kind and for their own kind. — Nick Denton

Making art is like humour - very moment dependent. — Michael Denton

In most Life Situations, the truth is irrelevant. Once in a great while, however, it's the only thing you've got. — Bradley Denton

I'm off at least three or four days a week, so it's a perfect job, really. — James Denton

James was my given name, but I was a junior; so I was Jamie as a kid. — James Denton

While I love the medium, I've always been skeptical about the value of blogs as businesses. — Nick Denton

Real acting is realistic no matter what the medium. — James Denton

You can (be a middle-aged comic) if you work very hard at it, because comedy is really hard. — Andrew Denton

Death is meaningless unless it happens to someone you know. — Bradley Denton

And he'd kill Lily Ann Denton, put her in the trunkm and go to arbys. Godm he was hungry. — Gregg Olsen

I was born and raised in the South, which is pretty conservative. — James Denton

Nowhere in the world can you find a wider variety of empty calories than at any American convenience store. — Bradley Denton

The belts do more than make you fuzzy, Denton. They change the way you think. The way you act. — Jim Butcher

Henry Denton: You Brits really don't have a sense of humor do you?
Elsie: We do if something's funny, sir. — Julian Fellowes

We believe that the best Web content optimization strategy is something as old as journalism itself: the shocking truth and the authentic opinion. — Nick Denton

The cast is so big that you really don't work very much. — James Denton

I'm not a hard-line Republican, because I'm a lot more open-minded than that. — James Denton

The world is infinitely more complex than it appeared to me 15 years ago. — Andrew Denton

Founded on faith in God, the United States has been blessed as no other nation. — Jeremiah Denton

That's always been my test for what makes a story: is this something journalists would gossip with each other about? — Nick Denton

Google demotes search results that don't get clicked on. — Nick Denton

Pressure and stress is the common cold of the psyche. — Andrew Denton

My parents were amazing people who had no business being together - and they knew it. — James Denton

Apple makes beautiful products. I own a Mac Pro, a Mac Book, a Mac Mini, an iPad, an iPhone, pretty much the entire collection. — Nick Denton

Most good media come out of somebody saying, 'This should exist; this is something I want to read.' — Nick Denton

An employer would be a complete fool to let an image like college partying influence their hiring decisions. — Nick Denton

A man does a lot of praying in an enemy prison. Prayer, even more than sheer thought, is the firmest anchor. — Jeremiah Denton

No picture, no footage, no story. The people these days require some visual evidence in order to believe what they read. — Nick Denton

I think work is a privilege ... It keeps you alive, spiritually. — Denton Cooley

Is there Gawker ethics? I mean, I guess there's Gawker ethics. It's a dangerous thing to talk about. — Nick Denton

Personally, as a print journalist, I always found the most interesting stories to be the ones hacks talked about in the bar after work. — Nick Denton

Publishing should be a collaboration between authors and their smartest readers - and at some point the distinction should become meaningless, — Nick Denton

Although I had lived a far from perfect life, my heart and soul belonged to God, country, and family long before the Navy got hold of me. — Jeremiah Denton

I'm pro-choice and those things, but I typically vote Republican. — James Denton

I think theatre helped, only because it was acting experience. I got to work with a lot of directors. — James Denton

There's an amazing world out there for you to discover, Henry Denton, but you have to be willing to discover yourself first. — Shaun David Hutchinson

The nation is only as strong as the collective strength of its individuals. — Jeremiah Denton

Look, I learned from your uncle that when the universe turns out to be insane, the wise man embraces insanity. — Bradley Denton

While the Japanese droned on in a high-pitched voice, I blinked out the desperate message over and over. TORTURE ... TORTURE ... — Jeremiah Denton

I want to institutionalise and automate chequebook journalism. — Nick Denton

Relentless and cynical traffic-trawling is bad for the soul. — Nick Denton

A poll earlier this year showed that 42 per cent of Americans believe we're in the End Times. — Andrew Denton

Ben Smith's quick-hit campaign 'scoops' are about as viral as cat videos. That fits with Buzzfeed. — Nick Denton

I love David Caruso. I know it's not cool, but I do. I watch CSI: Miami. I think he's interesting. — James Denton