Quotes About Innovation

Trying to show people something they haven't really seen before can get a lot of push-back.

I feel like it's really important to support people who are coming up and really talented, who need someone to show people that they're cool and talented and doing something different. And I can help do that. It's cool.

If I'm telling an L.A. story, I want to tell a fresh L.A. story and show places that haven't been shown before.

I built a company; now, I would like to shrink a government and grow an economy.

I'm always in awe of improvisers that make something out of complete nothing.

One kid's old, used-up equipment is another kid's brand-new, awesome, awesome equipment.

I don't feel like I have to apologize for being a technophile, ever. Technology is awesome and lets me do so much. Nor do I feel like I have to apologize for loving my work.

The TLC sound! That's what's so awesome - we have our own sound.

The future is going to be awesome!

Why do we think the '70s were so awesome? That 'freeness' of music was there.

People forget we've got awesome entrepreneurs all over the country, especially in the North East.

I know it's a bit of an awful thing to say, but I really just make things up. My main goal is to make a picture that people find interesting to look at and that has my name on it.

I've always found the Write-What-You-Know axiom small and stifling.

None of us had really any interest in doing a sort of 'Babel 2.'

We consciously tend to listen to stuff that is further than what we do. We listen to Bach.

I think the beauty of the concept of 'The Bachelor' is that it will never be the same thing twice. I think it will be a very different show with me.

I wouldn't want to try to adapt something of my own. It would be like going back to school and doing all my exams again.

Do we want in this nation to lose the backbone of manufacturing in this country? Do we want to be a nation that doesn't want to manufacture anything?

Whether it's books or TV, or whatever the case may be, the backbone of what I do is my restaurants.

Anytime you're the first to speak out against something, there's going to be a backlash.

Each generation has a backlash against the generation before.

You've got to be able to think on your own; you've got to be creative. You can't be willing to take a backseat.

You can't look forward and backward at the same time.

I want Europe to go forward, not backward.