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“First they think you're crazy, then they fight you, then you change the world.” - Elizabeth Holmes
by paulgb 8y ago
“First they think you're crazy, then they fight you, then you change the world.” - Elizabeth Holmes
- mandeepj 8y agoI don't think she is the original author of this quote. Going to share another quote, which I think is relative here - “Those who are crazy enough to think they can change the world usually do.” - Steve Jobs
- WilliamEdward 8y agoI feel like the "usually" is pretty important here.
- akhilcacharya 8y agoShe's not, that's the punchline!
- ithkuil 8y agoSadly those you think are too crazy to change the world, usually are
- saalweachter 8y agos/Sadly/Thankfully/
- Fnoord 8y agoThe irony is that she was a Steve Jobs fangirl, or copycat if you will.
- dsr_ 8y agoIf Jobs had been just a little less crazy, he might still be changing the world.
- nkkollaw 8y agoDid he actually write that piece of the commercial? Or any Apple commercial becomes a Steve Jobs quote.
- jcranmer 8y agoElizabeth Holmes, who is currently on trial for fraud charges for covering up the fact that her magic blood testing machine was too magic to work in the real world.
- enraged_camel 8y agoI think that was the joke (although admittedly sometimes you can’t tell on HN).
- paulgb 8y agoI can confirm that that was the joke :)
- rohan1024 8y agoIt's not exactly same but the quote credit goes to https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/mahatma_gandhi_103630 https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/mahatma_gandhi_103630
- pault 8y agoThat's the joke.