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Quotes by Inventor


"While theoretically and technically television may be feasible, commercially and financially it is an impossibility."


"I feel sorry for the person who can't get genuinely excited about his work. Not only will he never be satisfied, but he will never achieve anything worthwhile."

"It frequently happens that two persons, reasoning right on a mechanical subject, think alike and invent the same thing without any communication with each other."

"The phenomenon develops calmly, but it is invisible, unstoppable. One feels, one sees it born and grow steadily; and it is not in one's power to either hasten or slow it down."

"More than 100 people are involved in a transplant operation... and we can't waste time and resources if there is a chance the caretakers aren't up for an awesome responsibility."

"I am sure that no man can derive more pleasure from money or power than I do from seeing a pair of basketball goals in some out of the way place."

"I could never accept findings based almost exclusively on mathematics. It ain't ignorance that causes all the trouble in this world. It's the things people know that ain't so."

"CRATEL is a center with a two-fold mission - to explore technology as an expressive element and to use technology to bridge gaps between diverse groups of people."

"The secret of a successful marriage is not to be at home too much."

"If the courts are making the decisions, it matters who the judge is and, of course, people are concerned with what is the bottom line."

"Satisfying every vision that fans have is probably impossible."


"There was one man who was interested in the color of music, the connection between light and music, and that was Einstein."
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