“If your idea is truly innovative, you're going to hear from the naysay...” — Sallie Krawcheck Quote

“If your idea is truly innovative, you're going to hear from the naysayers. After all, if it really were such a good idea, someone would have already done it, right?”

“We shouldn't think anyone needs a Ph.D. in advanced investing in order to begin to invest.”

“My kindest interpretation of my younger self is, 'Boy, was I busy.' I had two kids, a husband, two stepkids. I mean, how many darn things can a person do at the end of the day?”

“Acting on a good idea is better than just having a good idea.”

“The challenge is how strange and different my voice sounds, so I have tried to sound like other people and tried to be something I wasn't. I have tried to be a soul singer because someone else thought that a good idea. Not because I did.”

“I have multiple ideas per day, all the time. The vast majority of these are completely idiotic. Usually, I just sit on the idea for several months. And if I have not decided that it's idiotic, then it's... might be a good idea.”