Chip Hopper > Chip's Quotes

“The foundation of changing behavior is linking rewards to performance and making the linkages transparent.”
― Larry Bossidy, Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done

“People are stupid. They will believe a lie because they want to believe it's true, or because they are afraid it might be true.”
― Terry Goodkind, Wizard's First Rule

“In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a congress.”
― Peter Stone

“Do you know what we call opinion in the absence of evidence? We call it prejudice.”
― Michael Crichton, State of Fear

“Extrapolating from the statistical growth of the legal profession, by the year 2035 every single person in the United States will be a lawyer, including newborn infants.”
― Michael Crichton, State of Fear

“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”
― Frank Herbert, Dune

“If all those around you believe some particular thing, you will soon be tempted to share in that belief.”
― Frank Herbert, Children of Dune

“Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form, but with regard to their mode of life.”
― Aristotle

“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”
― Arthur C. Clarke, Profiles of the Future: An Inquiry into the Limits of the Possible

“Living consciousness is somehow the influence that turns the possibility of something into something real. The most essential ingredient in creating our universe is the consciousness that observes it.”
― Lynn McTaggart

“All that we are is the result of what we have thought: it is founded on our thoughts and made up of our thoughts. If a man speak or act with an evil thought, suffering follows him as the wheel follows the hoof of the beast that draws the wagon.... If a man speak or act with a good thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him.”
― Gautama Buddha

“Don’t be gloomy. Do not dwell on unkind things. Stop seeking out the storms and enjoy more fully the sunlight. Even if you are not happy, put a smile on your face. ‘Accentuate the positive.’ Look a little deeper for the good. Go forward in life with a twinkle in your eye and a smile on your face, with great and strong purpose in your heart. Love life.”
― Gordon B. Hinckley

“Death is a great tragedy…a profound loss…I don’t accept it…I think people are kidding themselves when they say they are comfortable with death.”
― Ray Kurzweil

“to learn and not to do is really not to learn. To know and not to do is really not to know.”
― Stephen R. Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change

“Man’s habits change more rapidly than his instincts.”
― Charles Coulston Gillispie

“Man’s habits change more rapidly than his instincts.”
― J.B.S. Haldane

“Technology is a resource-liberating mechanism. It can make the once scarce the now abundant.”
― Peter H. Diamandis, Abundance: The Future is Better Than You Think

“The day before something is truly a breakthrough, it’s a crazy idea.” Trying out crazy ideas means bucking expert opinion and taking big risks. It means not being afraid to fail. Because you will fail. The road to bold is paved with failure, and this means having a strategy in place to handle risk and learn from mistakes is critical.”
― Peter H. Diamandis, Bold: How to Go Big, Create Wealth and Impact the World

“When seen through the lens of technology, few resources are truly scarce; they’re mainly inaccessible.”
― Peter H. Diamandis, Abundance: The Future is Better Than You Think

“None of our men are 'experts.' We have most unfortunately found it necessary to get rid of a man as soon as he thinks himself an expert because no one ever considers himself expert if he really knows his job. A man who knows a job sees so much more to be done than he has done, that he is always pressing forward and never gives up an instant of thought to how good and how efficient he is. Thinking always ahead, thinking always of trying to do more, brings a state of mind in which nothing is impossible. The moment one gets into the 'expert' state of mind a great number of things become impossible.”
― Henry Ford

“What win I, if I gain the thing I seek?
A dream, a breath, a froth of fleeting joy.
Who buys a minute's mirth to wail a week?
Or sells eternity to get a toy?
For one sweet grape who will the vine destroy?
Or what fond beggar, but to touch the crown,
Would with the sceptre straight be strucken down?”
― William Shakespeare, The Rape of Lucrece

“We already have five times as much oil and coal and gas on the books as any scientist thinks is safe to burn.”
― Bill McKibben, Oil and Honey: The Education of an Unlikely Activist

“As long as you are alive, you will either live to accomplish your own goals and dreams or be used as a resource to accomplish someone else's.”
― Grant Cardone, The 10X Rule: The Only Difference Between Success and Failure

“Once we form a belief, we immediately start gathering evidence to support the belief, whether it is positive or negative. Therefore, begin consciously creating the pictures you want to become your future reality.”
― T.J. Hoisington, If You Think You Can!: Thirteen Laws that Govern the Performance of High Achievers

“A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life when he plants shade trees under which he knows full well he will never sit.”
― D. Elton Trueblood

“It soon became clear that doing one thing better and better might be more satisfying than staying an amateur at many different things:”
― Angela Duckworth, Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance

“Enthusiasm is common. Endurance is rare.”
― Angela Duckworth, Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance

“Educating children by age group assumes that the most important thing they have in common is their date of manufacture.”
― Ken Robinson, Creative Schools: The Grassroots Revolution That's Transforming Education

“a system that sets people against each other fundamentally misunderstands the dynamics that drive achievement. Education thrives on partnership and collaboration—within schools, between schools, and with other groups and organizations.”
― Ken Robinson, Creative Schools: The Grassroots Revolution That's Transforming Education

“When you see only problems, you’re not seeing clearly.”
― Phil Knight, Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike