Peter Diamandis Quotes
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Large-scale philanthropy, based in the private - not the public - sector, is a relatively recent historical development.
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My feeling is that if you can make a big impact on the global literacy problem, you can uplift a big portion of society.
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Companies have too many experts who block innovation. True innovation really comes from perpendicular thinking.
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I collect a lot of data. We all do.
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In 1994, to motivate me to complete my pilot's license, my good friend, Gregg Maryniak, gave me Charles Lindbergh's autobiography of his solo flight across the Atlantic.
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It used to be that the only ones with access to cutting-edge technology were top government labs, big companies and the ultra-rich. It was simply too expensive for the rest of us to afford.
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With sufficient water on the Moon, solar energy can be used to split the water into hydrogen and oxygen. The oxygen is, of course, critical for humans to breathe and the water important for us to drink.
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Large companies and government agencies have a lot to protect and therefore are not willing to take big risks. A large company taking a risk can threaten its stock price. A government agency taking a risk can threaten congressional investigation.
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Make it clear up front what the aim of the company is. Stay true to your authentic vision.
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Two-thirds of all growth takes place in cities because, by simple fact of population density, our urban spaces are perfect innovation labs. The modern metropolis is jam-packed. People are living atop one another; their ideas are as well.
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The goal of my work is to help assure that we can create a world of abundance in which we meet the basic needs of every man, woman and child.
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Many have built their careers buttressing the status quo, reinforcing what they've already accomplished, and resisting the radical thinking that can topple their legacy - not exactly the attitude you want when trying to drive innovation forward.
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Today, we don't blink an eye when the world's wealthiest individuals donate enormous sums of money to charitable causes. In fact, we expect them to do so.
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If you look back 600 years ago, royals' sole goal was to keep their wealth within the family.
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The fact that the Virgin logo was on the side of SpaceShipOne on October 4th, 2004 was fantastic.
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There are nearly one billion illiterate people on Earth.
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By 2030, just a small percentage of the global population will live in poverty.
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When hiring, trust your feelings.
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If you stop and think about it, the form of propulsion used today hasn't changed in over a thousand years... since the invention of fireworks by the Chinese.
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You might hear people decry the loss of privacy in today's world, but radical transparency is dramatically reducing violence everywhere. Most violent things happen in the dark when no one's watching, whether it's an oppressive dictator or someone causing violence in the inner city.
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As sensors and networks continue to expand around the world, we'll see violence drop even further. After all, when there's a danger that your actions can be caught on tape and shown around the world, you're more responsible for your behavior.
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The communications industry has been tremendously successful, but we need to build the railroads and the oil wells and the gold mines of space.
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In 1900, 180-plus out of every 1,000 African-American babies died.
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If you have a fear of flying, don't. The data are very clear: If you have to travel someplace, the safest way is by airplane.