Innovation Quotes - Page 26

• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• I come back to the science that is in it to reduce our dependence on foreign oil and climate change. It's about science, science, science and science, innovation, as we rebuild America, create jobs, invest in our people and turn this economy around.

  Nancy Pelosi

  Jobs, Oil, America

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• We need major investments for rebuilding the infrastructure of America in a very forward-looking way that reduces our dependence on foreign oil. It is a commitment to innovation, to science, to keep America number one and competitive and grow our manufacturing base.

  Nancy Pelosi

  Commitment, Oil, Numbers

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• Invention is the pleasure you give yourself when other people's stuff isn't good enough.

  Julie Newmar

  People, Giving, Stuff

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• I balance my natural drive for speed and impact with a counterbalancing drive for significance, innovation and sustained customer intimacy. This involves slowing down and moving from transactive management, which focuses on speed, content, accuracy and productivity, to transformative leadership, which focuses on significance, context, authenticity and purpose. This critical shift requires constant diligence, discipline and practice.

  Kevin Cashman

  Moving, Impact, Practice

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• America has always been a country of innovation and dynamism, entrepreneurship. And I think that one of the things that has made our country great too is its heterogeneous population where people come here from all over the world.

  Jimmy Carter

  Country, Thinking, America

  "Big Think Interview With Jimmy Carter". Interview with Andrea Useem, bigthink.com. November 30, 2010.

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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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• Innovation is often the hidden thing, because we can't put numbers to it. And yet it's the thing that defines the way we live, the things we'd like to have for everyone whether it's health or education.

  Bill Gates

  Numbers, Way, Hidden Things

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

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• All space projects push the frontiers of technology and are drivers of innovation.

  Martin Rees

  Technology, Space, Projects

  "Small, cheap and a giant leap for Britain" by Martin Rees, www.theguardian.com. December 28, 2003.

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• If an innovative piece of software comes along, Microsoft copies it and makes it part of Windows. This is not innovation; this is the end of innovation.

  Larry Ellison

  Inspirational, Microsoft, Pieces

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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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• Synthetic Worlds is a surprisingly profound book about the social, political, and economic issues arising from the emergence of vast multiplayer games on the Internet. What Castronova has realized is that these games, where players contribute considerable labor in exchange for things they value, are not merely like real economies, they are real economies, displaying inflation, fraud, Chinese sweatshops, and some surprising in-game innovations.

  Tim Harford

  Real, Book, Player

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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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• 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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• I am impressed with the innovation in the wireless marketplace. The Blackberry, the iPhone, the Pre, and other smart devices are breakthrough technologies that have helped revolutionize the wireless space.

  Julius Genachowski

  Smart, Technology, Iphone

  "Conversation: Julius Genachowski on Net Neutrality". Interview with Thessaly La Force, www.newyorker.com. September 23, 2009.

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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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• One of the major challenges facing creative individuals is that of building upon the continuity of human knowledge while achieving novel insights. ... On the one hand, to intensify an inquiry and develop a sense of commitment to a creative life, the learner needs models, teachers, and collaborators. On the other hand, the individual, while building upon the past, needs to transform it, and thus broaden his or her choices.

  Vera John-Steiner

  Teacher, Commitment, Creativity

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