Jos Buttler Quotes

For any new technology there is always controversy and there always some fear associated with it. I think that's just the price of being first sometimes.

I just want to innovate.

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.'

Even when early innovations start to succeed, it is not uncommon to see growing businesses sabotaged for threatening the status quo.

Innovation is a necessity.

This is the age of disruption.

The greatest achievements of the human mind are generally received with distrust.

America demands invention and innovation to succeed.

Even IBM can't stand in the way of progress... for more than a decade.

Innovation is the calling card of the future.

New ideas pass through three periods: 1) It can't be done. 2) It probably can be done, but it's not worth doing. 3) I knew it was a good idea all along!

Innovation makes the world go round. It brings prosperity and freedom.

I'm a futurist.

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

When you innovate, you've got to be prepared for everyone telling you you're nuts.

The world is moving so fast these days that the man who says it can't be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it.

If the idea is really new and unique and big, other people will all think it is bad and is going to fail.

I believe in being an innovator.

If it works, it's obsolete.

Innovation never comes from the established institutions.

Like it or not, the United States is a revolutionary power. Whether the government is trying to overthrow foreign dictators is almost irrelevant. American society is about the most revolutionary force on the planet. The Internet is more subversive than the CIA in its prime. The dynamism of American Society is constantly creating new businesses, new technologies, new ideas and new social models. These innovations travel, and they make trouble when they do.

… discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man — and I will show you a failure.

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

We live in a dynamic time, where the rate of change and the rate of innovation are very high. It’s not equal in all segments or sectors of the economy, but we are seeing a lot of innovation in certain sectors, and I expect that to continue.

The future belongs to those who change it.