Quotes by Peter Diamandis

About Peter Diamandis:

Peter H. Diamandis is a Greek-American engineer, physician, and entrepreneur best known for being the founder and chairman of the X Prize Foundation, the co-founder and executive chairman of Singularity University and the co-author of the New York Times bestsellers Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think and BOLD: How to Go Big, Create Wealth, and Impact the World. He is also the former CEO and co-founder of the Zero Gravity Corporation, the co-founder and vice chairman of Space Adventures Ltd., the founder and chairman of the Rocket Racing League, the co-founder of the International Space University, the co-founder of Planetary Resources, founder of Students for the Exploration and Development of Space, and vice-chairman & co-founder of Human Longevity, Inc.
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I get my news from selected Google News and my social feed.

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I collect a lot of data. We all do.

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I think the folks who go after grand challenges are impatient.

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I think about the Internet and cell phones and jets and spaceships, and I wonder, 'What's going to make that look ancient?'

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I think about things like, 'Will my kids need a college account? Will they even go to college?' I don't know if that will be the case.

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In 1750, 75 percent of people on the planet worked to support the top 25 percent.

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In 1820, the average lifespan was just 26 years. Twenty-six years!

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

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In 1900, 180-plus out of every 1,000 African-American babies died.

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Imagine what we could do for the world's grand challenges with a trillion hours of focused attention.

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If you're the CEO of a publicly traded company, you're worried about quarterly returns.

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In 1976, Kodak's first digital camera shot at 0.1 megapixels, weighed 3.75 pounds, and cost over $10,000.

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It's easy to forget that for centuries - for millennia - the 'workforce' was all of us.

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In the early '90s, well under 5 percent of the global population was online.

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Make it clear up front what the aim of the company is. Stay true to your authentic vision.

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Large-scale philanthropy, based in the private - not the public - sector, is a relatively recent historical development.

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Making things open-source brings the cost down.

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In 2000, just before the first dot-com bubble burst, it cost a whopping $5 million to launch a tech startup.

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It's never been easier to share your ideas and passions with the world.

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In 1980, it cost just under $600 to take a round-trip flight within the United States.

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Millions of years ago, our brains became wired to remember about 150 people as 'close friends.'

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Author Bio

  • NamePeter Diamandis
  • DescriptionAmerican businessman
  • BornMay 20, 1961
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionEntrepreneur