Andrew Yang Quotes

I understand that I need to take up quality work.

I want good work.

I'm never worried about being upstaged. I love to have the best, most individual people come in and see if we hit on something.

We begin to change the world when we stimulate long-term prosperity using technology. There is not a problem that's large enough that innovation and entrepreneurship can't solve.

My theme for philanthropy is the same approach I used with technology: to find a need and fill it.

No one doubts the enormity of the social challenges we face around the world but one critical element of our response must be the generation of new thinking and ideas. Yet creating the conditions that make this possible is not simple.

Great success in examinations does naturally not as a rule go with originality of thought.

My goal has always been to try to live up to every ounce of my potential. For me, that means working with the best people and working with the best material.

So you have to force yourself out of a comfort zone and really try to figure out what are the key ingredients, the key skill sets, the key perspectives that are necessary, and then figure out a way to attract the very best people to fill those particular roles.

But I think Steve's main contribution besides just the pure leadership is his passion for excellence. He's a perfectionist. Good enough isn't good enough. And also his creative spirit. You know he really, really wants to do something great.

I think when you get people who are really talented and you take them out of their comfort zone, you get a lot more out of them.

A diva is someone who is a perfectionist, who does her best in her craft.

I look at each day as a chance to move one notch above yesterday - whether it's in service quality, delivery, speed, or any other aspect of the business.

Entrepreneurship is about tackling big problems - often non-obvious problems - that will have a meaningful impact on the world, and this usually involves solving these problems in counterintuitive ways.

Jim Cameron is proof that if you are good, you'll get promoted.

We hire people who want to make the best things in the world.

I've always been really internally focused. I tend to focus on hiring - ensuring that every person we hire is both a really good fit and really good - and also that everything we put out to our users is very high-quality.

So if diva means giving your best, then yes, I guess I am a diva.

The ability to be successful should be a good thing.

What inspires me most are people who imagine and implement solutions to challenges in their own lives, in their communities, in our country and around the world.

With the hugely talented women I've worked with or observed, it's not a question about temperament or ego; it's a question about getting it right. If they've got a reputation for being difficult it's usually because they just don't suffer fools.

The best people in this industry [technology] are the people who are trying to solve big problems.

The entrepreneur rarely thinks in terms of what he or she wants, but dreams about results - always results and nothing but results - that can solve someone else's problem or contribute to making someone else's life better.

I basically try to give people top quality.

Philanthropists can learn important lessons from business entrepreneurs. They both spend their time solving problems. And to be successful, they both must overcome physical challenges and create self-sustaining operations. And ultimately, they must allow people to take action for their own benefit.