Mark Walport Quotes

The U.S. is the biggest investor in research and development in the world. It has the best universities. Keeping them supplied with the best talent is essential.

We've been living with this myth that somehow government investment in research has not been critical to economic growth.

The most important thing is to recognize that research is our seed corn. It's a national security priority. It's not just a way to have enough going on that graduate students can do their Ph.D.s and scientists can publish. We have to do research, or we'll fall behind the rest of the world.

We are all enormously indebted to the National Science Foundation of the United States and the American public for steady support over close to 50 years.

R&D has been an obsession in Europe for many, many years. There is this magical number which many governments aspire to do, and that is to invest at least three percent of GDP in research and development. When you look at the number, it's a composite of private and public investment in R&D.

Silicon Valley wouldn't exist without massive government spending and in fact initiative.

In this time of budget cuts, we cannot forget that basic science is a building block for scientific innovation and economic growth in the information age.

America was and still is able to make the necessary changes to maintain research institutions that are the envy of the world.

Congress has a responsibility to review research paid for by hard-working American taxpayers.

In order for America to remain a global leader in innovation and opportunity, we must give our children a solid foundation in math and science.

India has the opportunity to be a leader in genetic engineering, It has institutions that no other country has.

I do think actually in this case the government does get credit for funding some of the basic research.

Innovations in science and technology are the engines of the 21st-century economy; if you care about the wealth and health of your nation tomorrow, then you'd better rethink how you allocate taxes to fund science. The federal budget needs to recognize this.

The U.S. can still maintain research institutions, such as Caltech, that are the envy of the world, yet it would be hubristic and naive to think that this position is sustainable without investing in science education and basic research.

The strength of the scientific establishment in any country is related to its general level of education, not only in supplying large numbers of eager minds for further training, but also in ensuring a public opinion that holds science in esteem and approves financial support.

I have to tell you that the innovation and the technology and the entrepreneurship of the world still lies in the United States of America.

Qatar is giving 2.8% of our GDP to research. This is something again that is a breakthrough, as nobody was even thinking of research as a tool or component for advancement in this part of the world.

Congress commissioned the first telegraph line, the railroads, the Internet. The role of the government in developing new technology is often misunderstood.

Technology is often not a prime mover but a second-order consequence of food surpluses, urbanization, secularism, political stability ... and other conditions that create a fertile climate for innovation.

The United States needs to be a leader in scientific research.

The quality of research in the U.S. is absolutely the best.

Many of our advances in science and technology were seeded through government.

Not all research is going to be turned into some new innovation, but there are some things that can be and that haven't been, and I think the federal government has a proper role to play in doing that.

Capitalism has shortfalls. It doesn't necessarily take care of the poor, and it underfunds innovation, so we have to offset that.

The person who serves as president of the United States is the de facto leader of the free world.