You will never build a company on the scale of a Facebook or a Google if you sell it along the way. Peter Thiel buildcompanyfacebook Change image and share on social
I don't think success is complicated; if you do something that works, then it's a success. Peter Thiel complicatesuccesswork Change image and share on social
The best start-ups might be considered slightly less extreme kinds of cults. The biggest difference is that cults tend to be fanatically wrong about something important. People at a successful start-up are fanatically right about something those outside it have missed. Peter Thiel bigconsidercult share on social
If the whole U.S. was like Silicon Valley, we'd be in good shape. But now, the entire U.S. is not driven by technology, is not driven by innovation. Peter Thiel driveentiregood Change image and share on social
Every correct answer is necessarily a secret: something important and unknown, something hard to do but doable. Peter Thiel answercorrectdoable Change image and share on social
When I was a kid, the great debate was about how to defeat the Soviet Union. And we won. Now we are told that the great debate is about who gets to use which bathroom. This is a distraction from our real problems. Who cares? Peter Thiel bathroomcaredebate share on social
The most successful businesses have an idea for the future that's very different from the present - and that's not fully valued. Peter Thiel businessfullyfuture Change image and share on social
Credentials are critical if you want to do something professional. If you want to become a doctor or lawyer or teacher or professor, there is a credentialing process. But there are a lot of other things where it's not clear they're that important. Peter Thiel clearcredentialcredentialing share on social
