Quotes by Biz Stone

Timing, perseverance, and ten years of trying will eventually make you look like an overnight success.

Hell yeah! Twitter was proof that leaderless self-organizing systems could be true agents of change.

At least half the job of CEO is communication - because of human nature. People fear what they dont know. If the board wasnt hearing that things were going well, they assumed that things must be going badly.

Once true passion hits you, you can recognize all the times in your life you were chasing the wrong dream. And after youve experienced that sustained fulfillment, youll never want to settle for anything less.

Constraint inspires creativity

Trust your instincts, know what you want, and believe in your ability to achieve it. Rules and conventions are important for schools, businesses, and society in general, but you should never follow them blindly.

The point of school, after all, isn’t to do homework. The point of school is to learn. It was a mistake to assume that teachers—or anyone else, for that matter—automatically knew what was best for me.Rules are there to help us—to create a culture, to streamline productivity, and to promote success. But we’re not computers that need to be programmed. If you approach your bosses or colleagues with respect, and your goals are in alignment, there’s often room for a little customization and flexibility. And on the other side, those in positions of power shouldn’t force people to adhere to a plan for the sake of protocol. The solution, always, is to listen carefully—to your own needs and to those of the people around you.

Fear in the absence of knowledge breeds irrationality.We should always seek knowledge, even in the face of fear.

Creativity is a renewable resource. Challenge yourself every day. Be as creative as you like, as often as you want, because you can never run out. Experience and curiosity drive us to make unexpected, offbeat connections. It is these nonlinear steps that often lead to the greatest work.

When you hand good people possibility, they do great things.

Even the simplest tools can empower people to do great things

If you make the opportunity. youll be the first in the position to take advantage of it.

Theres no such thing as a superhero, but together we can world in a new direction.

My personal view about how people should use Twitter is less relevant than our goal to provide the infrastructure for a new kind of communication and then support the creativity that emerges.

In any leadership position, youre always going to be disappointing somebody.

Positive culture comes from being mindful, and respecting your coworkers, and being empathetic.

I believe that the open exchange of information can have a positive global impact.

When I studied graphic design, I learned a valuable lesson: Theres no perfect answer to the puzzle, and creativity is a renewable resource.

“Timing, perseverance, and ten years of trying will eventually make you look like an overnight success.”