"The tricks of the intangible trade will become the tricks of your trade."

Kevin Kelly (editor)Business See all quotes by Kevin Kelly (editor) →

React to this quote

More by Kevin Kelly (editor)

“The surest way to smartness is through massive dumbness.”

“The net shifts from mass media to mess media.”

“There is nothing to be found in a beehive that is not submerged in a bee. And yet you can search a bee forever with cyclotron and fluoroscope, and you will never find a hive.”

“In a poetic sense the prime goal of the new economy is to undo – company by company, industry by industry – the industrial economy.”

“The great secret which life has kept from us is that once born, life is immortal. Once launched, it cannot be eradicated.”

“It is not money the Great Asymmetry accrues, nor energy, nor stuff. The origin of economic wealth begins in opportunities.”

Resonant Thoughts

"Sheer scholarship alone cannot reveal to us the gospel of grace. We must never allow the authority of books, institutions, or leaders to replace the authority of KNOWING Jesus Christ personally and di…"

— Brennan Manning

Literature1934–2013

#leadership

"Without even saying anything, just his eyes... It’s not like he forces you to do it, but the power that he has, it’s something in his spirit. It’s almost like intangible and kind of magical. He has an…"

— Alison Lohman

Music1979

#justice

"Human progress having reached a high level through respect for the liberty and dignity of men, it has become desirable to re-affirm these evident truths:"

— Will Durant

Philosophy1885–1981

#truth

"At the point at which the concept of différance, and the chain attached to it, intervenes, all the conceptual oppositions of metaphysics - to the extent that they ultimately refer to the presence of s…"

— Jacques Derrida

Philosophy1930–2004

#time