Mark Walport Quotes

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

The strength of self-reliance and self-development is that of science and technology, and the shortcut to implementing the five-year strategy is to give importance and precedence to science and technology.

The science of today is the technology of tomorrow.

Technology is fascinating.

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.

Driven by globalization and technology our country and our economy is becoming different every day.

Modern civilization depends on science …

Creative universities are bedrock of every developed nation's S&T strategy.

The old rules may say we can’t protect our environment and promote economic growth at the same time, but in America, we’ve always used new technologies - we’ve used science; we’ve used research and development and discovery to make the old rules obsolete.

You are cruising along, and then technology changes. You have to adapt.

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.

I always say that modernization is not an abstract thing; it's a very specific task.

I like to think about machines and technology in relation to landscape and architecture.

For the future, primarily, we must educate people in science, engineering, technology and math.

What is innovation if not our ticket to every business interest in the world? It's the ticket to solving the world's problems - the energy problems, the pollution problems, the global warming problems. If it isn't for science and engineering, how will we compete in the new world?

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.

Infrastructure web services had to happen.

Futurism: This was a movement of intellectuals who wanted to replace tradition with the modern world of machinery, speed, violence, and public relations. It proves that we should be careful what intellectuals wish for, because we might get it.

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

Engineering or technology is all about using the power of science to make life better for people, to reduce cost, to improve comfort, to improve productivity, etc.

Technology makes the world a new place.

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

In a world being transformed by technology, good science is vital to good diplomacy.

Legislators don't want to seem anti-science or anti-progress.

… post-industrial society