Famous quotes by Inventors

Small: In America we can say what we think, and even if we cant think, we can say it anyhow
Charles F. Kettering
"In America we can say what we think, and even if we can't think, we can say it anyhow"
Charles F. Kettering, Inventor
Small: If you want to kill any idea in the world, get a committee working on it
Charles F. Kettering
"If you want to kill any idea in the world, get a committee working on it"
Charles F. Kettering, Inventor
Small: If you have always done it that way, it is probably wrong
Charles F. Kettering
"If you have always done it that way, it is probably wrong"
Charles F. Kettering, Inventor
Small: I object to people running down the future. I am going to live all the rest of my life there
Charles F. Kettering
"I object to people running down the future. I am going to live all the rest of my life there"
Charles F. Kettering, Inventor
Small: Every time you tear a leaf off a calendar, you present a new place for new ideas and progress
Charles F. Kettering
"Every time you tear a leaf off a calendar, you present a new place for new ideas and progress"
Charles F. Kettering, Inventor
Small: Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail
Charles F. Kettering
"Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail"
Charles F. Kettering, Inventor
Small: An inventor is simply a fellow who doesnt take his education too seriously
Charles F. Kettering
"An inventor is simply a fellow who doesn't take his education too seriously"
Charles F. Kettering, Inventor
Small: An inventor fails 999 times, and if he succeeds once, hes in. He treats his failures simply as practice shots
Charles F. Kettering
"An inventor fails 999 times, and if he succeeds once, he's in. He treats his failures simply as practice shots"
Charles F. Kettering, Inventor
Small: A problem well stated is a problem half-solved
Charles F. Kettering
"A problem well stated is a problem half-solved"
Charles F. Kettering, Inventor
Small: A person must have a certain amount of intelligent ignorance to get anywhere
Charles F. Kettering
"A person must have a certain amount of intelligent ignorance to get anywhere"
Charles F. Kettering, Inventor
Small: The important thing is the diversity available on the Web
Tim Berners-Lee
"The important thing is the diversity available on the Web"
Tim Berners-Lee, Inventor
Small: The Google algorithm was a significant development. Ive had thank-you emails from people whose lives have been
Tim Berners-Lee
"The Google algorithm was a significant development. I've had thank-you emails from people whose lives have been saved by information on a medical website or who have found the love of their life on a dating website"
Tim Berners-Lee, Inventor
Small: The challenge is to manage the Web in an open way-not too much bureaucracy, not subject to political or commer
Tim Berners-Lee
"The challenge is to manage the Web in an open way-not too much bureaucracy, not subject to political or commercial pressures. The U.S. should demonstrate that it is prepared to share control with the world"
Tim Berners-Lee, Inventor
Small: That idea of URL was the basic clue to the universality of the Web. That was the only thing I insisted upon
Tim Berners-Lee
"That idea of URL was the basic clue to the universality of the Web. That was the only thing I insisted upon"
Tim Berners-Lee, Inventor
Small: Sites need to be able to interact in one single, universal space
Tim Berners-Lee
"Sites need to be able to interact in one single, universal space"
Tim Berners-Lee, Inventor
Small: Most larger companies now see that for the market to grow, Web infrastructure must be royalty-free
Tim Berners-Lee
"Most larger companies now see that for the market to grow, Web infrastructure must be royalty-free"
Tim Berners-Lee, Inventor
Small: IT professionals have a responsibility to understand the use of standards and the importance of making Web app
Tim Berners-Lee
"IT professionals have a responsibility to understand the use of standards and the importance of making Web applications that work with any kind of device"
Tim Berners-Lee, Inventor
Small: Intellectual property is an important legal and cultural issue. Society as a whole has complex issues to face
Tim Berners-Lee
"Intellectual property is an important legal and cultural issue. Society as a whole has complex issues to face here: private ownership vs. open source, and so on"
Tim Berners-Lee, Inventor
Small: In 93 to 94, every browser had its own flavor of HTML. So it was very difficult to know what you could put in
Tim Berners-Lee
"In '93 to '94, every browser had its own flavor of HTML. So it was very difficult to know what you could put in a Web page and reliably have most of your readership see it"
Tim Berners-Lee, Inventor
Small: I think IT projects are about supporting social systems-about communications between people and machines. They
Tim Berners-Lee
"I think IT projects are about supporting social systems-about communications between people and machines. They tend to fail due to cultural issues"
Tim Berners-Lee, Inventor
Small: I basically wrote the code and the specs and documentation for how the client and server talked to each other
Tim Berners-Lee
"I basically wrote the code and the specs and documentation for how the client and server talked to each other"
Tim Berners-Lee, Inventor
Small: Everybody who runs a Web site knows were not assured of compatibility, and we could end up with a split
Tim Berners-Lee
"Everybody who runs a Web site knows we're not assured of compatibility, and we could end up with a split"
Tim Berners-Lee, Inventor
Small: Data is a precious thing and will last longer than the systems themselves
Tim Berners-Lee
"Data is a precious thing and will last longer than the systems themselves"
Tim Berners-Lee, Inventor
Small: Customers need to be given control of their own data-not being tied into a certain manufacturer so that when t
Tim Berners-Lee
"Customers need to be given control of their own data-not being tied into a certain manufacturer so that when there are problems they are always obliged to go back to them"
Tim Berners-Lee, Inventor
Small: Compared even to the development of the phone or TV, the Web developed very quickly
Tim Berners-Lee
"Compared even to the development of the phone or TV, the Web developed very quickly"
Tim Berners-Lee, Inventor
Small: Celebrity damages private life
Tim Berners-Lee
"Celebrity damages private life"
Tim Berners-Lee, Inventor
Small: Anyone who has lost track of time when using a computer knows the propensity to dream, the urge to make dreams
Tim Berners-Lee
"Anyone who has lost track of time when using a computer knows the propensity to dream, the urge to make dreams come true and the tendency to miss lunch"
Tim Berners-Lee, Inventor
Small: Any good software engineer will tell you that a compiler and an interpreter are interchangeable
Tim Berners-Lee
"Any good software engineer will tell you that a compiler and an interpreter are interchangeable"
Tim Berners-Lee, Inventor
Small: Pollution is nothing but the resources we are not harvesting. We allow them to disperse because weve been igno
"Pollution is nothing but the resources we are not harvesting. We allow them to disperse because we've been ignorant of their value"
R. Buckminster Fuller, Inventor
Small: There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you its going to be a butterfly
"There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly"
R. Buckminster Fuller, Inventor