David Sarnoff Quotes

Freedom [is] the first-born daughter of science

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

Science is the key to our future, and if you don't believe in science, then you're holding everybody back.

Science is our last and greatest frontier.

Science has always been my preoccupation and when you think a breakthrough is possible, it is terribly exciting.

Who brings tomorrow into the present if not the scientists, technicians and engineers?

Scientists are the true driving force of civilization.

I believe in innovation and that the way you get innovation is you fund research and you learn the basic facts.

To use Newton's words, our efforts up till this moment have but turned over a pebble or shell here and there on the beach, with only a forlorn hope that under one of them was the gem we were seeking. Now we have the sieve, the minds, the hands, the time, and, particularly, the dedication to find those gems-no matter in which favorite hiding place the children of distant worlds have placed them.

But in a broader sense, when I have more control, I want to expose people to new ideas.

I believe that science is the engine of prosperity, that if you look around at the wealth of civilization today, it's the wealth that comes from science.

Science is the highest personification of the nation because that nation will remain the first which carries the furthest the works of thought and intelligence.

People wouldn't even go into science unless there was something much bigger to be discovered, something that is transcendent.

Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts.

What is now proved was once only imagined.

To me there has never been a higher source of earthly honor or distinction than that connected with advances in science.

Investing in science education and curiosity-driven research is investing in the future.

One can not impede scientific progress.

We especially need imagination in science.

The most wonderful discovery made by scientists is science itself.

In fact what I would like to see is thousands of computer scientists let loose to do whatever they want. That's what really advances the field.

Innovation can only occur where you can breathe free.

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.

The true men of action in our time, those who transform the world, are not the politicians and statesmen, but the scientists.

Apollo was designed not to conquer enemies but to conquer ignorance.