Ray Bradbury Quotes

We make the future better than the past. We don't hide from history. We make history.

I don't like to talk about myself. I like to talk about stuff that's happening, stuff that's going to happen, and the people who are going to make it happen.

Leaders must go ahead even when moving ahead is controversial. You must be ahead of time, because if you want to represent the status quo, what do you need leaders for?

As a society, we can't hide from the future; we have to build and own it.

As we go forward, I hope we're going to continue to use technology to make really big differences in how people live and work.

There is an enormous inertia that prevents people from change. You must always remember that it is impossible to make something better if you don't make it different - the converse is not true, of course. You cannot make something better unless it is different. And different scares the life out of so many people.

Either you defend the status quo, or you invent the future.

If there is dissatisfaction with the status quo, good. If there is ferment, so much the better. If there is restlessness, I am pleased. Then let there be ideas, and hard thought, and hard work. If man feels small, let man make himself bigger.

The possible is constantly being redefined, and I care deeply about helping humanity move forward.

If you're not looking toward the future or trying to improve the current technology, you'll be left behind.

The riskiest thing we can do is just maintain the status quo.

I'd like to be an inventor, as they look at the world in a different way and find solutions for making it better.

The greatest enemy of progress is not stagnation, but false progress.

The future isn't just a place you'll go. It's a place you will invent.

You shouldn't try to manufacture progress.

Run to meet the future or it's going to run you down.

You have to change the set, stay ahead of the curve.

Learning and innovation go hand in hand. The arrogance of success is to think that what you did yesterday will be sufficient for tomorrow.

Some people might say, 'Can we afford it?' I think that's asking the wrong question... We should instead be asking, 'Can we really afford not to try?'

The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it.

Without change there is no innovation, creativity, or incentive for improvement. Those who initiate change will have a better opportunity to manage the change that is inevitable.

Were there none who were discontented with what they have, the world would never reach anything better.

What we need to do is always lean into the future; when the world changes around you and when it changes against you - what used to be a tail wind is now a head wind - you have to lean into that and figure out what to do because complaining isn't a strategy.

If you don't take risks, you won't be able to do anything. I was confident I could use my experience to change and improve the way Macau worked.

Google is fascinating, and the book isn't finished. I'm creating, living, building, and writing those chapters.