Idi Amin Quotes

I'm fifty years ahead of my time.

We are a forward-looking people, and we must have a forward-looking government.

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.

No great leader in history fought to prevent change.

But genius looks forward: the eyes of men are set in his forehead, not in his hindhead: man hopes: genius creates.

For me, being an innovator doesn't mean being more intelligent, more rich, it's not a word, it's an action.

I have always been ahead of my time.

I think we are living in a time, where as a whole, as a community, people do want to push the boundaries.

It's not the genius who is 100 years ahead of his time but average man who is 100 years behind it.

We appeal, not to those who reject today in the name of a return to yesterday, not to those who are hopelessly deafened by today; we appeal to those who see the distant tomorrow -- and judge today in the name of tomorrow.

Discovery is for forward lookers.

Government is really successful when it's willing to make big, bold objectives, like, 'We're going to get to the moon.' But without leaders with big ideas, we get stuck.

Bruce is the man. He was definitely ahead of his time.

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.

I'm often accused of being ahead of my time, but it's simply not true. The truth is that everybody else is behind.

Certainly, I think Canada is many years ahead of the curve and still the great global pioneer.

When a work appears to be ahead of its time, it is only the time that is behind the work.

Every time we've moved ahead in IBM, it was because someone was willing to take a chance, put his head on the block, and try something new.

Like all pioneers I have labored more in faith and hope.

The spirit of the age is the very thing a great man changes.

A new society cannot be created by reproducing the repugnant past, however refined or enticingly repackaged.

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?

Do you want to be a man of today or a man of tomorrow?

I was a little bit ahead of my time.

California serves as our nation's cutting edge on many fronts.