Scott Cook Quotes & Sayings

Today more people believe in UFOs than believe that Social Security will take care of their retirement. — Scott Cook

Well, today people have to be self-reliant if they want a secure retirement income. — Scott Cook

Mutual funds were created to make investing easy, so consumers wouldn't have to be burdened with picking individual stocks. — Scott Cook

Technology is similarly just a catalyst at times for fundamental forces already present. — Scott Cook

QuickBooks - the very fact that we could even dream to make something in the business arena, and that it would then succeed - was a total revolution to me. — Scott Cook

The current institutionally provided retirement plans will not cover people's needs upon retirement. — Scott Cook

A whole generation of Americans will retire in poverty instead of prosperity, because they simply are not preparing for retirement now. — Scott Cook

Even some of the greatest technology-led revolutions, or allegedly technology-led, really were only made possible because of trends already present. — Scott Cook

Subsequent to the original Quicken, the whole idea that we, as a consumer products company, could actually make business products, that was a whole revolution in our thinking. — Scott Cook

So I think instead of focusing on the competition, focus on the customer. — Scott Cook

Be dramatically willing to focus on the customer at all costs, even at the cost of obsoleting your own stuff. — Scott Cook

The changing nature of money is only one facet of the financial services revolution. — Scott Cook

Even the once simple home mortgage now has so many flavors and styles and variations that it is difficult for people to make a decision. — Scott Cook

Fifty years ago wealth was stored and transmitted physically through gold bars, stock certificates, bank notes, and coins. — Scott Cook

We're still in the first minutes of the first day of the Internet revolution. — Scott Cook

Thirty to 40 years ago, most financial decisions were fairly simple. — Scott Cook

Before 1980, it was basically illegal for U.S. banks to invent new products. — Scott Cook

People don't place their trust in government or company pension plans; they have to be self-reliant. — Scott Cook

Modern society wanted to believe they were living in the information age, when, in fact, they were living in the misinformation age. — Scott Cook