"Innovation is new stuff that is made useful."

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Source : Max McKeown (2008). “The Truth about Innovation”, p.2, Pearson Education

Max McKeown

#Innovation Quotes #Stuff Quotes #Made Quotes

“One does not practice meditation to become a great meditator. We meditate to wake up and live, to become skilled at the art of living.”
“In business, we say that people overestimate what you can do in a year and underestimate what you can do in a decade. This is true in philanthropy as well.”
“A woman’s beauty is supposed to be her grand project and constant insecurity. We’re meant to shellac our lips with five different glosses, but always think we’re fat. Beauty is Zeno’s paradox. We should endlessly strive for it, but it’s not socially acceptable to admit we’re there. We can’t perceive it in ourselves. It belongs to the guy screaming 'nice tits.”
“Those who do not have power over the story that dominates their lives, power to retell it, to rethink it, deconstruct it, joke about it, and change it as times change, truly are powerless, because they cannot think new thoughts.”
“All I can say is I've been lucky with my body. Well done, little body. I praise it and say, 'You're very good.'”
“With horns and a full rhythm section, the drums always looked like the best seat in the house.”
“A country girl can talk her way out of a ticket.”
“God wants us to pray that we might have the courage to live before him in ways that are not natural to us.”

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