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" I was seeing a lot of entrepreneurs who were effectively working on the next photo-sharing app. I wanted to inspire them to go much bigger, bolder and more significant than that. "

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" From a scientific point of view, we now know that the water is interlaced with the lunar soil in many locations, perhaps as remnants of comet collisions with the lunar surface. "

Peter Diamandis

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

" My personal fascination with the power of the crowd has been growing: Exactly what can a 'crowd' accomplish? We know crowds can raise billions of dollars, create Wikipedia, and even design and build small autonomous drones. But how about something large and complex like designing a new car, and maybe someday even a spaceship? "

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

" Mining asteroids will ultimately benefit humanity on and off the Earth in a multitude of ways. "

" People need to understand how exponential technologies are impacting the business landscape. They need to do some future-casting and look at how industries are evolving and being transformed. "

" Gossip, in its earlier forms, contained information that was critical to survival because, in clans of 150, what happened to anyone had a direct impact on everyone. "

" Drones watch for disease and collect real-time data on crop health and yields. "

" Private companies should be building businesses. "

" WhatsApp is both disrupting and demonetizing the entire wireless industry, and now the Facebook acquisition provides the infrastructure needed for WhatsApp to begin offering voice calls. So instead of people paying on average $80 per month, users only have to pay $0.99 per year for the same services. Wireless carriers, beware. "

" Incentive prizes work. "

" When I think about creating abundance, it's not about creating a life of luxury for everybody on this planet; it's about creating a life of possibility. It is about taking that which was scarce and making it abundant. "

" Even in an organization that's doing something big and bold, there's the mundane, day-to-day execution work of keeping it going. But people need to stay connected to the boldness, to the vision, and stay plugged in to the main vein of the dream. "

" 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! "

" I've stopped watching TV news. They couldn't pay me enough money. "

Peter Diamandis

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Enough

" All of us are linear thinkers. We evolved in a world that was local and linear. You know, back 100,000, 200,000, millions of years ago, when we were evolving as a human species, nothing changed. You know, the life of your great-grandparents, you, your kids - it was the same. And so we are local and linear thinkers. "

" I think people are dreaming big because they have the tools to dream big. I hope that people are dreaming big because it makes them feel good about their lives. "

" Not only are we working less, we're enjoying ourselves more. As we're working toward this world of abundance, we're able to increasingly enjoy leisure time. "

" The truest drive comes from doing what you love. "

" Never tolerate a toxic person in your organization. "

" When hiring, trust your feelings. "

" It's never been easier to share your ideas and passions with the world. "

Peter Diamandis

Been

Ideas

" The communications industry has been tremendously successful, but we need to build the railroads and the oil wells and the gold mines of space. "

" 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. "

" As education becomes dematerialized, demonetized and democratized, every man, woman and child on the planet will be able to reap the benefits of knowledge. We're rapidly heading toward a world of education abundance. "

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

" I get demoralized by organizations that start off with a mission and pull back when they find it's risky. "

" Remember when vacation photos meant toting along a bulky camera? "

" 3D printing has digitized the entire manufacturing process. "

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