Technology & Innovation: Technology Quotes

"I do NOT think that PC gaming is over... it will always be the choice of the gaming enthusiast who is willing to put in the extra effort for a richer, more rewarding experience"

Mike Wilson, Writer

"Fighting patents one by one will never eliminate the danger of software patents, any more than swatting mosquitoes will eliminate malaria"

Richard Stallman, Scientist

"New technologies such as solar systems or hybrid cars aren't created overnight. By extending these tax credits, we are giving this industry time to grow, branch out and succeed"

J. D. Hayworth, Politician

"So one begins to wonder what is going to happen to the human race. Technology keeps on advancing with greater and greater power, either for good or for destruction"

David Bohm, Scientist

"Most people are really stunned to find out that the technology has been around for more than 100 years, and that the diesel engine was in fact invented to run on vegetable oil"

Daryl Hannah, Actress

"People think computers will keep them from making mistakes. They're wrong. With computers you make mistakes faster"

Adam Osborne, Author

"I always say that my favorite game was Original Adventure, published by both Microsoft and Apple Computer back in 1980"

Roberta Williams, Designer

"If we can reduce the cost and improve the quality of medical technology through advances in nanotechnology, we can more widely address the medical conditions that are prevalent and reduce the level of human suffering"

Ralph Merkle, Scientist

"Electronics is clearly the winner of the day"

John Ford, Dramatist

"You have to work with the auto industry, the oil companies, you have to work to develop renewable fuel, whether it's solar or different kinds of fuel or whatever"

Ted Danson, Actor

"If you think the technology is infeasible, you don't worry about what it might do and what its potential is"

Ralph Merkle, Scientist

"Disease and ill health are caused largely by damage at the molecular and cellular level, yet today's surgical tools are too large to deal with that kind of problem"

Ralph Merkle, Scientist

"Don't leave hold of your common sense. Think about what you're doing and how the technology can enhance it. Don't think about technology first"

Esther Dyson, Scientist

"Well, for over a year now at my desk, a prototype program of Luigi and Mario has been running on my monitor. We've been thinking about the game, and it may be something that could work on a completely new game system"

Shigeru Miyamoto, Designer

"I am an enthusiast, but not a crank in the sense that I have some pet theories as to the proper construction of a flying machine. I wish to avail myself of all that is already known and then, if possible, add my mite to help on the future worker who will attain final success"

Wilbur Wright, Inventor

"Computers have become more friendly, understandable, and lots of years and thought have been put into developing software to convince people that they want and need a computer"

Roberta Williams, Designer

"I confess that in 1901 I said to my brother Orville that man would not fly for fifty years"

Wilbur Wright, Inventor

"Innovations never happen as planned"

Gifford Pinchot, Politician

"Back in the mid-1970s, we adopted some fairly ambitious goals to improve efficiency of our cars. What did we get? We got a tremendous boost in efficiency"

Jay Inslee, Politician

"The sun, as the expression of old world energy, is torn down from the heavens by modern man, who, by virtue of his technological superiority, creates his own energy source"

El Lissitzky, Artist

"With bundled machines you can throw away the hardware and keep the software, and it's still a good buy"

Adam Osborne, Author

"One of the things that we can say with confidence is that we will have much lighter, much stronger materials, and this will reduce the cost of air flight, and the cost of rockets"

Ralph Merkle, Scientist

"Lighter computers and lighter sensors would let you have more function in a given weight, which is very important if you are launching things into space, and you have to pay by the pound to put things there"

Ralph Merkle, Scientist

"The guy who knows about computers is the last person you want to have creating documentation for people who don't understand computers"

Adam Osborne, Author

"Technology, like art, is a soaring exercise of the human imagination"

Daniel Bell, Sociologist

"The new technologies that we see coming will have major benefits that will greatly alleviate human suffering"

Ralph Merkle, Scientist

"A molecular manufacturing technology will let us build molecular surgical tools, and those tools will, for the first time, let us directly address the problems at the very root level"

Ralph Merkle, Scientist

"We're just into toys, whether it's motorcycles or race cars or computers. I've got the Palm Pilot right here with me, I've got the world's smallest phone. Maybe it's just because I'm still a big little kid and I just love toys, you know?"

Catherine Bell, Model

"Lincoln said that the Patent Office adds the flame of interest to the light of creativity. And that is why we need to improve the effectiveness of our Patent Office"

Jay Inslee, Politician

"Many people mistakenly think a new technology cancels out an old one"

Judith Martin, Author

"Machines built by human beings, they will function correctly if we provide them with a very specific environment. But if that environment is changed, they won't function at all"

Ralph Merkle, Scientist

"A potato can grow quite easily on a very small plot of land. With molecular manufacturing, we'll be able to have distributed manufacturing, which will permit manufacturing at the site using technologies that are low-cost and easily available"

Ralph Merkle, Scientist

"As in any technological revolution, there will be winners and losers. On balance, everyone will come out ahead, although there will be particular companies that will not be able to cope with a new environment"

Ralph Merkle, Scientist

"Cable penetrates 70 percent of American audiences now"

Tom Brokaw, Journalist

"If you look at the various strategies available for dealing with a new technology, sticking your head in the sand is not the most plausible strategy"

Ralph Merkle, Scientist

"Because of technological limits, there is a certain amount of food that we can produce per acre. If we were to have intensive greenhouse agriculture, we could have much higher production"

Ralph Merkle, Scientist

"We can grow crops less expensively because molecular manufacturing technology is inherently low cost"

Ralph Merkle, Scientist

"If we attempt to block the development of new technology, we effectively have ensured that the most responsible parties will not develop them"

Ralph Merkle, Scientist

"Our world has evolved and grown more technologically savvy. Lawmakers need to adjust to these changes"

Dennis Hastert, Politician

"With millions of family wage manufacturing jobs lost since 2001, we need an energy bill that takes bold action to tap into American ingenuity in order to lead the world in new clean energy technology, rather than playing catch-up to the Japanese, Danish, and Germans"

Jay Inslee, Politician

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