"Innovations seem inevitable in retrospect, but at the time it's an uphill battle."

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Source : Jessica Livingston (2008). “Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days”, p.17, Apress

Jessica Livingston

#Innovation Quotes #Battle Quotes #Retrospect Quotes

“Most of our pocket wisdom is conceived for the use of mediocre people, to discourage them from ambitious attempts, and generally console them in their mediocrity.”
“I believe in universal health care. And I am not afraid to say so.”
“If you travel in countries like Morocco, and I say that because I have just come from Morocco, if people are shouting at each other in an argument, violence is not going to follow. That would be just so far removed.”
“They hear you own up, and they learn to own up.”

Source : "The Collected Wisdom of Bruce Willis, 1:32-3:45 P.M., Thursday" by Tom Chiarella, www.esquire.com. May 21, 2012.
“Poverty is the frontier we have to be able to cross.”
“No other natural bodily function is painful and childbirth should not be an exception”
“If there is a single power the West underestimates, it is the power of collective hatred.”

Source : Ralph Peters (2001). “Fighting for the Future: Will America Triumph?”, p.13, Stackpole Books
“How big is your God? The size of your God determines the size of everything.”

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