The truly big investment idea can usually be explained in a short paragraph. Warren Buffett - American value investor, Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (*1930), in his letter to Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders (1994), Quotations book 2025
Ideas can only be useful if they come to life in the minds of many people. Alexander von Humboldt - German scientist (1769-1859), in a letter to Ludwig Bollmann (Cumaná, Venezuela, October 15th, 1799), Quotations book 2025
If we do not keep alive the flame of freedom that flame will go out, and every noble ideal will die with it. It is not by force of weapons but by force of ideas that we seek to spread liberty to the world' s oppressed. It is not only ideals, but conscience that impels us to do so. Margaret Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven - British politician, 1979-90 Prime Minister (1925-2013), in her...
Nurture your ideas and dreams. Richard Prentice Ettinger - American publisher, inventor of the publication form “loseleaf-service” and founder of US-publisher Prentice Hall (1893-1971)
Writing doesn't just communicate ideas; it generates them. If you're bad at writing and don't like to do it, you'll miss out on most of the ideas writing would have generated. Paul Graham – English-born American computer scientist, entrepreneur and author (b. 1964), in his text "Writing, Briefly" (March, 2005), Quotations book 2024
People think focus means saying "yes" to the thing you've got to focus on. But that's not what it means at all. It means saying "no" to the hundred other good ideas that there are. You have to pick carefully. I'm actually as proud of the things we haven't done as the things I have done. Innovation is saying "no" to 1,000 things. Steve Jobs - American company founder: Apple (1955-2011), at...
Everyone has an idea but it's really about executing the idea and building the idea and attracting other people to help you work on the idea. Jack Dorsey – American entrepreneur and philanthropist, co-founder of "Twitter" (since 2023 "X") (b. 1979), in an interview mit "CBS News" (May 6th, 2012), Quotations book 2023
I paid no attention to the territorial boundaries of academic disciplines and I just grabbed all the big ideas that I could. Charlie Munger - Vice Chairman Berkshire Hathaway (1924-2023), Quotations book 2022
We've had three big ideas at Amazon that we've stuck with for 18 years, and they're the reason we're successful: Put the customer first. Invent. And be patient. Jeffrey P. "Jeff" Bezos – American company founder: Amazon (b. 1964), from an interview with the "Washington Post" (September 3rd, 2013), Quotations book 2021
But at the heart of his personality was the boldness of his ideas. Zalman didn’t do little things. Zalman was here to change the world. Roger Hertog – American businessman, financier, and philanthropist, co-founder of Sanford C. Bernstein & Company (b. 1941), in his obituary on Zalman Chaim Bernstein (born Sanford Bernstein, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of Sanford C....
If you double the number of experiments you do per year you’re going to double your inventiveness. Jeffrey P. "Jeff" Bezos – American company founder: Amazon (b. 1964)
Innovation happens at the intersections. Emilie Wapnick - Canadian career coach and author (b. 1984), in a post at "Puttylike.com" (October 6th, 2010)
The difficulty lies, not in the new ideas, but in escaping from the old ones. John Maynard Keynes - British economist and investor (1883-1946), from "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" (1936), Quotations book 2020
Ideas are easy. Implementation is hard. Guy Kawasaki - American company founder, venture capitalist, author and marketing evangelist (b. 1954), in "The Art of the Start: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything" (2004)
Keynes identified my problem: "The difficulty lies, not in the new ideas but in escaping from the old ones." Warren Buffett - American value investor, Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (b. 1930), in his letter to Berkshire Shareholders (1983)
Sometimes it’s good to have a screw loose, it gives your ideas more free play. Prof. Dr. Achim Kampker - German engineer and company founder: StreetScooter GmbH (b. 1975)
Ideas are worthless until you get them out of your head to see what they can do. Tanner Christensen – American product designer, author, artist and entrepreneur ("Creative Something")
Inspiration is contagious. Ryan Boutin - Canadian entrepreneur and marketer, CEO Zeal Media Inc. (b. 1976)
I check every offer. It could be the offer of my life. attributed to Henry Ford - American engineer and industrialist (1863-1947), Quotations book 2018