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> [Money is like gasoline during a road trip. You don’t want to run out of gas on your trip, but you’re not doing a tour of gas stations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-o-reilly/money-is-like-gasoline-during-a-road-trip-you-don-t-want-to-run-out/)

[Tim O'Reilly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-o-reilly/)

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> [Money is like gasoline during a road trip. You don't want to run out of gas on your trip, but you're not doing a tour of gas stations. You have to pay attention to money, but it shouldn't be about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-o-reilly/money-is-like-gasoline-during-a-road-trip-you-don-t-want-to-run-out-2/)

[Tim O'Reilly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-o-reilly/)

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## More by Tim O'Reilly

> [Empowerment of individuals is a key part of what makes open source work, since in the end, innovations tend to come from small groups,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-o-reilly/empowerment-of-individuals-is-a-key-part-of-what-makes-open-source/)

[Tim O'Reilly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-o-reilly/)

> [In social networks, you gain and bestow status through those you associate with.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-o-reilly/in-social-networks-you-gain-and-bestow-status-through-those-you/)

[Tim O'Reilly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-o-reilly/)

> [Programming is how we talk to the machines that are increasingly woven into our lives. If you aren't a programmer, you're like one of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-o-reilly/programming-is-how-we-talk-to-the-machines-that-are-increasingly/)

[Tim O'Reilly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-o-reilly/)

> [When you have to prove the value of your ideas by persuading other people to pay for them, it clears out an awful lot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-o-reilly/when-you-have-to-prove-the-value-of-your-ideas-by-persuading-other/)

[Tim O'Reilly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-o-reilly/)

> [Anyone who puts a small gloss on a fundamental technology, calls it proprietary, and then tries to keep others from building on it, is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-o-reilly/anyone-who-puts-a-small-gloss-on-a-fundamental-technology-calls-it/)

[Tim O'Reilly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-o-reilly/)

> [We often get blinded by the forms in which content is produced, rather than the job that the content does.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-o-reilly/we-often-get-blinded-by-the-forms-in-which-content-is-produced-rather/)

[Tim O'Reilly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-o-reilly/)

> [It's hard to make something as large as a government change. It's a little bit like building the transcontinental railroad.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-o-reilly/it-s-hard-to-make-something-as-large-as-a-government-change-it-s-a/)

[Tim O'Reilly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-o-reilly/)

> [The problem for most artists isn't piracy, it's obscurity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-o-reilly/the-problem-for-most-artists-isn-t-piracy-it-s-obscurity/)

[Tim O'Reilly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-o-reilly/)

> [We were the first people to do advertising on the Web. I actually saw in 1993 that the ad could be the content, the destination.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-o-reilly/we-were-the-first-people-to-do-advertising-on-the-web-i-actually-saw/)

[Tim O'Reilly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-o-reilly/)

> [Obscurity is a far greater threat to authors and creative artists than piracy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-o-reilly/obscurity-is-a-far-greater-threat-to-authors-and-creative-artists/)

[Tim O'Reilly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-o-reilly/)

> [You have to pay attention to money, but it shouldn't be about the money.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-o-reilly/you-have-to-pay-attention-to-money-but-it-shouldn-t-be-about-the-money/)

[Tim O'Reilly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-o-reilly/)

> [The thing we should all be looking for are people who want to make a difference. I'm a big believer in the Silicon Valley…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-o-reilly/the-thing-we-should-all-be-looking-for-are-people-who-want-to-make-a/)

[Tim O'Reilly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-o-reilly/)

> [Amazon is now the definitive source for data about whole sets of products - fungible consumer products. EBay is the authoritative source for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-o-reilly/amazon-is-now-the-definitive-source-for-data-about-whole-sets-of/)

[Tim O'Reilly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-o-reilly/)

> [Everybody's enamored of the iPhone, the Google phone. But the applications are going to change. You know, we're going to start using our phones…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-o-reilly/everybody-s-enamored-of-the-iphone-the-google-phone-but-the/)

[Tim O'Reilly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-o-reilly/)

> [Being too early is indistinguishable from being wrong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-o-reilly/being-too-early-is-indistinguishable-from-being-wrong/)

[Tim O'Reilly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-o-reilly/)

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