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"I consider high-speed data transmission an invention that became a major innovation. It changed the way we all communicate."
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"Britain wouldn't have won the war without its eccentric geniuses."

"Being on the moon is about harnessing science and technology. Waveless waterbeds are about harnessing nature and that, by definition, is not natural, I shot back.'Babe, you're not lyin' on a miracle, he said through a lip twitch.'No, I'm lying under one."

"We have some good ideas here. But the only way to know if they're workable is to try to make them fail. If we fail to fail, then maybe we're on the right track."

"A genius masters the art of observation, and unites with the source of imagination to create advancements in the cause for human evolution."

"We are not concerned about innovation shifting from the U.S. I still believe that the U.S. still has capabilities for innovation."

"Rather than trying to reinvent the wheel, build on to that which is already excellent."

"An invention is a responsibility of the individual, society cannot invent, it can only applaud the invention and inventor."

"Innovation is finding the door of opportunity and revealing its beauty."

"Be eager to explore new discoveries."

"What they are doing is taking something that otherwise creates pollution and turning it into something useful."
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"A patent, or invention, is any assemblage of technologies or ideas that you can put together that nobody put together that way before. That's how the patent office defines it. That's an invention."

"I do not want to waste any time. And if you are not working on important things, you are wasting time."

"You have teenagers thinking they're going to make millions as NBA stars when that's not realistic for even 1 percent of them. Becoming a scientist or engineer is."

"As we move towards 8 or 10 billion people on the planet, there's a little less gold per capita. Each one of us will continue to be fighting over an ever smaller percentage of total resources. This is not a happy thought."

"In some cases, inventions prohibit innovation because we're so caught up in playing with the technology, we forget about the fact that it was supposed to be important."

"I started realizing that I wasn't so dumb; rather, most people simply didn't know the answers to the questions that I was interested in-or they didn't care."

"There is just so much stuff in the world that, to me, is devoid of any real substance, value, and content that I just try to make sure that I am working on things that matter."

"An innovation is one of those things that society looks at and says, if we make this part of the way we live and work, it will change the way we live and work."

"I consider high-speed data transmission an invention that became a major innovation. It changed the way we all communicate."
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