Innovators Quotes · Page 2

For most of the 20th century, we didn't just enjoy economic success in Michigan, we defined it. Our innovators and entrepreneurs created…

— Jennifer Granholm

It's really hard to design products by focus groups. A lot of times, people don't know what they want until you show…

— Steve Jobs

We need a country that embraces all, and rewards innovators, entrepreneurs, job creators, and hard-working people of all sorts.

— Clark Durant

So, it's a very, you know - maybe we're wrong in - you know, we go around thinking the innovator is the…

— Malcolm Gladwell

There's a general belief that failure is the friend of the innovator, but I've come to view it a different way.

— Scott D. Anthony

Let's face it: Most companies in most industries have a kind of tunnel vision. They chase the same opportunities that everyone else…

— Bill Taylor

It's very hard to be an innovator at the highest level in any discipline. For some chefs it's merely about combining ingredients,…

— Ferran Adria

As consumer adoption of wireless devices continues to soar, Wi-Fi congestion is becoming a critical problem for consumers and innovators.

— Julius Genachowski

Cisco has been both a pioneer in legitimizing VoIP as an alternative to traditional telephony but also an innovator as it has…

— Barry O'Sullivan

I am an innovator. This is a term of distinction, a term of honor, rather than something to hide or apologize for.…

— Ayn Rand

Great innovators and original thinkers and artists attract the wrath of mediocrities as lightning rods draw the flashes.

— Theodor Reik

In a world of businessmen and financial intermediaries who aggressively seek profit, innovators will always outpace regulators; the authorities cannot prevent changes…

— Hyman Minsky

As policymakers, we need to foster an environment that allows U.S.-based innovators and entrepreneurs to compete and to flourish. Excessive regulations and…

— Ralph Hall

Here in Silicon Valley, I have taken part in hundreds of conversations trying to convince people to dive in and become entrepreneurs.…

— Eric Ries

We must bear in mind, then, that there is nothing more difficult and dangerous, or more doubtful of success, than an attempt…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

I mean people -- people don't get -- they don't get smarter about things that get as basic as greed and you…

— Howard Warren Buffett

It's one of the underappreciated skills required by an innovator - they have to be able to convince lots of people to…

— Scott D. Anthony

In the face of uncertainty, many companies will default to asking their innovators to study and analyze, which can't actually ever provide…

— Scott D. Anthony

We have this highly irrational system of incentivizing innovation for clean and green technologies, where we allow the innovator to have a…

— Thomas Pogge

There are three kinds of people: 1. Innovators. 2. Imitators. 3. Idiots.

— Warren Buffett

One must recently have lived on or close to a college campus to have a vivid intimation of what has happened. It…

— Anonymous

We reserve the term 'genius' for people who are creative, who are innovators, who think in ways that are entirely new. In…

— Joshua Foer

“The greatest innovators and history makers of our world were not great because of the formal school system but because of self-development…

— Sunday Adelaja

The [nonprofit] sector is the natural home of nonmajoritarian impulses, movements and values. It comfortably harbors innovators, maverick movements, groups which feel…

— John W. Gardner

Alan Kay's famous aphorism is that perspective is worth 80 IQ points. An innovative insight is not the product of an individual's…

— Gary Hamel