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Quotes by Inventor
"Competition brings out the best in products and the worst in people."
101
"The problems of puzzles are very near the problems of life."
98
"If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true is really true, there would be little hope of advance."
Hope,
92
"In order to keep pace with the influx of work I had to take on fresh hands."
86
"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work."
85
"I wanted nothing else than to make the object as perfect as possible."
82
"Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus."
78
"The secret we should never let the gamemasters know is that they don't need any rules."
76
"It is possible to fly without motors, but not without knowledge and skill."
74
"These airplanes we have today are no more than a perfection of a child's toy made of paper."
68
"If you want to kill any idea in the world, get a committee working on it."
52
"A good puzzle, it's a fair thing. Nobody is lying. It's very clear, and the problem depends just on you."
52
"High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation."
52
"Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open."
52
"Then I was president of the Bakelite Corporation from 1910 to 1930."
50
"The desire to fly is an idea handed down to us by our ancestors who... looked enviously on the birds soaring freely through space... on the infinite highway of the air."
50
"I know this world is ruled by infinite intelligence. Everything that surrounds us- everything that exists - proves that there are infinite laws behind it. There can be no denying this fact. It is mathematical in its precision."
50
"The chief function of the body is to carry the brain around."
49
"Today's scientists have substituted mathematics for experiments, and they wander off through equation after equation, and eventually build a structure which has no relation to reality."
46
"There is no winning or losing, but rather the value is in the experience of imagining yourself as a character in whatever genre you're involved in, whether it's a fantasy game, the Wild West, secret agenst or whatever else. You get to sort of vicariously experience those things."
46
"There is far more opportunity than there is ability."
45
"Gaming in general is a male thing. It isn't that gaming is designed to exclude women. Everybody who's tried to design a game to interest a large female audience has failed. And I think that has to do with the different thinking processes of men and women."
44
"Everyone is born a genius, but the process of living de-geniuses them."
43
"Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have."
42
"The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun."
40
"Knowing is not understanding. There is a great difference between knowing and understanding: you can know a lot about something and not really understand it."
39
"This is no job for a UN committee. It needs the same kind of unwavering dedication and the kinds of people that got us the first nuclear submarine and the first man on the moon."
38
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
38
"In my opinion, we should search for a completely different flying machine, based on other flying principles."
36
"The thrill, believe me, is as much in the battle as in the victory."
36
"People think of the inventor as a screwball, but no one ever asks the inventor what he thinks of other people."
36
"Politeness is the poison of collaboration."
35
"It is very important to lead the field and innovate in game design."
35
"By the 2030s, the nonbiological portion of our intelligence will predominate."
35
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