TEDTalks have become a global platform for sharing groundbreaking ideas and inspiring messages. Here are 25 powerful quotes from TEDTalks, categorized by theme, that can inspire and motivate you.

Technology Quotes

1. "Time Warner has called and they want us all back on the couch, just consuming — not producing, not sharing — and we should say, 'No.'" - Clay Shirky

2. "[Tim Berners-Lee] told me about his proposed system called the 'World Wide Web.' And I thought, well, that's got a pretentious name." - Ian Ritchie

3. "Because of the rush of human knowledge, because of the digital revolution, I have a voice, and I do not need to scream." - Roger Ebert

4. "Everything gives out some kind of data, whether it's sound or smell or vibration." - Evan Grant

5. "An interface can be a powerful narrative device." - Aaron Koblin

6. "Life is being lived there." - Ze Frank, on mobile phones

7. "Social networks are these intricate things of beauty." - Nicholas Christakis

8. "One machine, one human, one mouse, one screen... doesn't really cut it anymore." - John Underkoffler

9. "No technology will win. Technology itself will win." - David Agus quoting Andy Grove

Internet Quotes

10. "Most American citizens over the age of 12 share things with each other online." - Clay Shirky

11. "In 6,000 years of storytelling, [people have] gone from depicting hunting on cave walls to depicting Shakespeare on Facebook walls." - Joe Sabia

12. "By the end of this year, there'll be nearly a billion people on this planet that actively use social networking sites." - Adam Ostrow

13-15) "Your filter bubble is your own personal, unique universe of information that you live in online." - Eli Pariser

16. "Data is the new soil, because for me, it feels like a fertile, creative medium." - David McCandless

17. "We want to navigate, explore, discover information." - Stephen Lawler

Management Quotes

18. "Leaders can let you fail and yet not let you be a failure." - Stanley McChrystal

19. "Don't persuade, defend or interrupt. Be curious, be conversational, be real. And listen." - Elizabeth Lesser

20. "The real problems are what I like to call the M&Ms, the Managers and the Meetings." - Jason Fried

21. "An innovator is one who does not know it cannot be done." - R.A. Mashelkar

22. "If you hire people who believe what you believe, they'll work for you with blood and sweat and tears." - Simon Sinek

Business Quotes

23. "There is no reason — no practical reason — for newspapers to survive." - Jacek Utko

24. "Ten percent of American businesses disappear every year... American businesses are evolving faster than Americans." - Tim Harford

25. "A brand is a voice and a product is a souvenir." - Lisa Gansky

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