“My goal was simply attracting large numbers of customers because mass appeal guarantees profit. I often advised not to obsess over immediate profits but to prioritise popularity. Like Amazon or Apple, success comes from creating something that garners mass recognition and love.”— Simon Woodroffe
The quote archive
A growing archive of 3,000+ moments, drawn from every interview.
The will to live together is the fundamental pillar that keeps society going- and that pillar is now under threat. What will we do when we lose the will to live together? That's one of the fundamental questions of our time.
— Ece TemelkuranTurkish journalist, author, and political commentator known for critical writings on democracy
I had to remain in war mode. I had to continue confronting my captors, not accept what was happening to me. The relationship I had with my captors was based on suspicion.
— Ingrid BetancourtFormer Colombian Presidential Candidate & Hostage Rescue Survivor
I have always thought that if you are abducted for a week, 2 weeks, even a month- you don't know what abduction is. It's only after a certain time that you understand the weight of abduction.
— Ingrid BetancourtFormer Colombian Presidential Candidate & Hostage Rescue Survivor
My mindset changed from thinking that tomorrow I may be freed, to realising that unless I did something myself, nobody would come and rescue me.
— Ingrid BetancourtFormer Colombian Presidential Candidate & Hostage Rescue Survivor
At some point, corruption destroys the trust in a society so much that it has an impact on unity, and the social fabric of a country or nation. It affects wellbeing. It affects the capacity of a nation to be happy.
— Ingrid BetancourtFormer Colombian Presidential Candidate & Hostage Rescue Survivor
Corruption is a collective mindset, anchored around a cultural mindset that shifts to become tolerant to corruption, and increased levels of corruption. When we talk about corruption it's easy to think of it as governments, but for corruption to work- and to be effective- it has to contaminate all the bodies of society.
— Ingrid BetancourtFormer Colombian Presidential Candidate & Hostage Rescue Survivor
In the future people will spend the majority of their time online, with their online identity and digital assets. The majority of their interactions with friends, family, relatives and colleagues will be online.
— Justin SunFounder of TRON blockchain platform & cryptocurrency entrepreneur
I fully believe the future of financial infrastructure will be built on blockchain. We handle around US$5 billion per day for all transactions, around 3x more than PayPal. This is only the beginning.
— Justin SunFounder of TRON blockchain platform & cryptocurrency entrepreneur
BitTorrent is the first time in history that people found a way to make decentralised infrastructure work better and more efficiently than centralised. Transferring files through BitTorrent is 100-1000% faster than centralised infrastructure.
— Justin SunFounder of TRON blockchain platform & cryptocurrency entrepreneur
If we are to migrate our lives to the internet, we need a decentralized infrastructure that enables everyone to have control of their assets without being robbed.
— Justin SunFounder of TRON blockchain platform & cryptocurrency entrepreneur
If you have a bottle of water in your house, it belongs to you. Nobody can touch it without your permission, nobody can get into your house without your permission. This doesn't apply to the internet world. Facebook can access your room and your house without your consent. They can tear down your house, they can delete and block your digital life.
— Justin SunFounder of TRON blockchain platform & cryptocurrency entrepreneur
I think space made me less black and white, less uptight. I don't get as excited about things as easily. I feel like I take positions on things less easily.
— Terry VirtsNASA Astronaut & International Space Station Commander
I remember being on a spacewalk and had a few seconds to see a view that humans were not meant to see. It was like I was hearing from God. But then, I had to get back to work.
— Terry VirtsNASA Astronaut & International Space Station Commander
The perspective of seeing the Earth from space has rewired our brain. We used to have a 2-dimensional view for hundreds of thousands of years. Now with space telescopes we have a 4-dimensional view of our universe.
— Terry VirtsNASA Astronaut & International Space Station Commander
I came away from space flight realising that I don't have enough faith to be an atheist. Life is so amazing. When you look at the universe and the forces of nature, there just has to be a creator.
— Terry VirtsNASA Astronaut & International Space Station Commander
Nothing prepares you to actually see the Earth from space. I spent more than 7 months in space, and even on my last day that view never got old.
— Terry VirtsNASA Astronaut & International Space Station Commander