Gina McCarthy Quotes

We know that the hardest work is to keep yourself open to the world that technology hasn't tamed.

I am quick to adopt new ideas. If there is something good, I will follow it and implement it. I adopted information technology in 1985.

The people who resist change will be confronted by the growing number of people who see that better ways are available; thanks to technology.

If you don't let technology help you, if you resist good ideas, you condemn yourself to dinosaurhood.

In a time of drastic change, it is the learners who inherit the future.

America has the highest standard of living of any major country in the entire world. To maintain and enhance that standard of living, America should continue to embrace those qualities which have made America great: openness and dynamism. Openness to new technologies, new ideas and new people is America's greatest source of strength.

I have always tried to stay current.

Some people are a little bit afraid about the future because they see all these gadgets and gizmos coming down the pike and they think they're too old to learn all this new stuff. But eventually they begin to realize, 'Hey, some of this stuff is useful.'

The computer is my favourite invention. I feel lucky to be part of the global village. I don't mean to brag, but I'm so fast with technology. People think it all seems too much, but we'll get used to it. I'm sure it all seemed too much when we were learning to walk.

When new things come along, some people always want the newest of the new - 'This is what I've been waiting for!' - and some people don't want or need the change - 'I like my old one.'

Open is something, I think, that will continue to drive a lot of innovation.

On every job you do, you've got to raise your game. My ambition is to just get better and better every job you do - you should never stop trying to get better. You have to teach yourself new things - I don't think you necessarily learn them from other people because you have your own style of doing things, but hopefully you get better.

I am not afraid of new inventions.

It’s important to embrace new technologies instead of fight them.

If you rely only on experience, you'll simply keep applying old solutions to new problems.

I'm always learning and trying new things. When you stop learning, you start dying.

Keep at it, always be thinking about it, always be developing, always try to grow and learn more - and never stay in one place.

You're always trying to get better. You're always tinkering. You're always learning new things.

Nothing new is on the earth right now. Technology, the things that we're discovering, it's been sitting here just waiting for someone to brush it off and go, 'Oh, let me read that. Let me see how I can use this information.' And it doesn't matter if it's from a tech perspective or a philosophical perspective.

Carry a big basket. In other words, be open to new ideas, different partners, and new practices, and have a willingness to dump out the old and irrelevant to make room for new approaches.

I used to have a five-year plan when I was younger. But that's changed. Technology is changing every day. So you have to live in the day. You have to see what the opportunities are, and go for them.

Every time you think all the technology that had been created already, all you have to do is look around and then there's someone new who's born with a new idea.

We have to open our minds and be ready for the changes.

Don't let tradition paralyze your mind. Be receptive to new ideas. Be experimental. Try new approaches. Be progressive in everything you do.

I like the present. I'm always interested in new ideas, and what's happening. I'm not nostalgic.