110 Quotes by Andy Grove

The new environment dictates two rules: first, everything happens faster; second, anything that can be done will be done, if not by you, then by someone else, somewhere.

What kind of a society are we going to have if it consists of highly paid people doing high-value-added work - and masses of unemployed?

The Lesson is, we all need to expose ourselves to the winds of change

Every generation thinks that they invented sex.

Long distances used to be a moat that both insulated and isolated people from workers on the other side of the world. But every day, technology narrows that moat inch by inch. Every person in the world is on the verge of becoming both a coworker and a competitor to every one of us ... Technological change is going to reach out and sooner or later change something fundamental in your business world.

With all due respect to Microsoft and Intel, there is no substitute for being in the right place at the right time.

Technology happens, it's not good, it's not bad. Is steel good or bad?

Most companies don't die because they are wrong; they die because they don't commit themselves. They fritter away their momentum and their valuable resources while attempting to make a decision. The greatest danger is standing still.

Investment decisions and personal decisions don't wait for the picture to be clarified.