25 Quotables from the 99% Conference :: Articles :: The 99 Percent

by Jocelyn K. Glei

Laura Guido-Clark at the 99% Conference. Photo: Julian Mackler / MACKME.com

Believe it or not, we're headed into year four of the 99% Conference, our annual event focused on sharing road-tested insights for making ideas happen. To celebrate the launch of ticket sales for 2012, we compiled a shortlist of quotables from the past three years' worth of 99% Conferences.

1. "We're not meant to operate like computers. Human beings are designed to pulse between spending/renewing energy."
—Tony Schwartz
2. "Groundbreaking innovators generate and execute far more ideas."
—Frans Johansson
3. "You can't get to wonderful without passing through alright." —Andrew Zuckerman (via Bill Withers) #99conf
4. "'Luck' is recognizing when the situation encourages build out and execution." —Jack Dorsey #99conf
5. "What you do for a living is not be creative, what you do for a living is ship." —Seth Godin #99conf
6. "When you give something, just for the joy of creating, it always comes back on a much larger scale." —Ji Lee #99conf
7. "If you find something that you feel you belong to, become a groupie and a fan, and then a critic." —Starlee Kine #99conf
8. "The three most harmful addictions are heroin, carbohydrates, and a monthly salary." —Fred Wilson (via Nassim N Taleb) #99conf
9. "All artists yearn to struggle, when they struggle they know they're alive."—John Maeda #99conf
10. "Reduce everything you want to do, to an action you can do right now."—Jason Randal #99conf
11. "If you're not creating waves, then you're not pushing enough." —Jared Cohen #99conf
12. "Prototype as if you are right. Listen as if you are wrong." —Diego Rodriguez #99conf
13. "Your work is your own private megaphone to tell the world what you believe." —Simon Sinek #99conf
14. "Instead of reflecting on the past, predict the future." —Chris Guillebeau #99conf
15. "Align your inner vision with your outer work." —Martin Ping #99conf
16. "The more passionate that someone is about something, the more you have to listen to them." —Beth Comstock #99conf
17. "When fear and doubt come into play, lead with possibility." —Laura Guido-Clark #99conf
18. "Figure out what's realistic, and then just do it." —Jake Nickell #99conf
19. "Experts step outside their comfort zone and study themselves failing."—Josh Foer #99conf
20. "Crazy is a compliment." —Linda Rottenberg #99conf
21. "The problem contains the solution." —Michael Bierut #99conf
22. "A good partnership is more than the sum of its parts." —Sigi Moeslinger #99conf
23. "Controversy gets your work out there." —Jill Greenberg #99conf
24. "Think big, and act small." —Leslie Koch #99conf
25. "Our mantra: brutal prioritization, maniacal focus." —Jeffrey Kalmikoff #99conf

Love the 25 quotes... Monte