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"If we did not have such a thing as an airplane today, we would probably create something the size of N.A.S.A. to make one."
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"I'm interested in things that change the world or that affect the future and wondrous, new technology where you see it, and you're like, 'Wow, how did that even happen? How is that possible?'"

"To turn really interesting ideas and fledgling technologies into a company that can continue to innovate for years, it requires a lot of disciplines."

"The over-all point is that new technology will not necessarily replace old technology, but it will date it. By definition. Eventually, it will replace it. But it's like people who had black-and-white TVs when color came out. They eventually decided whether or not the new technology was worth the investment."

"Thinking differently is the key to improvement."

"Part of what made the Macintosh great was that the people working on it were musicians, poets, and artists, and zoologists, and historians. They also happened to be the best computer scientists in the world. But if it hadn't been computer science, these people would have been doing amazing things in other fields."

"Great things often start out small, and only open minds can perceive their inception."

"We're taught by repetition but great innovators need to be great at doing the different."

"It is much more worthwhile to implement only one bright idea than collecting a thousand of them."

"An outlier does not lack knowledge but has the interdisciplinary understanding to see things differently."

"Basic philosophy, spirit and drive of an organization have far more to do with its relative achievements than do technological or economic resources, organizational structure, innovation and timing."
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"The budget should be balanced, the treasury should be refilled, the public debt should be reduced and the arrogance of public officials should be controlled."


"Punishing honest mistakes stifles creativity. I want people moving and shaking the earth and they're going to make mistakes."


"The activist is not the man who says the river is dirty. The activist is the man who cleans up the river."


"Most new jobs won't come from our biggest employers. They will come from our smallest. We've got to do everything we can to make entrepreneurial dreams a reality."


"If you can't stand a little sacrifice and you can't stand a trip across the desert with limited water, we're never going to straighten this country out."
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