New York Tribune Quotes

It is the business of the future to be dangerous; and it is among the merits of science that it equips the future for its duties.

Looking at what has already been accomplished, some find it difficult to conceive that this flood of discoveries and improvements is still to maintain its progress, and even exhibit a swelling tide .... These apprehensions, it is plain, are not to be fulfilled in our day. At no time have there been more decisive indications that every step that is taken in this field ... does but open new scenes to explore and prepares the way for new triumphs.

The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.

By striving to do the impossible, man has always achieved what is possible. Those who have cautiously done no more than they believed possible have never taken a single step forward

Successful technologies often begin as hobbies. Jacques Cousteau invented scuba diving because he enjoyed exploring caves. The Wright brothers invented flying as a relief from the monotony of their normal business of selling and repairing bicycles.

We should be pushing our boundaries. After all, we Britons are explorers and adventurers.

If your work isn't exciting, doesn't stir the emotions, where's the challenge? Where's the progress if you always play it safe?

We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.

Throughout the centuries there were men who took first steps, down new roads, armed with nothing but their own vision.

Because we imagine, we can have invention and technology. It's actually play, not necessity, that is the mother of invention.

People have laughed at all great inventors and discoverers.

Perhaps the spirit of adventure, be it mental or material adventure, is a factor so essential in human progress that no emphasis of it is undue.

We must never be afraid to go too far, for truth lies beyond.

For me, I love to dream big, and I love to find ways to be a bit of an explorer. These days, it seems like everything is padded and comes with warning labels.

Human progress has always been driven by a sense of adventure and unconventional thinking.

I always believe in doing new things and using new materials that I have never used or that I didn't like for a long time.

The challenge of the unknown future is so much more exciting than the stories of the accomplished past.

Over the next four years, we will be bold. We will be willing to experiment. We will not fear failure.

There will always be a frontier where there is an open mind and a willing hand.

The United States has never been afraid of a challenge. In times of crisis, it is American innovation and ingenuity that has forged the path to progress and prosperity.

Like all pioneers I have labored more in faith and hope.

Invention breeds invention.

Taking risk is good, and America is a country based on boldness and looking to the future.

I am not afraid of new inventions.

For one person who is blessed with the power of invention, many will always be found who have the capacity of applying principles.