Ron Conway Quotes

I'm very pro-science and pro-technology; I believe that these have been key drivers of progress in the world in the last centuries.

The intelligent use of science and technology are the tools with which to achieve a new direction.

Innovation is the calling card of the future.

When I see how fast technology is advancing, my mind thinks of evolution and how organisms also have to evolve or adapt in order to, in their case, survive.

Societies advance through innovation every bit as much as economies do.

My government's aim for Fiji is not to return to where we once were but to journey forward together to a place we have not yet been

I do think that deciding between a particular discovery and a technological breakthrough - I would always think the impact is probably much larger for the technological breakthrough.

This [philanthropy] work is even more fascinating. It requires us to think harder about how we build partnerships, who we get behind. And yet we get to see progress that in some ways is even more profound than the great advances that digital technology has provided.

We're nothing without science. Nothing.

Our expectations for a technology rise with its advancement.

The science of today is the technology of tomorrow.

It's good to have high-quality competition. It helps drive research forward at a faster pace.

I think there's always room for more innovation and new things.

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.

Innovation makes the world go round. It brings prosperity and freedom.

No theory is good unless it permits, not rest, but the greatest work. No theory is good except on condition that one use it to go on beyond.

If you run from technology, it will chase you.

Some programming languages manage to absorb change, but withstand progress.

The Internet is an amazing development.

Open is something, I think, that will continue to drive a lot of innovation.

Expositions are the timekeepers of progress.

I meant exactly what I said: that we are saddled with a culture that hasn't advanced as far as science.

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

Without competition, the spectacular development of technology that we have seen in the last one hundred years in this country would not have happened.

It really matters whether people are working on generating clean energy or improving transportation or making the Internet work better and all those things. And small groups of people can have a really huge impact.