Michael J. Saylor Quotes

Every technological revolution takes about 50 years.

Many people mistakenly think a new technology cancels out an old one.

If you look at the history of big obstacles in understanding our world, there's usually an intuitive assumption underlying them that's wrong.

The over-all point is that new technology will not necessarily replace old technology, but it will date it. By definition. Eventually, it will replace it. But it's like people who had black-and-white TVs when color came out. They eventually decided whether or not the new technology was worth the investment.

After 'The Poisonwood Bible' was published, several people believed that my parents were missionaries, which could not be further from the truth.

Especially in technology, we need revolutionary change, not incremental change.

We're still in the first minutes of the first day of the Internet revolution.

Unsurprisingly, the most vocal opponents of new technologies are those who dominated the old.

If you understand everything, you must be misinformed.

I think the most fundamental error we make is mistaking a noisy, anomalous event for the norm. This happens all the time - in the stock market, in reports of crime and natural disaster, etc. The fact is that big, noisy, anomalous events catch our attention because they're anomalous, which isn't a problem in and of itself.

People think when you're struggling and not winning matches it's because you're not working hard. That's the biggest misnomer in tennis.

I'm not a big believer in revolutions. What people call revolutions in technology were more of a shift in perception - from big machines to PC's (the technology just evolved, fairly slowly at that), and from PC's to the internet. The next "revolution" is going to be the same thing - not about the technology itself being revolutionary, but a shift in how you look at it and how you use it.

There have been occasions when some people have taken me very seriously.

It doesn't really bother me if people misunderstand me. It's cool, but you can't do anything about it.

Don't underestimate this little fat boy.

Every time there is a major shift in technology, it's been hugely exciting and scary at the same time. I have seen some really drastic changes in technology, like shooting only film to video to digital.

Not to harp on too much about Ma, but it's a misconception that she is formidable. She calls herself a patsy.

When we met Susan Boyle she was a very unassuming lady. We didn't expect anything and we were probably a little dismissive of her.

I know what it is to be misunderstood.

People have labeled the Process as whatever, tanking. I don't see it like that.

Most people project onto you what they think you can do.

My biggest concern is people misunderstanding me.

The introduction of new technology is always disruptive to existing markets, particularly to content/copyright owners who sell through well-established distribution channels.

I'm not as naive as some people think.

History has shown that time and market forces provide equilibrium in balancing interests, whether the new technology is a video recorder, a personal computer, an MP3 player, or now the Net.