“The interesting thing is, those opinions didn't change the world, but the people behind the ideas did.”— Jay Shetty, youtube.com
“When we started with AOL 30 years ago, no one believed the Internet would amount to much, let alone be a big industry, but these things come out of nowhere and surprise you.”— Steve Case, usatoday.com
“I personally hold that the classical spirit of challenge and self-discovery is a fundamental human trait. By showing how the risk-taking activity of individuals contributes to social benefits, economics helps societies to accommodate what Augustine called our ‘restlessness of heart.’ This is the bet…”— Edmund S. Phelps, firstthings.com
“Emojis are little cartoons you text instead of words. Instead of saying, ‘What up, boo?’ you can type ‘What up’ and then a cute little ghost because that means boo. There’s even a little Indian guy, but he has a turban on, which I think is racist. But the Asian guy also has a racist hat on. And it’s…”— Tom Haverford, amazon.com
“Zerts are what I call desserts. Tray-trays are entrées. I call sandwiches ‘sammies,’ ‘sandoozles,’ or ‘Adam Sandlers.’ Air conditioners are ‘cool blasterz.’ I call cakes ‘big ol’ cookies.’ I call noodles ‘long-ass rice.’ Fried chicken is ‘fry-fry chicky-chick.’ Chicken parm is ‘chicky-chicky-parm-pa…”— Tom Haverford, amazon.com
“Own a nightclub, call it Eclipse, that’s only open for one hour two times a year. Cover charge? Five thousand dollars.”— Tom Haverford, amazon.com
“Most people would say ‘the deets’, but I say ‘the tails’. Just another example of innovation.”— Tom Haverford, amazon.com
“The WWW model gets over the frustrating incompatibilities of data format between suppliers and reader by allowing negotiation of format between a smart browser and a smart server. This should provide a basis for extension into multimedia, and allow those who share application standards to make full…”— Tim Berners-Lee, groups.google.com
“To follow a link, a reader clicks with a mouse (or types in a number if he or she has no mouse). To search and index, a reader gives keywords (or other search criteria). These are the only operations necessary to access the entire world of data.”— Tim Berners-Lee, groups.google.com
“As a good rule of thumb, proprietary technology must be at least 10 times better than its closest substitute in some important dimension to lead to a real monopolistic advantage. Anything less than an order of magnitude better will probably be perceived as a marginal improvement and will be hard to…”— Peter Thiel, amazon.com
“What you want to achieve strategically and structurally with companies, you need to support with workplace design.”— Anat Lechner, ideasneversleep.is