Quotes by Biz Stone

“Once true passion hits you, you can recognize all the times in your life you were chasing the wrong dream. And after you've experienced that sustained fulfillment, you'll never want to settle for a...”

“Hell yeah! Twitter was proof that leaderless self-organizing systems could be true agents of change.”

“Constraint inspires creativity”

“Timing, perseverance, and ten years of trying will eventually make you look like an overnight success.”

“At least half the job of CEO is communication - because of human nature. People fear what they don't know. If the board wasn't hearing that things were going well, they assumed that things must be ...”

“Creativity is a renewable resource. Challenge yourself every day. Be as creative as you like, as often as you want, because you can never run out. Experience and curiosity drive us to make unexpect...”

“Trust your instincts, know what you want, and believe in your ability to achieve it. Rules and conventions are important for schools, businesses, and society in general, but you should never follow...”

“The point of school, after all, isnt to do homework. The point of school is to learn. It was a mistake to assume that teachersor anyone else, for that matterautomatically knew what was best for me....”

“Fear in the absence of knowledge breeds irrationality.We should always seek knowledge, even in the face of fear.”

“When you hand good people possibility, they do great things.”

“Even the simplest tools can empower people to do great things”

“If you make the opportunity. you'll be the first in the position to take advantage of it.”

“There's no such thing as a superhero, but together we can world in a new direction.”

“My personal view about how people should use Twitter is less relevant than our goal to provide the infrastructure for a new kind of communication and then support the creativity that emerges.”

“In any leadership position, you're always going to be disappointing somebody.”

“Positive culture comes from being mindful, and respecting your coworkers, and being empathetic.”

“I believe that the open exchange of information can have a positive global impact.”

“When I studied graphic design, I learned a valuable lesson: There's no perfect answer to the puzzle, and creativity is a renewable resource.”

“The point of school, after all, isn’t to do homework. The point of school is to learn. It was a mistake to assume that teachers—or anyone else, for that matter—automatically knew what was best for ...”

“Turkeys are intelligent, social, curious, and sometimes even funny. I wish people were more like turkeys sometimes. … We're going to have a special celebration for turkeys this November, where we'r...”