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"We appear to be programmed with the idea that there are 'things' outside of our self, and some are conscious, and some are not."

"We appear to be programmed with the idea that there are 'things' outside of our self, and some are conscious, and some are not."

Ray Kurzweil, American Inventor

Creativity, Idea, Self

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"Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something."

"Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something."

Thomas A. Edison, American Inventor

Leadership, Hell, Rules, Trying

41

"There are too many games being developed by people that have no business creating games."

"There are too many games being developed by people that have no business creating games."

John Romero, American Inventor

Business, People, Being, Games

41

"From a very early period of my life I have derived the highest enjoyment from listening to music, especially to melody, which is to me the most pleasing form of composition."

"From a very early period of my life I have derived the highest enjoyment from listening to music, especially to melody, which is to me the most pleasing form of composition."

James Nasmyth, Scottish Inventor

Life, Music, Enjoyment, Listening

41

"Let us not paralyze our capacity for good by brooding of man's capacity for evil."

"Let us not paralyze our capacity for good by brooding of man's capacity for evil."

David Sarnoff, American Inventor

41

"Any good software engineer will tell you that a compiler and an interpreter are interchangeable."

"Any good software engineer will tell you that a compiler and an interpreter are interchangeable."

Tim Berners Lee, English Inventor

Technology, Software, Will

40

"Yet we still see continuous reports of bugs."

"Yet we still see continuous reports of bugs."

Vinton Cerf, American Inventor

Technology, Bugs

40

"I don't work on a project unless I believe that it will dramatically improve life for a bunch of people."

"I don't work on a project unless I believe that it will dramatically improve life for a bunch of people."

Dean Kamen, American Inventor

Life, Work, People, Project

40

"Nuclear fusion of light elements like hydrogen or helium would permit approaching the speed of light. It seems very attractive to refuel your space ships where the fuel is."

"Nuclear fusion of light elements like hydrogen or helium would permit approaching the speed of light. It seems very attractive to refuel your space ships where the fuel is."

Wilson Greatbatch, American Inventor

Technology, Light, Ships, Space

40

"We hate those who will not take our advice, and despise them who do."

"We hate those who will not take our advice, and despise them who do."

David Sarnoff, American Inventor

Advice, Hate, Will

40

"In course of time the Brothers Cowper removed the manufacture of their printing machines from London, to Manchester. There they found skilled and energetic workmen, ready to carry their plans into effect."

"In course of time the Brothers Cowper removed the manufacture of their printing machines from London, to Manchester. There they found skilled and energetic workmen, ready to carry their plans into effect."

James Nasmyth, Scottish Inventor

Time, Brothers, Effect, London

40

"Now, after the Cube, I still don't have any plans to make anything like it."

"Now, after the Cube, I still don't have any plans to make anything like it."

Erno Rubik, Hungarian Inventor

40

"With twelve horse power at our command, we considered that we could permit the weight of the machine with operator to rise to 750 or 800 pounds, and still have as much surplus power as we had originally allowed for in the first estimate of 550 pounds."

"With twelve horse power at our command, we considered that we could permit the weight of the machine with operator to rise to 750 or 800 pounds, and still have as much surplus power as we had originally allowed for in the first estimate of 550 pounds."

Orville Wright, American Inventor

Power, First, Machine, Weight

40

"I figure lots of predictions is best. People will forget the ones I get wrong and marvel over the rest."

"I figure lots of predictions is best. People will forget the ones I get wrong and marvel over the rest."

Alan Cox, Welsh Inventor

People, Forget, Rest, Will

40

"But my most favourite pursuit, after my daily exertions at the Foundry, was Astronomy. There were frequently clear nights when the glorious objects in the Heavens were seen in most attractive beauty and brilliancy."

"But my most favourite pursuit, after my daily exertions at the Foundry, was Astronomy. There were frequently clear nights when the glorious objects in the Heavens were seen in most attractive beauty and brilliancy."

James Nasmyth, Scottish Inventor

Beauty, Astronomy, Pursuit

40

"The automobile is technologically more sophisticated than the bundling board, but the human motives in their uses are sometimes the same."

"The automobile is technologically more sophisticated than the bundling board, but the human motives in their uses are sometimes the same."

Charles M. Allen, American Inventor

Motive, Motives

40

"You push the button, we do the rest."

"You push the button, we do the rest."

George Eastman, American Inventor

Advertising, Rest

40

"So, for me, working with larger companies has often been very satisfying, precisely because of the ability of bringing critical mass to bear on a given effort."

"So, for me, working with larger companies has often been very satisfying, precisely because of the ability of bringing critical mass to bear on a given effort."

Vinton Cerf, American Inventor

Ability, Effort

40

"Be courageous. I have seen many depressions in business. Always America has emerged from these stronger and more prosperous. Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith! Go forward!"

"Be courageous. I have seen many depressions in business. Always America has emerged from these stronger and more prosperous. Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith! Go forward!"

Thomas A. Edison, American Inventor

Inspirational, Business, America, Fathers

40

"If a thing isn't worth saying, you sing it."

"If a thing isn't worth saying, you sing it."

Pierre Beaumarchais, French Inventor

40

"The only difference between a problem and a solution is that people understand the solution."

"The only difference between a problem and a solution is that people understand the solution."

Charles Kettering, American Inventor

People, Difference, Solution

40

"Everything connected with war and warlike exploits is interesting to a boy."

"Everything connected with war and warlike exploits is interesting to a boy."

James Nasmyth, Scottish Inventor

40

"The course of the flight up and down was exceedingly erratic, partly due to the irregularity of the air, and partly to lack of experience in handling this machine. The control of the front rudder was difficult on account of its being balanced too near the center."

"The course of the flight up and down was exceedingly erratic, partly due to the irregularity of the air, and partly to lack of experience in handling this machine. The control of the front rudder was difficult on account of its being balanced too near the center."

Orville Wright, American Inventor

Experience, Control, Being, Machine

40

"We often say that the biggest job we have is to teach a newly hired employee to fail intelligently... to experiment over and over again and to keep on trying and failing until he learns what will work."

"We often say that the biggest job we have is to teach a newly hired employee to fail intelligently... to experiment over and over again and to keep on trying and failing until he learns what will work."

Charles Kettering, American Inventor

Work, Job, Trying, Will

40

"I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world."

"I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world."

Thomas A. Edison, American Inventor

Friendship, Kings, World

40

"We will have more Internet, larger numbers of users, more mobile access, more speed, more things online and more appliances we can control over the Internet."

"We will have more Internet, larger numbers of users, more mobile access, more speed, more things online and more appliances we can control over the Internet."

Vinton Cerf, American Inventor

Control, Internet, Numbers, Will

40

"I hasten to laugh at everything, for fear of being obliged to weep."

"I hasten to laugh at everything, for fear of being obliged to weep."

Pierre Beaumarchais, French Inventor

40

"There is an underlying, fundamental reliance on the Internet, which continues to grow in the number of users, country penetration and both fixed and wireless broadband access."

"There is an underlying, fundamental reliance on the Internet, which continues to grow in the number of users, country penetration and both fixed and wireless broadband access."

Vinton Cerf, American Inventor

Nation, Country, Internet

40

"I'm projecting somewhere between 100 million and 200 million computers on the Net by the end of December 2000, and about 300 million users by that same time."

"I'm projecting somewhere between 100 million and 200 million computers on the Net by the end of December 2000, and about 300 million users by that same time."

Vinton Cerf, American Inventor

Computer, Computers, Time, December, End

39

"Nobody can be successful if he doesn't love his work, love his job."

"Nobody can be successful if he doesn't love his work, love his job."

David Sarnoff, American Inventor

Love, Work, Successful, Job

39

"We are beginning to see intimations of this in the implantation of computer devices into the human body."

"We are beginning to see intimations of this in the implantation of computer devices into the human body."

Ray Kurzweil, American Inventor

Beginning, Body, Computer

39

"I confess that in 1901 I said to my brother Orville that man would not fly for fifty years."

"I confess that in 1901 I said to my brother Orville that man would not fly for fifty years."

Wilbur Wright, American Inventor

Family, Brother, Man, Years

39

"Everybody in the real world will agree - the moment a project is behind deadline, quality assurance tends to go out the window."

"Everybody in the real world will agree - the moment a project is behind deadline, quality assurance tends to go out the window."

Alan Cox, Welsh Inventor

Quality, Project, Will, World

39

"The biggest job we have is to teach a newly hired employee how to fail intelligently. We have to train him to experiment over and over and to keep on trying and failing until he learns what will work."

"The biggest job we have is to teach a newly hired employee how to fail intelligently. We have to train him to experiment over and over and to keep on trying and failing until he learns what will work."

Charles Kettering, American Inventor

Work, Job, Trying, Will

39

"Compared even to the development of the phone or TV, the Web developed very quickly."

"Compared even to the development of the phone or TV, the Web developed very quickly."

Tim Berners Lee, English Inventor

39

"I'd rather lose my own money than someone else's."

"I'd rather lose my own money than someone else's."

Dean Kamen, American Inventor

39

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

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

Dean Kamen, American Inventor

Innovation, Invention

39

"I am opposed to the laying down of rules or conditions to be observed in the construction of bridges lest the progress of improvement tomorrow might be embarrassed or shackled by recording or registering as law the prejudices or errors of today."

"I am opposed to the laying down of rules or conditions to be observed in the construction of bridges lest the progress of improvement tomorrow might be embarrassed or shackled by recording or registering as law the prejudices or errors of today."

Isambard K. Brunel, British Inventor

Progress, Errors, Improvement, Law

39

"The fact that the great scientist believed in flying machines was the one thing that encouraged us to begin our studies."

"The fact that the great scientist believed in flying machines was the one thing that encouraged us to begin our studies."

Wilbur Wright, American Inventor

Fact, Flying, Machines

39

"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."

"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."

Dean Kamen, American Inventor

Content, Value, World

39

"Our whole life is solving puzzles."

"Our whole life is solving puzzles."

Erno Rubik, Hungarian Inventor

39

"A successful person isn't necessarily better than her less successful peers at solving problems; her pattern-recognition facilities have just learned what problems are worth solving."

"A successful person isn't necessarily better than her less successful peers at solving problems; her pattern-recognition facilities have just learned what problems are worth solving."

Ray Kurzweil, American Inventor

Success, Successful, Problems, Worth

39

"I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success... such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything."

"I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success... such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything."

Nikola Tesla, American Inventor

Friendship, Food, Love, Success, Heart

39

"There is more He-3 energy on the Moon than we have ever had in the form of fossil fuels on Earth. All we have to do is to go there and get it."

"There is more He-3 energy on the Moon than we have ever had in the form of fossil fuels on Earth. All we have to do is to go there and get it."

Wilson Greatbatch, American Inventor

Earth, Energy, Moon

39

"What a man's mind can create, man's character can control."

"What a man's mind can create, man's character can control."

Thomas A. Edison, American Inventor

Wisdom, Character, Control, Man, Mind

39

"We had no idea that this would turn into a global and public infrastructure."

"We had no idea that this would turn into a global and public infrastructure."

Vinton Cerf, American Inventor

Creativity, Idea, Public

39

"Time passed by. I had furnished steam hammers to the principal foundries in England. I had sent them abroad, even to Russia. At length it became known to the Lords of the Admiralty that a new power in forging had been introduced."

"Time passed by. I had furnished steam hammers to the principal foundries in England. I had sent them abroad, even to Russia. At length it became known to the Lords of the Admiralty that a new power in forging had been introduced."

James Nasmyth, Scottish Inventor

Power, Time, England, Russia

38

"The computer would do anything you programmed it to do."

"The computer would do anything you programmed it to do."

Vinton Cerf, American Inventor

38

"The airplane stays up because it doesn't have the time to fall."

"The airplane stays up because it doesn't have the time to fall."

Orville Wright, American Inventor

38

"I do not truly consider myself an icon, but the Cube has been quite successful."

"I do not truly consider myself an icon, but the Cube has been quite successful."

Erno Rubik, Hungarian Inventor

Success, Successful

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