Seth Godin Quotes

the mode of delivering a truth makes, for the most part, as much impression on the mind of the listener as the truth itself.

The truth is the best picture, the best propaganda.

I regard a great ad as the most beautiful thing in the world.

The most powerful element in advertising is the truth.

I don't want to be a big star. I just want to get my message across.

I hope they see the genuine side of me, of my music, of my voice. I hope that they feel me. I hope that what I sing and what I say really gets across to the viewer because everything that comes out is true.

The message that you're portraying, that's what drives the type of people that follow you.

I'm not about sound bites. I'm about substance.

Comedy can take you a lot further in getting your point across. People are entertained, and then, by being entertained, they get your point.

'Vice Squad' needed to be real if it was going to have the impact that I wanted it to have.

There are various ways of delivering some kind of truth, so I try to find the style or the way that I find more effective.

Visaaranai' reflects a stark reality from which you cannot shut yourself out: that is its success.

If you really have something to say, sooner or later it will be heard. And if you're lucky you'll still be alive.

Whenever you try to say something in a sincere way, it gets communicated no matter what the genre.

You deliver a message every time you speak. Do you deliver the truth, or do you deliver lies? When the message you deliver comes from truth and love, you are happier.

Style is the gossamer on which the seeds of truth float through the world.

A vocabulary of truth and simplicity will be of service throughout your life.

There should be in eloquence that which is pleasing and that which is real; but that which is pleasing should itself be real.

Truth is used to vitalize a statement rather than devitalize it. Truth implies more than a simple statement of fact. "I don't have any whiskey," may be a fact but it is not a truth.

Having the right message is what matters. It's not who you reach, it's what you say.

Be personal. Be relevant. Be specific.

Art is the most effective mode of communications that exists.

I'm an imperfect messenger, but the message is perfect.

If you would be pungent, be brief.

To speak a true word is to transform the world.