Thought Provoking Quotes - Page 7

Innovation is an evolutionary process, so it's not necessary to be radical all the time.

We chose it because we deal with huge amounts of data. Besides, it sounds really cool.

The Bible is the fountain of truth.

Each of us can work to change a small portion of events. And it's in the total of all those acts that the history of this generation will be written.

Our lives are so short. And our time on this planet is so precious. All we have is each other.

I could be wrong about salvation. I could be wrong about a lot of things.

Yes, it is God who works in you. And, yes, there is work for you to do. Yes, the Spirit empowers you to do the work. And, yes, you do the work.

God made (human beings) because he loves stories.

With a library you are free, not confined by temporary political climates. It is the most democratic of institutions because no one - but no one at all - can tell you what to read and when and how.

Data is the new oil? No: Data is the new soil.

A good library will never be too neat, or too dusty, because somebody will always be in it, taking books off the shelves and staying up late reading them.

Look, it's a mainstream animated movie, and how often are those considered thought provoking? It's meant to be a great time at the theater, but it's also designed to work on more than one level

The world is one big data problem.

I've no interest in being thought provoking. Who needs more thoughts. I'd rather go down as one who is thought disposing.

It's only a drop in the ocean - but the ocean wouldn't be the same without that drop.

And yet, now that years have passed, I recall it and wonder that it could distress me so much. It will be the same thing, too, with this trouble. Time will go by and I shall not mind about this either.

I want to show people as they are, not glorified, no shame - fat, bulges, wrinkles and all. I want the work to be disturbing, unsettling, provocative, challenging, and thought provoking.

We would do well to ask ourselves the kind of fundamental questions posed by [Buruma's] erudite and thought-provoking book.

I have also been touched by the dark side of power and leadership.

To teach that a comparatively few men are responsible for the greatest forward steps of mankind is the worst sort of nonsense.

I've never felt a need to really respond to someone else's writing.

In Sarajevo and in Syria, these are societies - in Bosnia, in Serbia, in Kosovo, in Syria - where ethnicities live side by side and intermarry for long periods of time until it becomes valuable to exploit the division. And yes, the division's there because you can always revert back to history, you can always inflame it, but it is manipulated for political ends.

Supporting customers through multiple channels is no longer an option for financial services organizations; it's a necessity.

"Stop asking "What should I do now?" That question only brings up what others expect of you. Free people don't have shoulds. They have choices."

Saying no isn't easy, but it's a required skill if you wish to have any degree of focus in your life. If you say yes too often, you'll likely fall into the common trap of saying yes to the good while simultaneously saying no to the best.