Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App

" I get my news from selected Google News and my social feed. "

Peter Diamandis

Related Quotes:

" When hiring, trust your feelings. "

Peter Diamandis

" I had started Zero-G specifically to broaden the public for access to weightlessness. "

Peter Diamandis

" The rate of innovation is a function of the total number of people connected and exchanging ideas. It has gone up as population has gone up. It's gone up as people have concentrated in cities. "

Peter Diamandis

" As of 2011, it cost about $5,000 to launch a tech startup. "

Peter Diamandis

" When you have an employee who's innovative in your organization, what are they thinking about in the shower? If they're working in an exciting place, they're not thinking what they're going to do over the weekend. They're thinking: 'How do I solve that problem?' "

Peter Diamandis

" When I was a grad student at MIT, I had a chance to become friends with the Viking Mission's chief scientist, Dr. Gerald Soffen. Viking was the first Mars lander looking for signs of life on Mars. "

Peter Diamandis

" Companies have too many experts who block innovation. True innovation really comes from perpendicular thinking. "

Peter Diamandis

" It's now possible to have your body 3D-imaged from head to toe at a sub-millimeter accuracy, showing every ripple of muscle or cellulite, to allow the perfect-fitting jeans or shoes. "

Peter Diamandis

" Now, we connect via Skype or Google+ Hangout and see our friends' and loved ones' faces live. "

Peter Diamandis

" Now the amygdala is our early warning detector, our danger detector. It sorts and scours through all of the information looking for anything in the environment that might harm us. So given a dozen news stories, we will preferentially look at the negative news. "

Peter Diamandis

" An exponential growth is a simple doubling. One becomes two becomes four. "

Peter Diamandis

" The reason we care so much about what happens to the likes of Lady Gaga is not because her shenanigans will ever impact our lives; rather because our brain doesn't realize there's a difference between rock stars we know about and relatives we know. "

Peter Diamandis

" Your mindset matters. It affects everything - from the business and investment decisions you make, to the way you raise your children, to your stress levels and overall well-being. "

Peter Diamandis

" Drones photograph, prospect and advertise real estate from golf courses to skyscrapers; they also monitor construction in progress. "

Peter Diamandis

" Incentive prizes work. "

Peter Diamandis

" Millions of years ago, our brains became wired to remember about 150 people as 'close friends.' "

Peter Diamandis

" All over the world, we're seeing access to food, clean water, education and healthcare improve; as a result, global innovation is rising as well. "

Peter Diamandis

" Today, the smartphone in your pocket has a high-quality digital camera. Everyone - not just artists - is a photographer, and the explosion of photos taken annually proves it. "

Peter Diamandis

" My childhood dreams were focused on being part of the effort to make humanity a multiplanetary species. "

Peter Diamandis

" Most advertisers spend millions upon millions of dollars to buy commercial time during the Super Bowl, and millions in creating eye-popping ads, hoping to create catchy, unforgettable commercials. Unfortunately, most Super Bowl commercials end up being unmemorable. Costly mistakes for brands and creative flameouts for advertising firms. "

Peter Diamandis

" If the risk is fully aligned with your purpose and mission, then it's worth considering. "

Peter Diamandis

" If anyone has seen success and failure on a global stage, it's my friend Steve Forbes. "

Peter Diamandis

" Three hundred years ago, during the Age of Enlightenment, the coffee house became the center of innovation. "

Peter Diamandis

" In 1976, Kodak's first digital camera shot at 0.1 megapixels, weighed 3.75 pounds, and cost over $10,000. "

Peter Diamandis

" I think about things like, 'Will my kids need a college account? Will they even go to college?' I don't know if that will be the case. "

Peter Diamandis

" If you've been wondering where the next gold rush is going to take place, look up at the night sky to our closest celestial neighbor. The next economic boom might just be a mere 240,000 miles away on the bella luna. "

Peter Diamandis

" I think that we're living in a time where there are trillion-dollar opportunities that never existed before. "

Peter Diamandis

" In 1980, during my sophomore year at MIT, I realized that the school didn't have a student space organization. I made posters for a group I called Students for the Exploration and Development of Space and put them up all over campus. Thirty-five people showed up. It was the first thing I ever organized, and it took off! "

Peter Diamandis

" Space is an inspirational concept that allows you to dream big. "

Peter Diamandis

" Two-thirds of all growth takes place in cities because, by simple fact of population density, our urban spaces are perfect innovation labs. The modern metropolis is jam-packed. People are living atop one another; their ideas are as well. "

Peter Diamandis