Quotes about Innovation
Good thinkers always prime the pump of ideas. They always look for things to get the thinking process started, because what you put in always impacts what comes out.
— John Maxwell
A programming language is for thinking about programs, not for expressing programs you've already thought of. It should be a pencil, not a pen.
— Paul Graham
But the adjectives change," said Jimmy. "Nothing's worse than last year's adjectives.
— Margaret Atwood
Forbidden things are open to the imagination.
— Margaret Atwood
It was a wicked game. "Homer," says Snowman, making his way through the dripping-wet vegetation. "The Divine Comedy. Greek statuary. Aqueducts. Paradise Lost. Mozart's music. Shakespeare, complete works. The Brontës. Tolstoy. The Pearl Mosque. Chartres Cathedral. Bach. Rembrandt. Verdi. Joyce. Penicillin. Keats. Turner. Heart transplants. Polio vaccine. Berlioz. Baudelaire. Bartok. Yeats. Woolf.
— Margaret Atwood
Think of an adaptation, any adaptation, and some animal somewhere will have thought of it first.
— Margaret Atwood
Robots will play an important role in providing physical assistance and even companionship for the elderly.
— Bill Gates
Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end.
— Henry David Thoreau
I think the biggest innovations of the 21st century will be at the intersection of biology and technology. A new era is beginning.
— Steve Jobs
Every girl deserves to take part in creating the technology that will change our world and change who runs it.
— Malala Yousafzai
Technology alone is not enough.
— Steve Jobs
We are not even close to finishing the basic dream of what the PC can be.
— Bill Gates