Peter Thiel
PayPal co-founder, investor
Contemporary
influential
105 sayings
Sayings by Peter Thiel
The biggest lie in Silicon Valley is that failure is a good thing.
2014
— Interview with The New Yorker
General
Unverifiable
Most of the world is not moving in a good direction. It’s moving in a bad direction.
2016
— Interview with The New York Times
General
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The Vietnam War was a noble cause that was lost in execution.
2011
— Interview with The New York Times
War & Violence
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The internet has been a net plus for the world, but not a net plus for the United States.
2016
— Interview with The New York Times
General
Unverifiable
I think we’ve made a lot of progress in the last 30 years on the economic front, and negative progress on the political front.
2016
— Interview with The New York Times
Political
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