Aaron Klug Quotes

Innovation requires a novel approach to scientific problem solving, higher level of resource commitments over much longer time durations.

Bayern want a decade of success like Barca. That's OK if you have the money because it increases the possibility of success. But it's not guaranteed.

Entrepreneurship is all about deferred gratification.

Our goal is not to produce immediate results. We've been tasked with producing long-term results. That means that there's more risk in any individual thing we take on. But we still aspire to a strong return on investment.

If you want to make an impact, you need to invest your time every bit as much as your money. And you need to stay involved for the long run. If you can't look at a five-year horizon, you shouldn't get involved.

When you face unexpected events, you have to try to overcome those problems, but at the same time, you have to continue working according to the plan that you defined since the beginning. So that's what we have tried to do - not to avoid the urgent responses but to continue the route that we had defined.

Business is a sprint until you find an opportunity, then it's the patience of a marathon runner.

We solve last year's problems without thinking about the future.

It's really easy to create a $1 billion company - you just have to solve a $10 billion problem.

The long term versus the short term argument is one used by losers.

In order to have the next generation of modems, you would need to pour in even more R&D spending. We came to the conclusion that we're going to have a tough time to really see that we are going to succeed in the modems business.

Ever since the Industrial Revolution, investments in science and technology have proved to be reliable engines of economic growth. If homegrown interest in those fields is not regenerated soon, the comfortable lifestyle to which Americans have become accustomed will draw to a rapid close.

In order to have your short term policies accepted, you have to have your long term policies understood.

We need investors who plant and grow, not reap and run.

One of the main reasons that we have made so much progress in so many technological areas in recent years is that many people care about those areas.

In business, I think the most important thing is to position yourself for long-term and not be too impatient, which I am by nature, and I have to control myself.

When we do acquisitions, we decide what we want. We decide what fills a hole. And if the price is too high, our alternative is the $5 billion we spend on R&D every year. We're not well-known for overpaying, because at Oracle we always have an alternative.

I think we need ideas for the future.

A company's commitment to searching out potential blockbusters and then investing in marketing to convert potential to reality attracts and retains top scientists and creatives.

I'm always looking for those knockouts but I'm looking to do it in a better fashion. Not rushing, not blitzing, not putting myself at risk. Not just being too greedy.

A strong sense of purpose drives businesses to take the long view and invest for growth.

I took a risk and invested in SM Mall of Asia because I wanted to create something that could contribute to Philippine tourism growth.

Business comes and goes and we make a strategic decision that could lead you to whole new place.

If I would have to sacrifice R&D investments to fulfill a goal, that would be the wrong goal to have.

Don't focus on weekly or monthly returns.