Famous quotes by Inventors

Small: Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time
Thomas Edison
"Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time"
Thomas Edison, Inventor
Small: I have not failed. Ive just found 10,000 ways that wont work
Thomas Edison
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work"
Thomas Edison, Inventor
Small: Hell, there are no rules here - were trying to accomplish something
Thomas Edison
"Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something"
Thomas Edison, Inventor
Small: Great ideas originate in the muscles
Thomas Edison
"Great ideas originate in the muscles"
Thomas Edison, Inventor
Small: Physicists analyze systems. Web scientists, however, can create the systems
Tim Berners-Lee
"Physicists analyze systems. Web scientists, however, can create the systems"
Tim Berners-Lee, Inventor
Small: An essential aspect of creativity is not being afraid to fail
"An essential aspect of creativity is not being afraid to fail"
Edwin Land, Inventor
Small: The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think
"The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane"
Nikola Tesla, Inventor
Small: If the presence of electricity can be made visible in any part of the circuit, I see no reason why intelligenc
"If the presence of electricity can be made visible in any part of the circuit, I see no reason why intelligence may not be transmitted instantaneously by electricity"
Samuel Morse, Inventor
Small: Before anything else, preparation is the key to success
"Before anything else, preparation is the key to success"
Alexander Graham Bell, Inventor
Small: Be strong in body, clean in mind, lofty in ideals
James Naismith
"Be strong in body, clean in mind, lofty in ideals"
James Naismith, Inventor
Small: The world hates change, yet it is the only thing that has brought progress
Charles F. Kettering
"The world hates change, yet it is the only thing that has brought progress"
Charles F. Kettering, Inventor
Small: The biggest job we have is to teach a newly hired employee how to fail intelligently. We have to train him to
Charles F. Kettering
"The biggest job we have is to teach a newly hired employee how to fail intelligently. We have to train him to experiment over and over and to keep on trying and failing until he learns what will work"
Charles F. Kettering, Inventor
Small: People are very open-minded about new things - as long as theyre exactly like the old ones
Charles F. Kettering
"People are very open-minded about new things - as long as they're exactly like the old ones"
Charles F. Kettering, Inventor
Small: One fails forward toward success
Charles F. Kettering
"One fails forward toward success"
Charles F. Kettering, Inventor
Small: It doesnt matter if you try and try and try again, and fail. It does matter if you try and fail, and fail to t
Charles F. Kettering
"It doesn't matter if you try and try and try again, and fail. It does matter if you try and fail, and fail to try again"
Charles F. Kettering, Inventor
Small: Faith is much better than belief. Belief is when someone else does the thinking
"Faith is much better than belief. Belief is when someone else does the thinking"
R. Buckminster Fuller, Inventor
Small: The value of an idea lies in the using of it
Thomas Edison
"The value of an idea lies in the using of it"
Thomas Edison, Inventor
Small: There is no substitute for hard work
Thomas Edison
"There is no substitute for hard work"
Thomas Edison, Inventor
Small: What a mans mind can create, mans character can control
Thomas Edison
"What a man's mind can create, man's character can control"
Thomas Edison, Inventor
Small: I never did anything by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident they came by work
Thomas Edison
"I never did anything by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work"
Thomas Edison, Inventor
Small: You affect the world by what you browse
Tim Berners-Lee
"You affect the world by what you browse"
Tim Berners-Lee, Inventor
Small: Web pages are designed for people. For the Semantic Web, we need to look at existing databases
Tim Berners-Lee
"Web pages are designed for people. For the Semantic Web, we need to look at existing databases"
Tim Berners-Lee, Inventor
Small: The Web as I envisaged it, we have not seen it yet. The future is still so much bigger than the past
Tim Berners-Lee
"The Web as I envisaged it, we have not seen it yet. The future is still so much bigger than the past"
Tim Berners-Lee, Inventor
Small: We cannot banish dangers, but we can banish fears. We must not demean life by standing in awe of death
"We cannot banish dangers, but we can banish fears. We must not demean life by standing in awe of death"
David Sarnoff, Inventor
Small: It is possible to fly without motors, but not without knowledge and skill
"It is possible to fly without motors, but not without knowledge and skill"
Wilbur Wright, Inventor
Small: I confess that in 1901 I said to my brother Orville that man would not fly for fifty years
"I confess that in 1901 I said to my brother Orville that man would not fly for fifty years"
Wilbur Wright, Inventor
Small: A good puzzle, its a fair thing. Nobody is lying. Its very clear, and the problem depends just on you
"A good puzzle, it's a fair thing. Nobody is lying. It's very clear, and the problem depends just on you"
Erno Rubik, Inventor
Small: The city needs a car like a fish needs a bicycle
Dean Kamen
"The city needs a car like a fish needs a bicycle"
Dean Kamen, Inventor
Small: While theoretically and technically television may be feasible, commercially and financially it is an impossib
"While theoretically and technically television may be feasible, commercially and financially it is an impossibility"
Lee De Forest, Inventor
Small: Leaders are visionaries with a poorly developed sense of fear and no concept of the odds against them
Robert Jarvik
"Leaders are visionaries with a poorly developed sense of fear and no concept of the odds against them"
Robert Jarvik, Inventor
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