Quotes by Peter Diamandis

I dont think the space station is innovative. Going to the moon was innovative because we had no idea how to do it.

With faster Internet and better computers, youd better believe were creating and consuming more digital data.

The U.S. government doesnt build your computers, nor do you fly aboard a U.S. government owned and operated airline. Private industry routinely takes technologies pioneered by the government and turns them into cheap, reliable and robust industries. This has happened in aviation, air mail, computers, and the Internet.

One thing that humans still do better than computers is recognize images.

Even in an organization thats doing something big and bold, theres the mundane, day-to-day execution work of keeping it going. But people need to stay connected to the boldness, to the vision, and stay plugged in to the main vein of the dream.

If the government regulates against use of drones or stem cells or artificial intelligence, all that means is that the work and the research leave the borders of that country and go someplace else.

Learning how to understand how technology evolves, using tools like a Technology Road Map, is what you need more than anything to ride on top of the tsunami instead of being crushed by it.

There was a Gallup poll that said something like 70 percent of people in the United States do not enjoy their job - they work to put food on the table and get insurance to survive. So, what happens when technology can do all that work for us and allow us to actually do what we enjoy with our time?

If someone is always to blame, if every time something goes wrong someone has to be punished, people quickly stop taking risks. Without risks, there cant be breakthroughs.

Super-ambitious goals tend to be unifying and energizing to people but only if they believe theres a chance of success.

When I was a grad student at MIT, I had a chance to become friends with the Viking Missions chief scientist, Dr. Gerald Soffen. Viking was the first Mars lander looking for signs of life on Mars.

As education becomes dematerialized, demonetized and democratized, every man, woman and child on the planet will be able to reap the benefits of knowledge. Were rapidly heading toward a world of education abundance.

Bad news sells because the amygdala is always looking for something to fear.

As medical research continues and technology enables new breakthroughs, there will be a day when malaria and most all major deadly diseases are eradicated on Earth.

I founded a launch company called International Microspace when I graduated medical school in 1989. We were trying to build a microsatellite launcher.

Nothing matters more than your health. Healthy living is priceless. What millionaire wouldnt pay dearly for an extra 10 or 20 years of healthy aging?

If you have a fear of flying, dont. The data are very clear: If you have to travel someplace, the safest way is by airplane.

Because its cheaper and easier to fly than ever before, air travel is becoming democratized.

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?

When hiring, trust your feelings.