--- title: "12 Should Quotes By Peter Thiel" description: "12 Should quotes by Peter Thiel. Plus more from Peter Thiel and more Should sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4af/peter-thiel-1311_becoming_the-idea-of-becoming-an-entrepreneur-is_398511.png" --- > [The idea of becoming an entrepreneur is something that is not taught very well in school and is something that people should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-thiel/the-idea-of-becoming-an-entrepreneur-is-something-that-is-not-taught/) [Peter Thiel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-thiel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4af/peter-thiel-1311_becoming_the-idea-of-becoming-an-entrepreneur-is_398511.png) > [Secrets are hard but solvable problems and we should talk about them. It's hard to work toward a radically better future if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-thiel/secrets-are-hard-but-solvable-problems-and-we-should-talk-about-them/) [Peter Thiel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-thiel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79a/peter-thiel-1311_believe_secrets-are-hard-but-solvable-problems-a_2430050.png) > [Recruiting is a core competency for any company. It should never be outsourced.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-thiel/recruiting-is-a-core-competency-for-any-company-it-should-never-be/) [Peter Thiel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-thiel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6af/peter-thiel-1311_business_recruiting-is-a-core-competency-for-any_460690.png) > [If you focus on near-term growth above all else, you miss the most important question you should be asking: will this business…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-thiel/if-you-focus-on-near-term-growth-above-all-else-you-miss-the-most/) [Peter Thiel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-thiel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68c/peter-thiel-1311_asking_if-you-focus-on-near-term-growth-above-a_1859979.png) > [University administrators are the equivalent of subprime mortgage brokers selling you a story that you should go into debt massively, that it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-thiel/university-administrators-are-the-equivalent-of-subprime-mortgage/) [Peter Thiel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-thiel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/672/peter-thiel-1311_administrators_university-administrators-are-the-equiva_2065062.jpg) > [“In the most dysfunctional organizations, signaling that work is being done becomes a better strategy for career advancement than actually doing work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-thiel/in-the-most-dysfunctional-organizations-signaling-that-work-is-being-2/) [Peter Thiel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-thiel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be5/peter-thiel-1311_advancement_in-the-most-dysfunctional-organizations_2956798.png) > [ Every university…seem\[s\] to reassure you that ‘it doesn’t matter what you do, as long as you do it well.’ That is completely… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-thiel/every-university-seem-s-to-reassure-you-that-it-doesn-t-matter-what/) [Peter Thiel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-thiel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ce/peter-thiel-1311_doe_every-university-seem-s-to-reassure-you_883942.jpg) > [I think somehow people should be encouraged to think about a very long time horizon and I think this is true for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-thiel/i-think-somehow-people-should-be-encouraged-to-think-about-a-very/) [Peter Thiel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-thiel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c56/peter-thiel-1311_be-encouraged_i-think-somehow-people-should-be-encoura_1298319.png) > [There are many more secrets in the world that are waiting to be found. The question of how many secrets exist in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-thiel/there-are-many-more-secrets-in-the-world-that-are-waiting-to-be-found/) [Peter Thiel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-thiel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d26/peter-thiel-1311_entrepreneurship_there-are-many-more-secrets-in-the-world_3163524.png) > [Competition is overrated. In practice it is quite destructive and should be avoided wherever possible. Much better than fighting for scraps in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-thiel/competition-is-overrated-in-practice-it-is-quite-destructive-and/) [Peter Thiel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-thiel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/345/peter-thiel-1311_avoided_competition-is-overrated-in-practice-it_1754821.jpg) > [I'm in favor of free trade, but I think if you had to make a choice between having technological progress versus free…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-thiel/i-m-in-favor-of-free-trade-but-i-think-if-you-had-to-make-a-choice/) [Peter Thiel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-thiel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b9/peter-thiel-1311_china_i-m-in-favor-of-free-trade-but-i-think-i_2217495.jpg) > [But the indeterminate future is somehow one in which probability and statistics are the dominant modality for making sense of the world.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-thiel/but-the-indeterminate-future-is-somehow-one-in-which-probability-and/) [Peter Thiel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-thiel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea9/peter-thiel-1311_argument_but-the-indeterminate-future-is-somehow_2511808.jpg) ## Other authors on Should ## More by Peter Thiel > [People don't want to believe that technology is broken. Pharmaceuticals, robotics, artificial intelligence, nanotechnology - all these areas where the progress has been a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-thiel/people-don-t-want-to-believe-that-technology-is-broken/) [Peter Thiel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-thiel/) > [If you think about basic science or coming up with new theories of mathematics, these are not the kinds of things which are necessarily…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-thiel/if-you-think-about-basic-science-or-coming-up-with-new-theories-of/) [Peter Thiel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-thiel/) > [I think we have a bubble in the US in government bonds, because of the quantitative easing and the negative real interest rates, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-thiel/i-think-we-have-a-bubble-in-the-us-in-government-bonds-because-of-the/) [Peter Thiel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-thiel/) > [“Time and decision-making themselves follow a power law, and some moments matter far more than others”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-thiel/time-and-decision-making-themselves-follow-a-power-law-and-some/) [Peter Thiel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-thiel/) > [“Today, we exaggerate the differences between left-liberal egalitarianism and libertarian individualism because almost everyone shares their common indefinite attitude. In philosophy, politics, and business,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-thiel/today-we-exaggerate-the-differences-between-left-liberal/) [Peter Thiel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-thiel/) > [When you already have $150 billion a year in revenues from the iPhone, it's very hard to come up with any new vertical that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-thiel/when-you-already-have-150-billion-a-year-in-revenues-from-the-iphone/) [Peter Thiel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-thiel/) > [“CREATIVE MONOPOLY means new products that benefit everybody and sustainable profits for the creator. Competition means no profits for anybody, no meaningful differentiation, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-thiel/creative-monopoly-means-new-products-that-benefit-everybody-and/) [Peter Thiel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-thiel/) > [“we have given up our sense of wonder at secrets left to be discovered.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-thiel/we-have-given-up-our-sense-of-wonder-at-secrets-left-to-be-discovered/) [Peter Thiel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-thiel/) > [“Today our society is permeated by the twin ideas that death is both inevitable and random.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-thiel/today-our-society-is-permeated-by-the-twin-ideas-that-death-is-both/) [Peter Thiel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-thiel/) > [“if your company can be summed up by its opposition to already existing firms, it can’t be completely new and it’s probably not going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-thiel/if-your-company-can-be-summed-up-by-its-opposition-to-already/) [Peter Thiel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-thiel/) > [“Is a lukewarm attitude to one’s work a sign of mental health? Is a merely professional attitude the only sane approach?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-thiel/is-a-lukewarm-attitude-to-one-s-work-a-sign-of-mental-health-is-a/) [Peter Thiel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-thiel/) > [“If you’ve invented something new but you haven’t invented an effective way to sell it, you have a bad business—no matter how good the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-thiel/if-you-ve-invented-something-new-but-you-haven-t-invented-an/) [Peter Thiel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-thiel/) > [The business model piece is we're always talking about competing more effectively. If you're starting a company or career you don't want to compete.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-thiel/the-business-model-piece-is-we-re-always-talking-about-competing-more/) [Peter Thiel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-thiel/) > [If you invest in Microsoft or Oracle, or a number of other companies for that matter, you're fundamentally making a bet that there's going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-thiel/if-you-invest-in-microsoft-or-oracle-or-a-number-of-other-companies/) [Peter Thiel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-thiel/) > [Our economy is broken. I'm not a politician, but neither is Donald Trump. He is a builder, and it's time to rebuild America.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-thiel/our-economy-is-broken-i-m-not-a-politician-but-neither-is-donald/) [Peter Thiel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-thiel/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/should/peter-thiel/#itemlist", "name": "12 Should Quotes By Peter Thiel", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The idea of becoming an entrepreneur is something that is not taught very well in school and is something that people should try to do earlier on.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Peter Thiel" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-thiel/the-idea-of-becoming-an-entrepreneur-is-something-that-is-not-taught/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4af/peter-thiel-1311_becoming_the-idea-of-becoming-an-entrepreneur-is_398511.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4af/peter-thiel-1311_becoming_the-idea-of-becoming-an-entrepreneur-is_398511.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4af/peter-thiel-1311_becoming_the-idea-of-becoming-an-entrepreneur-is_398511.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The idea of becoming an entrepreneur is something that is not taught very well in school and is something…” — Peter Thiel", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Secrets are hard but solvable problems and we should talk about them. 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