“Most new things are not good, and die an early death; but those which push themselves forward and by slow degrees force themselves on the attention of mankind are the unconscious productions of human wisdom, and must have honest consideration, and must not be made the subject of unreasoning prejudice.” HumansMadeDiesForceAttentionSubjectsMankindHonestDegreesPrejudiceInnovationProductionsUnconsciousConsiderationNew ThingsHuman WisdomEarly Death Author:Bill Vaughan
“All lives have equal value. And so you say, 'why do poor children die when other children don't? Why do some people have enough nutrition or reasonable toilets and other people don't?' So those basic needs that, through innovation, actually it's very affordable to bring them...to everyone.” PeopleNeedsChildrenEnoughValuesDiesLeadershipPoorTechnologyHealthEqualEthicsInnovationHuman RightsIdeologyReasonableNutritionToiletsEqual RightsAffordableBasic NeedsPoor Children Author:Bill Gates
“Systems die; instincts remain.” DiesInnovationAgingInstinctIntuition Author:Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
“Innovation is not born out out of a committee; innovation is a fight. It’s messy, people die, but when the battle is over, something unimaginably significant has been achieved.” PeopleHas BeensDiesFightingBornBattleInnovationSignificantCommitteesMessy Author:Rands
“Innovation is not a big breakthrough invention every time. Innovation is a constant thing. But if you don't have an innovative company [team], coming to work everyday to find a better way, you don't have a company[team]. You're getting ready to die on the vine. You're always looking for the next innovation, the next niche, the next product improvement, the next service improvement. But always trying to get better.” IfsWayTryingBigsDiesNextCompanyTeamReadyProductsInnovationConstantEverydayImprovementInventionGet BetterInnovativeBreakthroughAlways TryingBetter WaysNicheVinesReady To Die Author:Jack Welch
“We don't get a chance to do that many things, and every one should be really excellent. Because this is our life. Life is brief, and then you die, you know? So this is what we've chosen to do with our life.” KnowsLifeShouldSuccessLife IsDiesChanceOur LivesInnovationChosenExcellentDifferent JobsDamn Good Author:Steve Jobs
“In today's global economy, innovations and improvements to products and services are not only happening more rapidly than ever before in history, they are being communicated instantaneously. So, it's "innovate or die"!” TodayDiesEconomyProductsHappeningsInnovationImprovementGlobal Economy Author:Bill Capodagli
“An important scientific innovation rarely makes its way by gradually winning over and converting its opponents: What does happen is that the opponents gradually die out.” WayDoeImportantHappensDiesWinningChangeAcceptanceInnovationOpponentsRejectionAdoptionConvertingBusiness InnovationInnovation And BusinessHappening For A Reason Author:Max Planck
“A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a quip and worried to death by a frown on the right person's brow. When innovations are in the exploration stage, they need a champion to take them through the rest of the developmental stages. Otherwise the bureaucracy, politics, and people who can only see the fledgling and potential innovation through today's glasses will smother it or let it quietly die from malnourishment.” PeopleNeedsPersonsIdeasTodayDiesChangeVisionStageInnovationGlassesWorriedChampionExplorationDelicateNew IdeasBureaucracyBrowsRight PersonSneerDevelopmentalQuipFledglings Author:Charles Bowers
“I think it perfectly just, that he who, from the love of experiment, quits an approved for an uncertain practice, should suffer the full penalty of Egyptian law against medical innovation; as I would consign to the pillory, the wretch, who out of regard to his character, that is, to his fees, should follow the routine, when, from constant experience he is sure that his patient will die under it, provided any, not inhuman, deviation would give his patient a chance.” ThinkingGivingShouldCharacterLawScienceDeathSufferingDiesChancePracticeInnovationRegardConstantMedicinePatientMedicalQuittingExperimentsRoutinePenaltiesUncertainApprovedFeesInhumanEgyptianDeviation Author:Thomas Beddoes