Quotes About Innovation

Some of the greatest, most revolutionary advances in science have been given their initial expression in attractively modest terms, with no fanfare.

There are three creative ideas which, each in its turn, have been central to science. They are the idea of order, the idea of causes, and the idea of chance.

Science fiction is like a blender - you can put in any historical experience and take influences from everything you see, read or experience.

There can be a science to joke writing, there are certainly rules and patterns that can be followed, but I think most of the best comedy goes beyond the rules.

It would be nice if we could design a virtual reality in Hyperbolic Space, and meet each other there.

There are two ways in which a science develops; in response to problems which is itself creates, and in response to problems that are forced on it from the outside.

As to Bell's talking telegraph, it only creates interest in scientific circles, and, as a toy it is beautiful; but ... its commercial value will be limited.

Ensuring that the US continues to lead the world in science and technology will be a central priority for my administration.

Twenty years ago many chemists would have defended the theory of bond arms as a satisfactory explanation because they had become accustomed to thinking of it as unique and as ultimate.

There has been no discovery like it in the history of man. It puts into man's hands the key to using the fundamental energy of the universe.

My personal feeling about science fiction is that it's always in some way connected to the real world, to our everyday world.

Building a business is not rocket science, it's about having a great idea and seeing it through with integrity.

People wouldn't even go into science unless there was something much bigger to be discovered, something that is transcendent.

Science cuts two ways, of course; its products can be used for both good and evil. But there's no turning back from science. The early warnings about technological dangers also come from science.

As to writing another book on geometry [to replace Euclid] the middle ages would have as soon thought of composing another New Testament.

Programming is not a science. Programming is a craft.

I was always attracted to science fiction movies

Without adventure civilization is in full decay. ... The great fact [is] that in their day the great achievements of the past were the adventures of the past.

There is not a discovery in science, however revolutionary, however sparkling with insight, that does not arise out of what went before.

Originally a pupil of Liebig, I became a pupil of Dumas, Gerhardt and Williamson: I no longer belonged to any school.

I dig science fiction, though it was never really my thing.

Scientific medicine is one of the greatest triumphs of humankind.

The U.S. ranks 25th in math and 21st in science. We are woefully behind. The only way to change this situation is through public-private partnerships.

The self-regulating mechanism of the market place cannot always be depended upon to produce adequate results in scientific research.