Innovation Quotes - Page 19

• We need first of all the reform of our justice system. We need reform of the education system, because of quality of education because of innovation and technology. And we need administrative reform. Too much bureaucracy.

  Iveta Radicova

  Technology, Justice, Quality

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• While majority opinion may not take kindly to forms of modern art, that same majority has also been hostile to most original and radical innovations, such as automobiles or airplanes or transatlantic cables or Protestantism or the theory that the earth is round and not flat.

  Alfred H. Barr, Jr.

  Art, Airplane, Majority

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• But perhaps the most important innovation in the doctrine of jihad was its outright prohibition of all but strictly defensive wars. “Fight in the way of God those who fight you,” the Quran says, “but do not begin hostilities; God does not like the aggressor” (2:190). Elsewhere the Quran is more explicit: “Permission to fight is given only to those who have been oppressed ... who have been driven from their homes for saying, 'God is our Lord' ” (22:39; emphasis added).

  Reza Aslan

  War, Home, Fighting

  Reza Aslan (2008). “No God But God: The Origins, Evolution and Future of Islam”, p.84, Random House

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• We must build an agenda for speedy yet sustainable economic growth that is inclusive of all, is respectful of individuals, responsive to innovation and responsible towards the future generations.

  Narendra Modi

  Growth, India, Generations

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• Good intentions can often lead to unintended consequences. It is hard to imagine a law intended for the workforce known to Henry Ford can serve the needs of a workplace shaped by the innovations of Bill Gates.

  Tim Walberg

  Law, Needs, Bills

  "Walberg Statement: Hearing on "The Fair Labor Standards Act: Is It Meeting the Needs of the Twenty-First Century Economy?" As prepared for delivery". Committee Statements, edworkforce.house.gov. July 14, 2011.

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• You can't win on innovation unless you have a way to communicate it to customers.

  Steve Jobs

  Winning, Way, Communicate

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• Basically, to lead without a title is to derive your power within the organisation not from your position but from your competence, effectiveness, relationships, excellence, innovation and ethics.

  Robin Sharma

  Effectiveness, Excellence, Titles

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• The best innovation comes from inclusive work environments that foster diverse ideas, nurture people with diverse talent and backgrounds, and create strong relationships with diverse communities.

  Mark Parker

  Strong, Ideas, People

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• When counting on learning from innovation, there are great successes but also failures. The Wright Brothers invented the aircraft and started an amazing process of innovation, where we now have planes that carry 500 passengers. Along the way there were some silly looking vehicles that crashed early on.

  Sheldon Whitehouse

  Brother, Silly, Way

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• Introverts prefer to work independently, and solitude can be a catalyst to innovation.

  Susan Cain

  Solitude, Introvert, Catalyst

  Susan Cain (2012). “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking”, p.74, Broadway Books

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• When the Internet first came into public use, it was hailed as a liberation from conformity, a floating world ruled by passion, creativity, innovation and freedom of information. When it was hijacked first by advertising and then by commerce, it seemed like it had been fully co-opted and brought into line with human greed and ambition.

  Neil Strauss

  Passion, Creativity, Ambition

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• Changes call for innovation, and innovation leads to progress.

  Li Keqiang

  Progress

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• A pioneering and invaluable work about what it really takes to build innovation capability in society.

  John Kao

  Capability, Invaluable, Pioneering

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• When your focus is social change and not financial change why wouldn't you want to share that openly? Innovation only succeeds when it's shared.

  Cameron Sinclair

  Focus, Want, Succeed

  "Quotes of the day: Cameron Sinclair". www.cnn.com. July 11, 2008.

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• Innovation must lead infrastructure for a simple but compelling reason: Innovation produces new types of products and markets, and it is virtually impossible to know how to run those markets efficiently before they are created.

  Myron Scholes

  Running, Simple, Compelling Reason

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• If we internationalize everything, we end up with rules that stifle freedom and innovation.

  Myron Scholes

  Ends, Scholes, Ifs

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• What is innovation if not our ticket to every business interest in the world? Its the ticket to solving the worlds problems - the energy problems, the pollution problems, the global warming problems. If it isnt for science and engineering, how will we compete in the new world?

  David Pogue

  Engineering, World, Tickets

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• The next innovation, Sensavision, will be like a Walkman attached to your forehead. You won't actually have your head wired because infrared wires will send signals to you. In 2007 Mick Jagger will be on stage, and when Mick feels heat, you'll feel heat.

  Tony Verna

  Wire, Next, Heat

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• Once an innovation is implemented it is no longer innovative.

  Jack Anderson

  Innovative

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• Surely, nothing can be more plain or even more trite common sense than the proposition that innovation [...] is at the center of practically all the phenomena, difficulties, and problems of economic life in capitalist society.

  Joseph A. Schumpeter

  Common Sense, Problem, Economic

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• Creating open teamwork is the best way to encourage innovation.

  Kay Koplovitz

  Teamwork, Creating, Way

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• Because the process of innovation often relies heavily on the combining and recombining of previous innovations, the broader and deeper the pool of accessible ideas and individuals, the more opportunities there are for innovation.

  Erik Brynjolfsson

  Opportunity, Ideas, Pool

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• The Congressional Budget Office is a reactionary socialist institution which does not believe in economic growth, does not believe in innovation, and does not believe in data that it has not internally generated.

  Newt Gingrich

  Leadership, Money, Party

  "Gingrich: CBO a 'reactionary socialist institution'" By Charles Riley, money.cnn.com. November 22, 2011.

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• There is a crucial distinction to be made between innovation and originality. The second, unlike the first, can never break with what preceded it: to be original, an artist must also belong to the tradition from which he departs. To put it another way, he must violate the expectations of his audience, but he must also, in countless ways, uphold and endorse them.

  Roger Scruton

  Artist, Expectations, Way

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• I believe that the true value of life lies in work, diligence and innovation. After all, work is the essence of humanity.

  Sheikh Abdullah

  Lying, Believe, Essence

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