opportunity Quotes

There is far more opportunity than there is ability.

Opportunity is missed by most because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

Great industries are never made from single companies. There is room in space for a lot of winners.

The vision is to figure out how there can really be dynamic entrepreneurialism in space.

You cannot make a giant space company in your dorm room. Not today. And the reason is that the heavy lifting infrastructure isn't in place.

The common question that gets asked in business is, 'why?' That's a good question, but an equally valid question is, 'why not?'

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

Because, you know, resilience - if you think of it in terms of the Gold Rush, then you'd be pretty depressed right now because the last nugget of gold would be gone. But the good thing is, with innovation, there isn't a last nugget. Every new thing creates two new questions and two new opportunities.

There'll always be serendipity involved in discovery.

First, how do we give everyone a fair shot at opportunity and security in this new economy? Second, how do we make technology work for us, and not against us - especially when it comes to solving urgent challenges like climate change? Third, how do we keep America safe and lead the world without becoming its policeman?