Quotes by Inventors

Drinking when we are not thirsty and making love at all seasons, madam: that is all there is to distinguish us from other animals. Pierre Beaumarchais

Love Drinking Animals Other Distinguish Madam Making Us Seasons Thirsty

Vilify, Vilify, some of it will always stick. Pierre Beaumarchais

Will Some Stick Always Vilify

These days what's not worth saying gets set to music. Pierre Beaumarchais

Music Saying Worth Days Gets Set

I quickly laugh at everything for fear of having to cry. Pierre Beaumarchais

Fear Everything Laugh Having Cry Quickly

Sometimes I think we're alone. Sometimes I think we're not. In either case, the thought is staggering. R. Buckminster Fuller

Alone Sometimes Thought Think Case Staggering Either

A proverb is much matter distilled into few words. R. Buckminster Fuller

Words Matter Few Distilled Proverb Much

Rashness is the faithful, but unhappy parent of misfortune. R. Buckminster Fuller

Unhappy Faithful Parent Misfortune

It's like I'm basically an artist. I'm no different from a painter who sits there and loves what he does. Ralph H. Baer

He Like Does Artist Different Loves Who Painter Basically

When you built television sets, you have all this test equipment. And you'd have all these lines and squares on the screen to test it. So it occurred to me that it might be fun for people to control the lines and squares on the screen. Ralph H. Baer

Me You People Control Sets Television Built Equipment Occurred Test Lines Squares Screen Might Fun

If I learned anything from the Army, it was about being able to get things done, no matter how tough the assignment, and it served me later in life. Ralph H. Baer

Life Me Army Matter Tough Later Able About Learned How Get Done Being Anything Served Assignment Things

There's no way anybody could have predicted how fast this industry would take off. Ralph H. Baer

Way Would Could Take Industry How Off Anybody Predicted Fast

Three cheers for the artistry of the lone designer doing his thing! Ralph H. Baer

Three Lone Cheers Doing His Artistry Thing Designer

When technology is ready for something novel, when the components needed to build something new become affordable, it is going to be done by someone and more likely by several people. Ralph H. Baer

Technology People Build Become Several Components Someone Something More Something New New Likely Ready Affordable Done Going Novel Needed

The talent curve in game-making is going straight up to Heaven. Ralph H. Baer

Talent Up Going Heaven Curve Straight

'Pong' is simply a knockoff of the Odyssey Ping-Pong game. Ralph H. Baer

Game Simply Odyssey

There's nothing in the Bible that says, 'You must play video games.' Ralph H. Baer

Video Games You Bible Nothing Says Must Video Games Play

Going back to the technical track of my life, note that I have been designing electronic products, both of the consumer and defense electronics variety, since Pluto was a pup. Many of these products broke new ground... creativity at work! Ralph H. Baer

Life Work Creativity My Life Defense Back Broke Pluto Variety Both Consumer Since New Track Been Going Note Ground Products Electronic Many Electronics Technical Designing

I think a lot of developments start with the desire of the developer to get what he really wants so that he can use it. It's not just the technical fascination or the business opportunity. Ray Dolby

Business Opportunity Think He Developer Developments Lot Get Just Wants Really Use Fascination Technical Start Desire

I'm working on artificial intelligence. Actually, natural language understanding, which is to get computers to understand the meaning of documents. Ray Kurzweil

Artificial Intelligence Natural Intelligence Language Understanding Computers Documents Understand Get Artificial Which Meaning Meaning Of Working Actually

By the time we get to the 2040s, we'll be able to multiply human intelligence a billionfold. That will be a profound change that's singular in nature. Computers are going to keep getting smaller and smaller. Ultimately, they will go inside our bodies and brains and make us healthier, make us smarter. Ray Kurzweil

Time Nature Change Intelligence Will Our Inside Able Computers Smaller Smarter Make Healthier Go Singular Ultimately Brains Get Getting Going Human Us Bodies Human Intelligence Multiply Keep Profound By The Time

What we spend our time on is probably the most important decision we make. Ray Kurzweil

Time Decision Important Our Spend Our Time Most Important Decision Make The Most Important