"Some of history's cleverest business minds understood the power of share platforms, from the aggressive titans who made fortunes building the nation's railroads, to Conrad Hilton, who created the first premier brand of international hotels."

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Source : Lisa Gansky (2010). “The Mesh: Why the Future of Business Is Sharing”, p.9, Penguin

Lisa Gansky

#Mind Quotes #Railroads Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“Compose. (No ideas but in things) Invent! Saxifrage is my flower that splits the rocks.”

Source : William Carlos Williams, A. Walton Litz, Christopher MacGowan (1991). “The Collected Poems of William Carlos Williams: 1939-1962”, p.455, New Directions Publishing
“Of all the intellectual hurdles which the human mind has confronted and has overcome in the last fifteen hundred years the one which seems to me to have been the most amazing in character and the most stupendous in the scope of its consequences is the one relating to the problem of motion.”

Source : Herbert Butterfield (1997). “The Origins of Modern Science”, p.15, Simon and Schuster
“I love a really good storyline.”
“Capitalism is what people do if you leave them alone.”
“If you worry about making bogeys, it makes the game that much more difficult. You put more pressure on yourself without even noticing it. It makes a difference to take it easy when things aren't going right.”
“I have been interested in global web-based communities and emerging technologies since the mid 80's. There is a revolution occurring in global culture nowadays, that will change everything. and it's only just beginning.”

Source : Reddit AMA, www.reddit.com. November 25, 2013.
“We have a choice..To Live or To Exist.”

Source : Twitter post from Jul 14, 2011
“We cannot heal the throbbing heart till we discern the wounds within.”

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