David Robertson > Quotes

“If LEGO were to reenergize product development and appeal to the world’s plethora of ethnic groups and play experiences, it would have to break out of Billund.”
― David Robertson, Brick by Brick: How LEGO Rewrote the Rules of Innovation and Conquered the Global Toy Industry

“the move toward object-oriented programming, where applications could be fashioned out of small, predefined blocks of code, was a lot like building with LEGO.”
― David Robertson, Brick by Brick: How LEGO Rewrote the Rules of Innovation and Conquered the Global Toy Industry

“14. God and Suffering Question: Why did God kill my father and we suffered because we became orphans? If God is all good and almighty, why do we observe earthquakes and babies diagnosed with terminal illnesses? Why do bad things happen if God wants the best for us?”
― David Robertson, A.S.K.: Real World Questions / Real Word Answers

“Unburdened by the legacy costs and organizational inertia of more mature competitors, these new technologies quickly replaced established technologies and destroyed the incumbents’ core markets.”
― David Robertson, Brick by Brick: How LEGO Rewrote the Rules of Innovation and Conquered the Global Toy Industry

“It is the ultimate game-changer. If the resurrection is true, then everything has changed. As Jaroslav Pelikan once said, ‘If Jesus Christ rose from the dead, nothing else matters. If Jesus Christ did not rise from the dead, nothing else matters.”
― David Robertson, Magnificent Obsession: Why Jesus Is Great

“Actually, the biggest danger to the Christian church does not come from the persecution without, but from heresy within.”
― David Robertson, Magnificent Obsession: Why Jesus is Great

“Even today, LEGO continues to embrace one of founder Ole Kirk Christiansen’s core values: to never let war seem like child’s play.”
― David Robertson, Brick by Brick: How LEGO Rewrote the Rules of Innovation and Conquered the Global Toy Industry

“The good news can be summarized in this way. You are far worse than you think you are, and you are more loved than you ever imagined you could be. Jesus came to show us both.”
― David Robertson, Magnificent Obsession: Why Jesus is Great

“The message of the cross is not only that there is nothing you can do to oblige God to accept you, but nothing you need to do. It's all been done. But we have to have the humility to accept it, and luxuriate in it.”
― David Robertson, Magnificent Obsession: Why Jesus is Great