Top 172 Quotes by Peter Diamandis

In the 1820s, the U.S., Japan, and the U.K. were some of the only countries where the average population received at least two years of formal schooling.

Making things open-source brings the cost down.

Mining asteroids will ultimately benefit humanity on and off the Earth in a multitude of ways.

The rate of innovation is a function of the total number of people connected and exchanging ideas. It has gone up as population has gone up. It's gone up as people have concentrated in cities.

It used to be that the only ones with access to cutting-edge technology were top government labs, big companies and the ultra-rich. It was simply too expensive for the rest of us to afford.

Companies have too many experts who block innovation. True innovation really comes from perpendicular thinking.

Millions of years ago, our brains became wired to remember about 150 people as 'close friends.'

The constant monitoring of our emotional landscape and personal interactions is a bizarre concept. But it is one that could help many people.

Lots of people dream big and talk about big bold ideas but never do anything. I judge people by what they've done. The ratio of something to nothing is infinite. So just do something.

When I was a grad student at MIT, I had a chance to become friends with the Viking Mission's chief scientist, Dr. Gerald Soffen. Viking was the first Mars lander looking for signs of life on Mars.