You can achieve difficult things, but you can't achieve the impossible. Peter Thiel achievedifficultimpossible Change image and share on social
I think anything that requires real global breakthroughs requires a degree of intensity and sustained effort that cannot be done part time, so it's something you have to do around the clock, and that doesn't compute with our existing educational system. Peter Thiel breakthroughclockcompute share on social
Ideally, I want us to be working on things where if we're not working on them, they won't happen; companies where if we don't fund them they will not receive funding. Peter Thiel companyfundhappen Change image and share on social
Had the people who started Facebook decided to stay at Harvard, they would not have been able to build the company, and by the time they graduated in 2006, that window probably would have come and gone. Peter Thiel buildcompanydecide share on social
Wall Street is always too biased toward short-term profitability and biased against long-term growth. Peter Thiel biasgrowthlong Change image and share on social
Most of 'big data' is a fraud because it is really 'dumb data.' Peter Thiel bigdatumdumb Change image and share on social
There's always a sense that people will do things quite differently if they think they have privacy. Peter Thiel differentlypeopleprivacy Change image and share on social
I suspect Obama did not know he was recording Angela Merkel's cell phones. Peter Thiel angelacellmerkel Change image and share on social
If you have a business idea that's extremely easy to copy, that can often become something of a challenge or problem. Peter Thiel businesschallengecopy Change image and share on social
