TED, the famous video collection of fascinating people’s talks, has launched TEDQuote that features the best quotes from TEDTalks. Here’s our pick of these quotes:
“A world without love is a deadly place.”
— Helen Fisher
“If you hire people just because they can do a job, they’ll work for your money. But if you hire people who believe what you believe, they’ll work for you with blood and sweat and tears.”
— Simon Sinek
“If you’re not prepared to be wrong, you’ll never come up with anything original.”
— Ken Robinson
“Look into your own heart, discover what it is that gives you pain and then refuse, under any circumstance whatsoever, to inflict that pain on anybody else.”
— Karen Armstrong
“Don’t persuade, defend or interrupt. Be curious, be conversational, be real. And listen.” –Elizabeth Lesser
“Art is a deception that creates real emotions — a lie that creates a truth. And when you give yourself over to that deception, it becomes magic.”
— Marco Tempest
“We all woke up this morning and we had with it the amazing return of our conscious mind. We recovered minds with a complete sense of self and a complete sense of our own existence — yet we hardly ever pause to consider this wonder.”
— Antonio Damasio
“The power of the people is much stronger than the people in power.”
— Wael Ghonim
“Teenagers learn best by doing things, they learn best in teams and they learn best by doing things for real — all the opposite of what mainstream schooling actually does.”
— Geoff Mulgan
“Leaders can let you fail and yet not let you be a failure.” –Stanley McChrystal
“If you want to live a life free of regret, there is an option open to you. It’s called a lobotomy.”
— Kathryn Schulz
“A brand is a voice and a product is a souvenir.” -Lisa Gansky
“[You need] eight hugs a day. You’ll be happier and the world will be a better place.”
— Paul Zak
“The next time you’re faced with something that’s unexpected, unwanted and uncertain, consider that it just may be a gift.”
— Stacey Kramer
“An innovator is one who does not know it cannot be done.” –R.A. Mashelkar
