Innovation Quotes - Page 16

• Innovation without imitation is a complete waste of time.

  Mike Rowe

  Waste, Wasting Time, Imitation

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• From wearable sensors to video game treatments, everyone seems to be looking to technology as the next wave of innovation for mental health care.

  Thomas R. Insel

  Technology, Games, Video

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• [Science fiction is] that class of prose narrative treating of a situation that could not arise in the world we know, but which is hypothesised on the basis of some innovation in science or technology, or pseudo-science or pseudo-technology, whether human or extra-terrestrial in origin. It is distinguished from pure fantasy by its need to achieve verisimilitude and win the 'willing suspension of disbelief' through scientific plausibility.

  Kingsley Amis

  Technology, Winning, Class

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• Many have built their careers buttressing the status quo, reinforcing what theyve already accomplished, and resisting the radical thinking that can topple their legacy - not exactly the attitude you want when trying to drive innovation forward.

  Peter Diamandis

  Attitude, Thinking, Careers

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• Innovation and creativity are the juiciest parts of running a business.

  Barbara Corcoran

  Running, Creativity, Running A Business

  Twitter post from Aug 17, 2017

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• It's not that I don't believe in creativity and innovation and new ideas, and the creativity that comes with fashion, which I really respect. But one of my biggest concerns is just how cheap we expect everything to be.

  Lily Cole

  Fashion, Believe, Creativity

  "Lily Cole: 'We can buy less and pay more'" by Decca Aitkenhead, www.theguardian.com. March 21, 2011.

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• Creative new health strategies like micro-insurance for poor people or Kangaroo care for pre-term babies are transforming health outcomes in even the most low-resource settings. Dedication and innovation are transforming health care worldwide.

  Liya Kebede

  Baby, Dedication, People

  "Redefining “Impossible” When It Comes To Maternal Mortality" by Liya Kebede, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 21, 2010.

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• The musical theater is a glorious and distinctly American innovation in the history of theater.

  Diane Paulus

  Musical, Theater, Glorious

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• We need a tax code that promotes savings, investment, achievement, innovation, and hard work.

  Erik Paulsen

  Hard Work, Achievement, Needs

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• Predicting innovation is something of a self-canceling exercise: the most probable innovations are probably the least innovative.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Exercise, Self, Innovative

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• In an unfamiliar culture, it is wise to offer no innovations, no suggestions, or lessons.

  Maya Angelou

  Wise, Suggestions, Culture

  Maya Angelou (2014). “Rainbow in the Cloud: The Wisdom and Spirit of Maya Angelou”, p.30, Random House

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• We each have a litany of holiday rituals and everyday habits that we hold on to, and we often greet radical innovation with the enthusiasm of a baby meeting a new sitter. We defend against it and - not always, but often enough - reject it. Slowly we adjust, but only if we have to.

  Ellen Goodman

  Baby, Holiday, Everyday

  Ellen Goodman (1979). “Turning Points”, Doubleday Books

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• Innovations to which we are not committed are illuminating things.

  Agnes Repplier

  Committed, Illuminating, Newness

  Agnes Repplier (2009). “American Austen: The Forgotten Writing of Agnes Repplier”, Intercollegiate Studies Institute

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• The best way to confront, or deal with, technological innovation is to keep moving technologically.

  Morgan Freeman

  Moving, Way, Deals

  "Freeman lobbies against piracy". Interview with Farah Nayeri, www.deseretnews.com. June 4, 2005.

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• The issue of innovation never interested me personally, since I believe it may lead to a place where people don't paint anymore.

  Ed Askew

  Believe, Issues, People

  Interview with Christian Filardo, logger.believermag.com. November 27, 2013.

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• In the history of enterprise, most of the protagonists of major new products and companies began their education - not in the classroom, where the old ways are taught, but in the factories and labs where new ways are wrought ... nothing has been so rare in recent years as an Ivy League graduate who has made a significant innovation in American enterprise.

  George Gilder

  Years, Ivy, League

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• All adventuring is rash, and all innovations dangerous. But not nearly so dangerous as stagnation and dry rot. From grooves, cliques, clichés and resignation - Good Lord deliver us!

  Winifred Holtby

  Dry, Lord, Clique

  Winifred Holtby, Alice Holtby (1941). “Letters to a friend”

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• When failure is not an option, we can forget about creativity, learning, and innovation.

  Brené Brown

  Failure, Learning, Creativity

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• Conversation is a catalyst for innovation

  John Seely Brown

  Catalyst, Conversation

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• I wonder whether there has been too much emphasis on teaching women to conform, to fit into the system. Certainly that suits conservative organizations in conservative times. But now ... innovation and creativity are necessary.

  Rosabeth Moss Kanter

  Teaching, Creativity, Organization

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• The millions currently trapped in poverty and despair are a tremendous untapped resource. Just think of what it would mean for America to gain full use of the talents and abilities of all her people. They would develop new innovations to improve our lives, or help build the next great American company.

  Marco Rubio

  Mean, Thinking, America

  Marco Rubio’s speech on poverty, hotair.com. January 8, 2014.

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• An innovation will get traction only if it helps people get something that they're already doing in their lives done better.

  Clayton Christensen

  People, Done, Helping

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• Innovation - the heart of technological change - is fundamentally a learning process.

  Peter Dicken

  Heart, Technological Change, Process

  Peter Dicken (2015). “Global Shift: Mapping the Changing Contours of the World Economy”, p.106, Guilford Publications

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• When a new building block is discovered, the result is usually a range of innovations.

  John Henry Holland

  Block, Building, Range

  John Henry Holland (1995). “Hidden order: how adaptation builds complexity”, Addison-Wesley Longman

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• Evolution continually innovates, but at each level it conserves the elements that are recombined to yield the innovations.

  John Henry Holland

  Yield, Elements, Levels

  John Henry Holland (1995). “Hidden order: how adaptation builds complexity”, Addison-Wesley Longman

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