Ludwig von Mises Quotes

A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.

The man with a new idea is a crank until his idea succeeds.

All progress depends on the unreasonable man.

No great idea in its beginning can ever be within the law. How can it be within the law?

When you create something new, you're breaking tradition - which is an act of defiance.

No great idea in its beginning can ever be within the law.

The world of entertainment is, like the world of fashion, becoming increasingly populated by those who don't want to do things the same old boring way.

My goal isn't to be one of the best; it's to change the game, to change the way things work.

Originals are nonconformists, people who not only have new ideas but take action to champion them. They are people who stand out and speak up. Originals drive creativity and change in the world. They're the people you want to bet on.

We need these figures who don't exactly go against the grain but create a new grain.

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

The trouble with innovation is that truly innovative ideas often look like bad ideas at the time.

Every really new idea looks crazy at first.

We must constantly encourage ourselves and each other to attempt the heretical actions that our dreams imply and so many of our old ideas disparage.

If at first the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it.

I have an almost complete disregard of precedent, and a faith in the possibility of something better. It irritates me to be told how things have always been done. I defy the tyranny of precedent. I go for anything new that might improve the past.

The last person to stand still and repeat himself was Walt Disney. He refused to repeat himself. So to think that he'd be making the same kind of film in the year 2001 that he made in 1941 is absurd.

I've always been controversial because I offer new ideas. For me to be controversial, I think this is positive.

Entrepreneurs almost always have to step out of existing institutions that embody old ways of doing things to build their vision.

I love challenging the status quo.

Like art, revolutions come from combining what exists into what has never existed before.

I believe you have to be willing to be misunderstood if you're going to innovate.

Since I was in my early twenties, at ABC, I was always only interested in things that were not already being done.

I've never been one who enjoys maintaining the status quo. I'm always pushing for new ideas, whether it's in business or philanthropy.