Quotes About Innovation

There are no such things as applied sciences, only applications of science.

The next major explosion is going to be when genetics and computers come together. I'm talking about an organic computer - about biological substances that can function like a semiconductor.

Science is not a sacred cow. Science is a horse. Don't worship it. Feed it.

Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of imagination.

There is no patriotic art and no patriotic science

If Edison had a needle to find in a haystack, he would proceed at once with the diligence of the bee to examine straw after straw until he found the object of his search. I was a sorry witness of such doings, knowing that a little theory and calculation would have saved him ninety per cent of his labor.

Scientific work must not be considered from the point of view of the direct usefulness of it. It must be done for itself, for the beauty of science, and then there is always the chance that a scientific discovery may become like the radium, a benefit

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art

There is a single light of science, and to brighten it anywhere is to brighten it everywhere.

The important thing in science is not so much to obtain new facts as to discover new ways of thinking about them.

Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it.

Science progresses best when observations force us to alter our preconceptions

In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it's the exact opposite.

The nineteenth century believed in science but the twentieth century does not.

Mathematics is the queen of sciences and arithmetic is the queen of mathematics

'Impossible' is not a scientific term.

Science cannot stop while ethics catches up - and nobody should expect scientists to do all the thinking for the country

We can no longer allow Americas dependence on foreign oil to compromise our energy security. Instead, we must invest in inventing new ways to power our cars and our economy. Ill put my faith in American science and ingenuity any day before I depend on Saudi Arabia.

Society lives by faith, and develops by science.

Don't let change change you....be the change.

Sometimes when you are pursuing a goal that you never had before you have to try new things in order to achieve it.

Start where you stand, with whatever tools you may have at your command and better tools will be found as you move along

Don't wait for the opportunity to come to you instead create opportunity by yourself.

To think outside the box; first you must learn how to open the box.