If you give people the opportunity to do the right thing, you'll rarely be disappointed. — Pierre Omidyar Copy Share Image
People were doing business with one another through the Internet already, through bulletin boards. But on the Web, we could make it… — Pierre Omidyar Copy Share Image
When I started eBay, it was a hobby, an experiment to see if people could use the Internet to be empowered through… — Pierre Omidyar Copy Share Image
If you can get over this initial distrust that people have of strangers, you can do remarkable things. — Pierre Omidyar Copy Share Image
One of the things I tend to do is open myself up to a variety of voices. I try to expose myself… — Pierre Omidyar Copy Share Image
I want people to be entrepreneurs, but I want them to do it for the right reasons, because they think they can… — Pierre Omidyar Copy Share Image
When I started eBay, it was a hobby, an experiment to see if people could use the Internet to be empowered through… — Pierre Omidyar Copy Share Image
Don't let people who you may respect and who you believe know what they're talking about, don't let them tell you it… — Pierre Omidyar Copy Share Image
We have technology, finally, that for the first time in human history allows people to really maintain rich connections with much larger… — Pierre Omidyar Copy Share Image
A lot of people don’t just go ahead and try things. They’ll have an idea and they’ll say — they’ll convince themselves… — Pierre Omidyar Copy Share Image
Long-term sustainable change happens if people discover their own power. — Pierre Omidyar Copy Share Image
I do like to fly under the radar. When I walk around town, the only people I want to recognise me and… — Pierre Omidyar Copy Share Image
What I'm really focused on is connecting people around shared interests, so together they can make good stuff happen. I'm more focused… — Pierre Omidyar Copy Share Image
We believe people are basically good. We believe everyone has something to contribute. We encourage you to treat others the way that… — Pierre Omidyar Copy Share Image
As a philanthropist, I try to help people take ownership. Everything I've done is rooted in the notion that every human being… — Pierre Omidyar Copy Share Image
Advertisers don't want to put their ads next to the investigative story; it's extremely difficult to do that. And very few people… — Pierre Omidyar Copy Share Image
In the early days of eBay, I articulated for the very first time this belief that people are basically good. — Pierre Omidyar Copy Share Image
When you look at the accomplishments of accomplished people and you say, “Boy, that must have been really hard,” ... that was… — Pierre Omidyar Copy Share Image
eBay's business is based on enabling someone to do business with another person, and to do that, they first have to develop some measure… — Pierre Omidyar Copy Share Image
If you give people the opportunity to do the right thing, you'll rarely be disappointed. — Pierre Omidyar Copy Share Image
A well-functioning microfinance bank can actually be a profitable business as well. So it became a perfect proof point that, through business, you can… — Pierre Omidyar Copy Share Image
You should pursue your passion. If you're passionate about something and you work hard, then I think you'll be successful. If you start a… — Pierre Omidyar Copy Share Image
In terms of my belief that one individual can make a difference - that belief comes from my parents. — Pierre Omidyar Copy Share Image
Microloans enable the poor to lift themselves out of poverty through entrepreneurship. — Pierre Omidyar Copy Share Image
You have to really believe in what you're doing, be passionate enough about it so that you will put in the hours and hard… — Pierre Omidyar Copy Share Image
People were doing business with one another through the Internet already, through bulletin boards. But on the Web, we could make it interactive, we… — Pierre Omidyar Copy Share Image
I was raised with the notion that you can do pretty much do anything you want. I always kind of just went ahead and… — Pierre Omidyar Copy Share Image
