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I never pick up an item without thinking of how I might improve it. I never perfected an invention that read more
I never pick up an item without thinking of how I might improve it. I never perfected an invention that I did not think about in terms of the service it might give others. I want to save and advance human life, not destroy it. I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill. The dove is my emblem.
What hath God wrought?
What hath God wrought?
The central paradox of the machines that have made our lives so much brighter, quicker, longer and healthier is that read more
The central paradox of the machines that have made our lives so much brighter, quicker, longer and healthier is that they cannot teach us how to make the best use of them; the information revolution came without an instruction manual.
When a machine begins to run without human aid, it is time to scrap it - whether it be a read more
When a machine begins to run without human aid, it is time to scrap it - whether it be a factory or a government
No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.
No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.
The cow is nothing but a machine which makes grass fit for us people to eat
The cow is nothing but a machine which makes grass fit for us people to eat
Definition of Statistics: The science of producing unreliable facts from reliable figures.
Definition of Statistics: The science of producing unreliable facts from reliable figures.
I think that anyone who comes upon a Nautilus machine suddenly will agree with me that its prototype was clearly read more
I think that anyone who comes upon a Nautilus machine suddenly will agree with me that its prototype was clearly invented at some time in history when torture was considered a reasonable alternative to diplomacy
Nothing interferes with my concentration. You could put on an orgy in my office and I wouldn't look up. Well, read more
Nothing interferes with my concentration. You could put on an orgy in my office and I wouldn't look up. Well, maybe once.