Sam Altman Quotes

But if you move fast, you can have your freedom.

You need to have a culture where people have very high quality standards in everything the company does, but still move quickly.

One of the biggest advantages that start ups have is execution speed and you have to have this relentless operating rhythm.

Move fast. A sense of urgency is the one thing you can develop that will separate you from everyone else. When you get a good idea, do it now.

Get the overall. Some of my films may have been crude at times, or tough, or missed the points, but I've tried to get the overall in. I think that's more important. You may miss a thing or two, but you move faster. If you can do it in three takes, do it in three takes.

We're not moving fast enough with where things are going.

On Startups: "I hate it when people call themselves "entrepreneurs" when what they're really trying to do is launch a startup and then sell or go public, so they can cash in and move on.

Finding your entrepreneurial spirit and making it strong is more important than the idea or business you are developing.

I think good ideas are usually better done quickly than slowly.

Most good founders that I know at any given time have a set of small overarching goals for the company that everybody in the company knows.

The more you let go, the faster you will move ahead.

Having ideas and doing them - that's what entrepreneurship comes down to. That's something that makes you not just a great founder who I want to invest in, but also a great employee or someone I want to work with.

We used to write this down by saying, 'move fast and break things.' And the idea was, unless you are breaking some stuff you are not moving fast enough. I think there's probably something in that for other entrepreneurs to learn which is that making mistakes is okay. At the end of the day, the goal of building something is to build something, not to not make mistakes.

We just have to go at 100 miles an hour in all our businesses, be they television broadcasting, be they magazine publishing, be they subscription television, be they online, be they gaming. We just have to go at one hundred miles an hour.

Most people are average. Founders are not. Founders' traits seem to have an inverse normal distribution to them.

I could write for hours on the lustfulness of moving Swiftly.

Modern life is moving faster than the speed of thought, or thoughtfulness.

There are many rules for the elderly in the Highway Code. I have one too, and here it is: get a bloody move on.

Be swift to take advantage of business opportunities. Bigger companies are too cumbersome to move quickly; this can be a competitive advantage for you.

True hustlers are prepared to get hustled and know when to change positions and move to something different and aren't afraid.

Be big, fast and flexible.

First, do it. Second, do it well. Third, do it well and fast — that means you're a professional.

Powers that be can't stay in control if you have everybody in love and in tune with each other and with the planet, and in tune with the electrons and the dark matter that's moving at the speed of light. That won't work in their interest. They gotta get you ready for your microchip.

We can't afford to waste time going slow on changing our party so now is not the time to put our foot on the brake. Now is the time to press on the accelerator.

In general don't start a startup you're not willing to work on for ten years.