Harold Rogers Quotes

The shortest answer is doing.

None of them want to delay. Understand that. None of them.

Science or research is always under pressure to deliver something which can be used immediately for society.

In the Internet world, especially in Silicon Valley, everyone is at the ready all the time, and turnaround is relatively short, if not instant.

When you're failing, there's a very powerful incentive to put ideology aside and just do what seems to work.

I like tackling problems that I can see making an impact on real people and real businesses immediately.

Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.

We like things to happen very quickly; it’s our lifestyle.

Not a moment longer!

People expect quick results.

If you sense a deep human need, then you go back to all the basic science. If there is some missing, then you try to do more basic science and applied science until you get it.

The progress of science is tremendously disorderly, and the motivations that lead to this progress are tremendously varied.

Innovation never comes from the established institutions.

Research is the process of going up alleys to see if they are blind.

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

A good solution applied with vigor now is better than a perfect solution applied ten minutes later.

Behavior change is critical. While we’re working upstream, developing solutions, we’ve got to be thinking of delivery: How should we develop and deliver those solutions so that they will be adopted.

There is no time for normal General Staff procedure. Speed is essential and your efforts should be informal.

Hurry is only admissible in catching flies.

If I hear something's not quite going right, then I'm there quicker than if I hear something's going wrong.

Hurry up, please, its time.

Sooner would be better than later, and now would be better than sooner." - Tyrion

Problems are good, as long as you solve them quickly.

Computers are great because when you're working with them you get immediate results that let you know if your program works. It's feedback you don't get from many other things.

This is a call to action—not an action that will make things better in six months’ time or a year’s time, but action that might save someone’s life and someone’s future this afternoon, tonight, tomorrow morning.