Founders Quotes · Page 7

The Founders warned that a free society depends on a virtuous and moral people. The current crisis reflects that their concerns were…

— Ron Paul

I was the founder of the 'Cartoon Bank' in the '90s. I was interested in finding ways for cartoonists to supplement their…

— Robert Mankoff

History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government.

— Thomas Jefferson

People often avoid making decisions out of fear of making a mistake. Actually the failure to make decisions is one of life's…

— Noah Weinberg

'Founder' is a state of mind, not a job description, and if done right, even CEOs who join after day 1 can…

— Reid Hoffman

1 of the hardest parts about being a founder, is that there are a 100 important things competing for your attention each day.

— Sam Altman

Every new and successful example of a perfect separation between ecclesiastical and civil matters is of importance.

— James Madison

We pretty much won't fund a company now where the founders don't have vested equity because it's just that hard to do.

— Sam Altman

So as a founder, you have an authenticity and a human factor that is really special and that gives an enormous amount…

— Diane von Furstenberg

Our goals are the same as those of the U.N.'s founders, who sought to replace a world at war with one where…

— Ronald Reagan

The Establishment Clause stands as an expression of principle on the part of the Founders of our Constitution that religion is too…

— Hugo Black

I think people would actually be surprised by what we put out. Unfortunately the shadow that the original founders cast was that…

— Todd McFarlane

If you are interested in Taoism, I would suggest that you read the Way of Life by Lao Tsu, the founder of…

— Frederick Lenz

We have allowed an unholy alliance of government - the new monarchy - and corporate influence - the new aristocracy - to…

— Marianne Williamson

The United States established itself as a trustworthy new nation in its first two decades after the Revolutionary War by paying its…

— John Podhoretz

The entire Habitat family mourns the loss of our founder, a true giant in the affordable housing movement. Our prayers are with…

— Jonathan Reckford

Sharona Muir has written a gripping personal memoir about her odyssey to rediscover and reclaim her father. Along the way she uncovers…

— Edmund White

Keep in mind our Constitution predates the Industrial Revolution. Our founders did not know about electricity, the train, telephones, radio, television, automobiles,…

— Ross Perot

...the history of early-medieval Arabia is nearly all legend. Like Buddha, Confucius, Jesus, and other founders of patriarchal religions, Mohammed lacks real…

— Barbara G. Walker

[Barack] Obama isn't pointing to anyone, and certainly doesn't like it when others note (correctly) that his influences were the likes of…

— Paul Kengor

Any property may now be taken for the benefit of another private party, but the fallout from this decision will not be…

— Sandra Day O'Connor

The founders understood that democracy would inevitably evolve into a system of legalized plunder unless the plundered were given numerous escape routes…

— Thomas DiLorenzo

In the beginner's mind there is no thought, "I have attained something." All self-centered thoughts limit our vast mind. When we have…

— Shunryu Suzuki

I believe in the separation of powers. If a judge crosses the line between interpreting and making the law, he has crossed…

— Orrin Hatch

Gratitude BRINGS MORE to be grateful about, so today I make the point of expressing gratitude for everything in my LIFE!

— Louise Hay

Most people are average. Founders are not. Founders' traits seem to have an inverse normal distribution to them.

— Peter Thiel

Genuine Work alone, what thou workest faithfully, that is eternal, as the Almighty Founder and World-Builder himself.

— Thomas Carlyle

Really dig into projects people have worked on and call references; that is another thing that first time founders like to skip.

— Sam Altman

Founders always say, 'I'm going to 'make my thing go viral' - that doesn't mean just adding a share button.

— Michael Seibel

If I didn't believe in rooting for founders and investing in founders, I'd be a bit of a hypocrite.

— Alexis Ohanian

Yahoo to me, as the founder of a company, is one of the biggest opportunities you could have; it's one of those…

— Nick D'Aloisio

Founders are usually very stingy with equity to employees and very generous with equity to investors. I think this is totally backwards.

— Sam Altman

Good schools, like good societies and good families, celebrate and cherish diversity.

— Deborah Meier

Every first time founder waits too long, everyone hopes that an employee will turn around. But the right answer is to fire…

— Sam Altman

The very founders that wrote those documents worked tirelessly until slavery was no more.

— Michele Bachmann

The rich and the well-born, according to the Federalist Papers, was greatly feared by the founders.

— John Jay Hooker

What is absurd is not the teachings of the founders of religion, it's what followers subsequently make of it.

— John Cleese

MONSIGNOR- A high ecclesiastical title, of which the Founder of our religion overlooked the advantages.

— Ambrose Bierce

We all remember Abraham Lincoln as the leader who saved our Union. Founder of the Republican Party.

— Barack Obama

The Founders never intended to separate Christianity from government, only to keep a single denomination from running the nation.

— David Barton