down the avenue: Quotes from the TED Stage: #ted #ted2010 #quotes

FAVORITE QUOTES

Only Those Who See the Invisible, Can Do The Impossible
The Age of your Heart is the Age of what you Love - Marcel Prévost
Tell me and I'll forget. Show me and I may remember. Involve me and I'll understand.
When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we don't see the one opening before us. -Helen Keller
The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity. -Leo Tolstoy
Nothing makes us so lonely as our secrets. -Paul Tournier
They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel. -Carl W. Buechner
Just trust yourself, then you will know how to live. -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The foolish reject what they see, the wise reject what they think
Imagination is more important than knowledge - Albert Einstein
When you realize nothing is lacking, the whole world belongs to you - Lao-tzu
The world surrenders to a quiet mind
It is a funny thing about life: If you refuse to accept anything but the best you very often get it - Somerset Maugham
"At the moment of commitment, the universe conspires to assist you." Goethe

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February 10, 2010

Quotes from the TED Stage: #ted #ted2010 #quotes

A few funny, inspiring and creative quotes that came from speakers on the TED 2010 stage in Long Beach earlier this afternoon:

David Cameron: "A post-bureaucratic world is emerging. Its three characteristics? Transparency, Choice, Accountability."

Michael Shermer: "We don't have to worry about global warming because the world's going to end in 2012."

Daniel Kahneman: "To understand happiness, we must distinguish between "the experiencing self" and "the remembering self.'"

Philip Kaplan: “What if everyone made their credit card statements public? What would you find out?”

Dan Barber: “What's sustainable about feeding chicken to fish?"

Cheryl Hayashi: "We call that the 'business end' of the spider. Hey, don't laugh. That's my life!"

A Marketing Guy: "I'm really here for the conversations. It's all about the conversations." (pause) "Is there anything other than good conversation?"<p>

February 10, 2010 in Conference Highlights, On Innovation, On People & Life, On Technology, On the Future, Reflections | Permalink