“If you don't tolerate any risk, you can never innovate.” — Jennifer Pahlka Quote

If you don't tolerate any risk, you can never innovate.

In high school, I was sort of friends with the geeks and friends with the socials and everything else and not solidly in one camp. I've always lived on the borders.

So few people vote these days, and I think it's partly because they don't feel like the institution really means anything to them. If you want them to vote, give them opportunities to do something else other than vote, to help.

When one neighbor helps another, we strengthen our communities.

Cities perform most functions in a very Industrial Age model.

We share common values as San Franciscans: we help each other; we welcome newcomers; we innovate and learn; we focus on facts; we work together; and we find creative solutions.

I do not innovate. I transmit.

What makes the United States great, the reason people wanted to live in the United States, move here still, is because of our ability to innovate.

It's very difficult to innovate without requiring people to do something different. And whenever you require people to do something different, you're talking about change.

It is right that people and businesses retain as much of their own money as possible so that they have the freedom to innovate and invest in the future.