Innovation Spirit Quotes

Don't stop at the first no. You have to be a risk taker. If there weren't room for creativity, the patent office would close down.

Never lose this innovation spirit.

Entrepreneurs are outsiders by nature - outsiders with a work ethic.

The real force of Silicon Valley is the mentality, the spirit. There's no reason at all that can't be replicated in Paris.

I think entrepreneurship is our natural state--a big adult word that probably boils down to something much more obvious like playfulness.

It's a fire, it's a passion to get out and to create and to innovate. And that I've always enjoyed and I've always been very proud of is that the people I've done business with, the people around me have always made money.

Entrepreneur is just French for 'has ideas, does them'.

For me, I always admire anyone that's entrepreneurs or inventors.

For all our current troubles, Americans are still the hardest working, most innovative people on the face of the earth. By trusting the American people, instead of government, we'll continue to surprise and inspire the world.

Most of our businesses do succeed, but if something completely fails, then as long as we bow out gracefully and pay off all our debts, and nobody gets hurt, then I don't think people disrespect Virgin for trying. The public appreciates someone having a go; it appreciates the attempt. Who's been a success in life who hasn't failed?

One of the great things about cartoons is that they're not real - you're not watching real people and it engages your imagination. One of the cornerstones of America is that we are creative thinkers. We're innovators.

Great businessmen are creators.

The cable makers are the ones who are willing to take risks and do something original and push the envelope some.

Entrepreneurs bring to business... creativity.

America is full of entrepreneurs, inventors, and dreamers.

America is an unlikely place - a country built on defiance of the odds; on a belief in the impossible. And I remind you of this because as you set out to live your own stories of success and achievement, it's now your turn to help keep it this way.