Peter Diamandis Quotes
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Your chances of dying a violent death are 1/500th of what they used to be during medieval times.
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Nothing is more precious than life... especially the life of your child.
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My personal fascination with the power of the crowd has been growing: Exactly what can a 'crowd' accomplish? We know crowds can raise billions of dollars, create Wikipedia, and even design and build small autonomous drones. But how about something large and complex like designing a new car, and maybe someday even a spaceship?
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What decisions would you make differently today if you knew you would most likely live to be 150? How would you think about your 50s or 60s? How would you evaluate your career arcs or investments or even the area in which you live?
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In 1980, it cost just under $600 to take a round-trip flight within the United States.
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I have the general philosophy of creating the future you want to see.
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Never tolerate a toxic person in your organization.
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Elon Musk with PayPal revolutionized banking.
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Not only are we working less, we're enjoying ourselves more. As we're working toward this world of abundance, we're able to increasingly enjoy leisure time.
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I had started Zero-G specifically to broaden the public for access to weightlessness.
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The Department of Energy made an investment that failed, and it got raked over the coals for that failed investment. This is ridiculous. The fact of the matter is, the government should be making a lot of risky investments, the majority of which are likely to fail.
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If the risk is fully aligned with your purpose and mission, then it's worth considering.
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The challenge is that the day before something is truly a breakthrough, it's a crazy idea. And crazy ideas are very risky to attempt.
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I live in L.A., where every coffee shop is filled with scriptwriters, producers and directors.
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If anyone has seen success and failure on a global stage, it's my friend Steve Forbes.
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We're now able to 3D print in 200 different materials, from titanium to rubber, plastic, glass, ceramic, leathers, and even chocolate.
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We are living toward incredible times where the only constant is change, and the rate of change is increasing.
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Back in 2007, I had the opportunity to meet Professor Stephen Hawking through the X PRIZE Foundation. In my first conversation with him I learned that he was passionate about flying into space someday.
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If you're the CEO of a publicly traded company, you're worried about quarterly returns.
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Three hundred years ago, during the Age of Enlightenment, the coffee house became the center of innovation.
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When you have an employee who's innovative in your organization, what are they thinking about in the shower? If they're working in an exciting place, they're not thinking what they're going to do over the weekend. They're thinking: 'How do I solve that problem?'
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Private companies should be building businesses.
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Your mission is to find a product or service that can positively impact the lives of 1 billion people because that's the game we're playing today.
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The constant monitoring of our emotional landscape and personal interactions is a bizarre concept. But it is one that could help many people.