Andy Dunn

“My own belief is all men should be feminists, and with enthusiasm.”

“Maybe everyone lives forever. Or maybe, like in the animated movie 'Coco,' only those whose stories get told by the living definitely do. It takes a story worth telling.”

“Perhaps America works like this: Presidencies swing, as reactions to each other, like a pendulum. My optimistic belief is it is how we keep our country in balance.”

“Who would you rather be with: someone with more alternatives or someone with fewer?”

“'I'm sorry, honey. I was wrong.' Are there six more magical words you can say to your wife?”

“'Hamilton' is not just the best musical I've ever seen. It may be the best thing I've ever seen.”

“I am particularly wary of authors who put themselves on the cover of their own book.”

“Everyone knows robots write the best books and make the best music. Just look at Daft Punk.”

“The digitally native vertical brand (DNVB) is born on the Internet. It is aimed squarely at millennials and digital natives. It doesn't have to adapt to the future; it is the future. It doesn't need to get younger customers. It starts with younger customers.”

“To an entrepreneur, closing a financing often feels like the end of a marathon. It's actually the starting gun.”

“In a conversation with a male executive, he tells me that he doesn't hire women because 'it's not worth the trouble.' I mentally blacklist him.”

“Taking risks and being focused, sometimes, are at odds. Both are required to build a great company.”

“You don't think, when you start a company as the founding CEO, that if your venture actually works, you end up with three jobs: founder, CEO, and chair of the board. The first eight years at Bonobos, I have learned a lot about the tension between the first two. It didn't even occur to me that I had the third job until much later.”

“Lincoln was an American messiah, seemingly sent by God to save our country, our union, and our soul. He prioritized unity above all. Perhaps we should do the same.”

“What Americans do is we come to each other's aid.”

“Sometimes, to move into the future, you must go back the past.”

“The illusion when things are going your way is that it's gonna just keep going. But it never does.”

“What separates humans from other animals is our empathy. With the possible exception of bonobos, we are the most empathetic animal on the planet.”

“Bonobos are not monkeys! Bonobos are apes.”

“Passion provides purpose, but data drives decisions.”