Jack Kilby Quotes

America demands invention and innovation to succeed.

Healthy competition is very important in any industry. It keeps you on your toes and helps you grow.

Britain is famous for being great at inventing and poor at commercializing.

We can go into no mechanic shop, into no manufactory of any description, upon no farm or plantation, or travel a mile on our railroads or in our steamboats, without seeing evidence of our originality and witnessing the fruits of our ingenuity and enterprise.

Science is inextricably linked to our economy. It has been for the last 50 years and it will be for the next 50 years.

Patents have not been a positive force in stimulating innovation at Cisco. Competition has been the motivator; bringing new products to market in a timely manner is critical. Everything we have done to create new products would have been done even if we could not obtain patents

We try and reflect that there's a lot of optimism, there's a lot of positive things that are happening in 'Silicon Valley'.

Bottom line, we will continue to innovate and grow our fan base with Xbox while also creating additive business value for Microsoft.

As long as our quality and company continue to get better, by nature, we will get bigger.

Boeing has won in the marketplace for 100 years because of innovation, and we need to continue to invest in innovation for the future. And our cash generation strength is what allows us to do that.

I always say, 'Be near science and technology, and you will never fail.'

There is a premium on innovation and commercializing new ideas.

I love to think about business. It's what makes me happy.

We're building a great company, and we're very excited about the future of the company.

If Google teaches you anything, it's that small ideas can be big.

Growth comes out of a healthy competitive atmosphere, not trying to choose a particular path forward.

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

I want to create something like Sony. Not in terms of manufacturing products but creating something that is innovative, makes money, improves peoples' lives.

Change brings opportunity.

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

The single most important factor in determining America's success in the 21st century will be maintaining our ability to be an innovative and creative society.

Design and technology should be the subject where mathematical brainboxes and science whizzkids turn their bright ideas into useful products.

I originally invested in Dropcam because I foresaw what the company and their products could do for consumers and the industry. I've been deeply impressed with what they've done in such little time, and I'm confident that they'll continue to exceed my expectations.

High tech companies that focus on research, development and production will learn that they can be the perfect complement to our world-renowned agriculture heritage.

Learning and innovation go hand in hand. The arrogance of success is to think that what you did yesterday will be sufficient for tomorrow.