Top Quotes From Forbes Under 30Summit

In our first-ever Under 30 Summit, FORBES convened 1,000-plus hand-chosen honorees in the great city of Philadelphia. It's as influential of an audience as exists, bringing together mentors, entrepreneurs and world-changers all in America's fastest-growing city for Millennials. We've gleaned their wisdom over each day of the Summit and collected their best thoughts here. Edited by Emily Inverso & Lauren Gensler 10.21.14
  • “Overnight, I went from being a completely private figure to a publicly humiliated one. I was Patient Zero.”
    — Monica Lewinsky
    Activist
  • “In Islam, it is not just your right, but your responsibility to get education.”
    — Malala Yousafzai
    Activist and Nobel Peace Prize Winner
  • “There are only two kinds of businesses in this world: Businesses in crazy competition, and businesses that are one of a kind.”
    — Peter Thiel
    Cofounder of PayPal and Palantir
  • “I did not have the most experience in the industry or the most money, but I cared the most.”
    — Sara Blakely
    Founder, Spanx
  • “You ought to be able to make a nice profit and also do something to change the world.”
    — John Paul DeJoria
    cofounder, John Paul Mitchell Systems; cofounder, Patron Spirits
  • “The only thing you can do to lead a crowd is prove your passion to them.”
    — Afrojack
    DJ
  • “If you don’t use your voice, there’s someone waiting behind you who will.”
    — Kat Cole
    President, Cinnabon
  • “A dollar saved and invested now is worth 8 or more times what it’s worth now when you reach retirement.”
    — Jon Stein
    Founder, Betterment
  • “When you take privacy away, you take away a tremendous value to society as a whole.”
    — Amie Stepanovich
    Senior Policy Counsel, Accessnow
  • “Failure makes you bolder for our next success.”
    — Danny Meyer
    Founder, Union Square Hospitality
  • “Not having a degree can be a problem sometimes, but...in the startup world, it’s by far the smallest.”
    — Laura Deming
    Partner, The Longevity Fund
  • “The games industry is the only industry with the tools and the talent to create real-time immersive 3D environments.”
    — Palmer Luckey
    Founder, Oculus Rift
  • “One of the rules we need to break is the idea that Ebola is a death sentence.”
    — Dr. Raj Panjabi
    Cofounder, Last Mile Health
  • “Don’t underestimate the ripple effect of what you do. These kinds of actions...have toppled empires.”
    — Leila Janah
    Cofounder, Samahope
  • “When you've built a great product, people learn how to leverage it further than we ever imagined.”
    — Sean Rad
    Cofounder, Tinder
  • “People don’t get in the music industry because they love data. Except for me.”
    — Alex White
    Cofounder, Next Big Sound
  • “Don’t wear that boxy trouser suit because you feel like you have to. Wear whatever you want.”
    — Ruzwana Bashir
    Cofounder, PEEK.com
  • “In some of our research, you need tools from 1970s to make discoveries in the 21st century today.”
    — Cigall Kadoch
    Assistant Professor, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
  • “In the Marine Corps, you eat after your guys eat. That’s the kind of approach you need to bring to your business.”
    — Nick Taranto
    Cofounder, Plated.com
  • “Don’t just think about the technology available today, but the technology that would be 10 times better in the future.”
    — Reshma Shetty
    Cofounder, Gingko Bioworks
  • “We are in this flux right now trying to determine what is the balance between safety and privacy.”
    — Adam Ghetti
    Founder, Ionic Security

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