Tom Denning Quotes

If you don't take a risk then what's the point. We can't keep making films in the same space.

There's no point stepping up to the golden platform if you're going to repeat yourself.

In order to innovate, you have to experiment.

Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator. And change has its enemies.

I do not like to repeat successes, I like to go on to other things.

Come, come, my conservative friend, wipe the dew off your spectacles, and see that the world is moving.

Playing safe is probably the most unsafe thing in the world. You cannot stand still. You must go forward.

Defending yesterday … is far more risky than making tomorrow.

Be skeptical, question authority, be a rebel. Do not conform and don’t be ordinary. Remember, all human progress is the result of far-sighted people challenging orthodoxy, tradition and rich, powerful, vested interests.

The American Dream can no more remain static than can the American nation.... We cannot any longer take an old approach to world problems. They aren't the same problems. It isn't the same world. We must not adopt the methods of our ancestors; instead, we must emulate that pioneer quality in our ancestors that made them attempt new methods for a New World.

… embrace new ideas with energy!

Why should we hesitate to toss the old views overboard.

I know that without change there would be no progress, but I am not going to mistake mere change for progress.

Many people repeat the past. I'm not interested. I prefer evolution.

Nothing changes if we keep playing it safe.

I dream of doing something where people are like: 'That's different, but it's still something I can relate to,' because that's the way of moving forward.

We shouldn't repeat the same for ages on end, but look into the new as well.

The past does not equal the future.

To continue in one path is to go backward.

We must not stay as we are, doing always what was done last time; or we shall stick in the mud.

For new ideas to be translated into new realities requires not only clarity of vision but also the opportunity to change old realities.

Progress and growth are impossible if you always do things the way you've always done things.

If we fix on the old, we get stuck.

Always move forward, going straight will get you nowhere.

In a business, you've got to move on.