Quotes About Innovation

Our time is a time for crossing boundaries.

In my lyrics, I used to always state two years ahead. I did that to make it seem like we were ahead of our time - a time capsule almost. It had never been done before.

Everyone knows we take our time. We're really trying to be responsible with ourselves in trying to discover ideas that haven't been discovered before. It's kind of an alchemy, how we experiment.

If we are to candidly and comprehensively address climate change - which I believe is the true crisis of our time - we must find new ways to generate energy and fuel.

My mom bought a computer in the '80s to do accounting, and she was so smart at computers that we spent all our time with them. My childhood was sitting on the floor of her office and figuring out how to program with my mom.

So often in this industry people tell us we've had our day or we've had our time.

The hope for our nation and our world lies within our ability to innovate and move forward technologically.

Let's not kid ourselves here, robots already run most of our world. We'll be their butlers soon enough.

Our world has evolved and grown more technologically savvy. Lawmakers need to adjust to these changes.

In the 21st century, somebody or something has changed the rules about how our world works.

We're seeing the arrival of conversational robots that can walk in our world. It's a golden age of invention.

Innovators reimagine our world in so many areas. We need them to help reimagine what government can and should be.

The Internet is one of the biggest advances ever in our world.

We say that our world must think of and listen to consumers, and this is true, but not too much, in the sense that if you want to change and innovate, you must also think with your own head. Maybe you make choices that the market is not ready to accept but that will be accepted in 18 or 24 months.

To me, there's so much we don't understand about our world, and I think it's really fascinating to see these people come up with the stuff that they come up with.

In order to be stimulated or moved in the future, we probably have to go into space and look at our world from there.

As we enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others, we should be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours, and this we should do freely and generously.

Ours is the only country deliberately founded on a good idea.

From the first time that I went over to China, I think I was around the age of 17, 18, and just going there and seeing that their technology being years ahead of ours in America, it sparked something with me back then.

Brave means that we will try to create something for ourselves. Brave means never going backwards when we can go forwards. That is the bravery that we need.

Our responsibility as artists is to challenge ourselves.

If you don't drive your business, you will be driven out of business.

I'm always looking for a new challenge. There are a lot of mountains to climb out there. When I run out of mountains, I'll build a new one.

I failed the LSAT. Basically, if I had not failed, I'd have been a lawyer and there would be no Spanx. I think failure is nothing more than life's way of nudging you that you are off course. My attitude to failure is not attached to outcome, but in not trying. It is liberating.