Charles Koch Quotes

And I've always said, 'If two people think the same thing about everything, one of them isn't necessary.' We need to be able to understand that if we're going to make real progress.

We must not be afraid to push boundaries; instead, we should leverage our science and our technology, together with our creativity and our curiosity, to solve the world's problems.

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.'

I'm a huge believer in learning anything from multiple points of view.

I'm constantly asking for alternative views on most things that come to me.

I am not afraid of new inventions.

When you build your network, keep yourself open to new ideas, concepts, and theories. Some of them may even contradict and challenge long-held points of view. This isn't beneficial only to someone in my profession, but to every line of work.

Being surrounded by diverse points of view pushes us beyond our comfort zones. And when people and teams bring multiple perspectives and experiences to the table, the discussions are deeper, the decision-making process is better, and the solutions are stronger.

I never pick up an item without thinking of how I might improve it.

Technology evolves so much faster than wisdom.

The roots of great innovation are never just in the technology itself. They are always in the wider historical context. They require new ways of seeing. As Einstein put it, 'The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created 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.

When permitted to listen to alternative opinions and engage in substantive debate, people have been known to change their minds. It can happen.

The few have said, Think! The many have said, Believe! The first doubt was the womb and cradle of progress, and from the first doubt, man has continued to advance.

Science is the key to our future, and if you don’t believe in science, then you’re holding everybody back. And it’s fine if you as an adult want to run around pretending or claiming that you don’t believe in evolution, but if we educate a generation of people who don’t believe in science, that’s a recipe for disaster. We talk about the Internet. That comes from science. Weather forecasting. That comes from science. The main idea in all of biology is evolution. To not teach it to our young people is wrong.

All human progress is preceded by new questions

Don’t just think about the technology available today, but the technology that would be 10 times better in the future.

Sometimes other people have better ideas.

Science is the tool of the Western mind and with it more doors can be opened than with bare hands.

Thinking is progress. Non-thinking is stagnation of the individual, organisation and the country. Thinking leads to action. Knowledge without action is useless and irrelevant. Knowledge with action, converts adversity into prosperity.

I really think that technology has the greatest potential to accelerate happiness of most things in the world

You know, whatever it takes. It's very important obviously from an economic point of view because of the need for innovation, for progress, to improve the standard of living of people. But I also think it's a critical issue in geopolitics too.

A loser says that's the way it's always been done. A winner says there ought to be a better way.

It is never too late to give up our prejudices. No way of thinking or doing, however, ancient, can be trusted without proof. ... Old deeds for old people, and new deeds for new.

I think that laziness in many ways is the human condition, and that's what has led us to this place where, as we've developed technology.