Scott McNealy Quotes

Imagination is ... the foundation of all invention and innovation.

So many new ideas are at first strange and horrible though ultimately valuable that a very heavy responsibility rests upon those who would prevent their dissemination.

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

Most entrepreneurial ideas will sound crazy, stupid and uneconomic, and then they'll turn out to be right.

I believe in being an innovator.

Innovation happens everywhere.

The essence of my way of doing business is to not accept the traditional way things are done.

Innovation actually demands freedom and freedom demands innovation.

In addition to encouraging failure, I would also encourage companies to broadly create a culture of innovation. That should mean more than just technology and invention; it should mean something millennials know well: Ingenuity.

I just want to innovate.

The antidote to stagnation is innovation.

Be innovative. Don't listen to the tried and tested wisdom. Take a risk!

We should all seek to innovate, or be curious about innovation. Innovation truly is one of our greatest gifts.

To succeed you have to be innovative.

Invention is a flower, innovation is a weed.

Invention is by its very nature disruptive. If you want to be understood at all times, then don't do anything new.

Creativity is the power to reject the past, to change the status quo, and to seek new potential. Simply put, aside from using one's imagination - perhaps more importantly - creativity is the power to act.

My view is there's no bad time to innovate.

Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.

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.

I think we always move from imitation to assimilation to innovation, but I can't name you 20 people outside those we've already recognized who ever got to point three: innovation.

A lot of technologies in the world were unusual in the beginning, and became standard. That's the beauty of bottom-up entrepreneurship and innovations.

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

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

Almost all new ideas have a certain aspect of foolishness when they are first produced.