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Disrupted Quotes

On disruption, change, and industries reshaped overnight.

These disrupted quotes trace how the Internet and digital revolution reshaped traditional media, from newspapers and magazines to record companies and radio.

I think that governments are going to get disrupted by the blockchain. I think in the same way that the Internet forced everyone to evolve, the Blockchain is going to change the game again.

Quotes by Adam Draper

The biggest problem in South Africa is that we have a disrupted timeline. Historically, politically, spiritually, economically, in people's minds, in people's heads.

Quotes by Abdullah Ibrahim

My schooling was disrupted by the shortage of labor during World War I. It meant foregoing high school. Then, late in 1921, I entered upon a short course in agriculture at South Dakota State College. I managed to enter college...

Quotes by Theodore Schultz

You start a business being hungry, foolish, and a little bit naive. But more often than not, you end up being disrupted yourself. It happened to Skype.

Quotes by Taavet Hinrikus

Always Quotes

We have witnessed a stunning reversal of power between mainstream and social media: The ability to go direct to end users of information through social channels radically disrupted the mainstream news agenda.

Quotes by Richard Edelman

Whether it's steamships disrupted by the railroads or railroads disrupted by the airlines, it's typically the large entrenched incumbents that are displaced by innovators.

Quotes by Peter Diamandis

Natural capital is easy to overlook because it is the pond we swim in. One can live perfectly well without ever giving a thought to the sulfur cycle or wetland functions. Only when the benefits nature provides are disrupted do...

Quotes by Paul Hawken

The terrorist attacks of 9/11 briefly disrupted celebrations of a world globalised by capital and consumption.

Quotes by Pankaj Mishra

It doesn't always make sense to have a token on the blockchain that is both useful and represents ownership - it has to be something where there's a network effect. That's why I cite Facebook as an example of what...

Quotes by Olaf Carlson-Wee

Business Quotes

Unhealthy eating habits cause major health problems, such as diabetes and heart disease, and can also lead to food insecurity, disrupted eating patterns, and low self-esteem.

Quotes by Matt Cartwright

It's not like I'm that wildly famous that it's disrupted my lifestyle in some way.

Quotes by Mariana Klaveno

The digital revolution has disrupted most traditional media: newspapers, magazines, books, record companies, radio.

Quotes by Ken Auletta

Not since the steam engine has any invention disrupted business models like the Internet. Whole industries including music distribution, yellow-pages directories, landline telephones, and fax machines have been radically reordered by the digital revolution.

Quotes by John Sununu

I am very conscious that, having worked part time, having had a rather disrupted career, my research record is a good deal patchier than any man's of a comparable age.

Quotes by Jocelyn Bell Burnell

Change Quotes

As in many cities, Uber has disrupted powerful interests in London, starting with the drivers of black cabs, who trace their lineage to 1634, and their influential Licensed Taxi Drivers Association.

Quotes by James B. Stewart

It was still quiet in the house, and not a sound was heard from outside, either. Were it not for this silence, my reverie would probably have been disrupted by reminders of daily duties, of getting up and going to...

Quotes by Hermann Hesse

There is a series of sectors which could be severely disrupted by terrorist attacks, particularly if they were to happen in several member states simultaneously.

Quotes by Gijs de Vries

Man's true taproots are nourished in the sequence of generations, and he loses his taproots in disrupted developmental time, not in abandoned localities.

Quotes by Erik Erikson

Having disrupted business practices, social interactions and political campaigns, 2011 will be seen as the year that the rise of the Internet first disrupted foreign relations.

Quotes by Douglas Alexander

Internet Quotes

Disruption is in my genes. My father owned one of the first discount toy stores, Duane's Toyland, in Albany and Schenectady, near where I grew up. Discount was always a huge disruptor - it disrupted Sears Roebuck.

Quotes by Craig Hatkoff

Frequently Asked Questions

What industries do these quotes say were disrupted by the digital revolution?
One quote lists newspapers, magazines, books, record companies, and radio as traditional media disrupted by the digital revolution.
How was one person's education disrupted according to these quotes?
One quote explains that schooling was disrupted by a labor shortage during World War I, meaning high school was foregone before a short agriculture course began in late 1921.
What warning about business do these quotes give regarding disruption?
One quote observes that a business often starts out as the hungry, naive disruptor, but usually ends up getting displaced by someone else in turn, citing Skype as an example.
What comparison is made between the Internet and past inventions in these quotes?
One quote argues that no invention since the steam engine has upended established business models the way the Internet has, pointing to how it reshaped how music gets distributed and hastened the decline of things like printed directories, home phone lines, and fax machines. Related ideas appear in Internet quotes.
Do these quotes treat disruption as only a business phenomenon?
No - alongside disrupted industries and business models, one quote also describes personal disruption to schooling, showing disruption can affect individual lives, not just markets.

Others reflect on personal disruption, from an interrupted education to a business outpaced by newer ideas. Explore more in our Business and Change quotes.