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A daily selection of quotes from around the world.

“No army can withstand the strength of an idea whose time has come.” - Victor Hugo - French author

Quote: Victor Hugo

"We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give." - Winston Churchill - British Statesman

Quote: Winston Churchill

“The essence of thinking the future is to understand the pattern of forces propelling the present into the future and to see where those forces can lead.” - Clem Sunter - Scenario planner

Quote: Clem Sunter – Scenario planner

"I don't feel that this concept of disruptive technology is the solution for everybody. But I think it's very important for innovators to understand what we've learned about established companies' motivation to target obvious profitable markets - and about their inability to find emerging ones." - Clayton M Christensen - Author, academic

Quote: Clayton M Christensen

"If my mind can conceive it, if my heart can believe it, I know I can achieve it because I am somebody!" - Rev. Jesse Jackson - American civil rights activist

Quote: Rev. Jesse Jackson – American civil rights activist

“She burned too bright for this world.” - Emily Bronte - Wuthering Heights

Quote: Emily Bronte – Wuthering Heights

"The question is whether you want to be valued as a company that optimised expenses [using AI], or as one that fundamentally changed its growth trajectory." - Joe Beutler - OpenAI

Quote: Joe Beutler – OpenAI

"The underlying principles of strategy are enduring, regardless of technology or the pace of change." - Michael E Porter - Harvard Professor

Quote: Michael E Porter

"There’s no reason we shouldn’t build data centers in Africa. In fact, I think it’d be great to build data centers in Africa. As long as they’re not owned by China, we should build data centers in Africa. I think that’s a great thing to do." - Dario Amodei - CEO, Anthropic

Quote: Dario Amodei – CEO, Anthropic

“Digitalization in general and AI specifically will be an important part of ongoing productivity savings.” - Dolf van den Brink - Heineken International, CEO

Quote: Dolf van den Brink – Heineken International, CEO

"Goldman Sachs’ culture is unique, but I would also say it’s constantly changing. You’d better be working at defining what you want it to be, constantly reshaping it, and amplifying what you think really matters." - David Solomon - Goldman Sachs CEO

Quote: David Solomon

"I think it's much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers which might be wrong." - Richard Feynman - American Physicist

Quote: Richard Feynman

“Come, gentle night; come, loving, black-browed night; Give me my Romeo; and, when I shall die, Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with night...” - William Shakespeare - Romeo and Juliet

Quote: William Shakespeare – Romeo and Juliet

"No matter what I'm doing... I am always thinking to be creative and to keep myself in a mindset of always trying to do things either differently, or always trying to level myself up creatively," - Ilia Malinin - US Figure Skating Olympian

Quote: Ilia Malinin – US Figure Skating Olympian

"The junior bankers, the junior consultants ... see it as their job to turn the crank on the model, hand over the answer, and the next person above them on the chain says: What does this mean? What's the insight? Does it make sense?" - Diarmuid Early - Excel World Champion 2025

Quote: Diarmuid Early

"If you continue to lead with your heart, anything can happen." - Piper Gilles - 2026 Winter Olympics Canadian figure skater

Quote: Piper Gilles – 2026 Winter Olympics Canadian figure skater

“Golf is the closest game to the game we call life. You get bad breaks from good shots; you get good breaks from bad shots, but you have to play the ball where it lies.” - Bobby Jones - American amateur golfer

Quote: Bobby Jones

"'What would have to be true?' forces you to identify assumptions. It forces you to make the implicit explicit. And once you do that, you can test assumptions. You can see where you might be wrong. It’s a way to avoid getting swept up in narrative." - Bill Gurley - GP at Benchmark

Quote: Bill Gurley

"Here's the thing nobody outside of tech quite understands yet: the reason so many people in the industry are sounding the alarm [about AI] right now is because this already happened to us. We're not making predictions. We're telling you what already occurred in our own jobs, and warning you that you're next." - Matt Shumer - CEO HyperWriteAI, OthersideAI

Quote: Matt Shumer – CEO HyperWriteAI, OthersideAI

"You are incredibly fortunate whatever success falls on you, which is what happened with me." - James van der Beek - TV star

Quote: James van der Beek – TV star

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