Charles Caleb Colton Quotes

Who brings tomorrow into the present if not the scientists, technicians and engineers?

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

The true men of action in our time, those who transform the world, are not the politicians and statesmen, but the scientists.

What makes our world so fascinating is that continuously there are novel and creative ideas spurring people to leave old ways and try something new.

If people like Edison had waited to make every - or Ben Franklin or some of those people had waited to solve every problem on Earth before they did their research or before they were curious about doing something new, we'd never have made a lot of the progress we have.

Nothing new is on the earth right now. Technology, the things that we're discovering, it's been sitting here just waiting for someone to brush it off and go, 'Oh, let me read that. Let me see how I can use this information.' And it doesn't matter if it's from a tech perspective or a philosophical perspective.

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

Fundamental research is needed to make progress, which you cannot do solely by copying others. If you only do applied research, you quickly lose creativity.

Because we imagine, we can have invention and technology. It's actually play, not necessity, that is the mother of invention.

As we gain more knowledge about materials and processes in the universe, that could open up benefits that we can't even imagine. But you have to be willing to fund science without knowledge of the benefits.

To me, innovations are the wheel, fire, language, movable type. There are not 3 million innovations; there are 3 million inventions.

Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of imagination.

I think we always move from imitation to assimilation to innovation, but I can't name you 20 people outside those we've already recognized who ever got to point three: innovation.

Innovation happens because there are people out there doing and trying a lot of different things.

I'm into creating something that I've never created before.

Well, I like to be kept on my toes. I look for a challenge. I don't like to recreate steps that I've already walked. I like to see if I can create something new.

There are many men now living who were in the habit of using the age-old expression: 'It is as impossible as flying.' The discoveries in physical science, the triumphs in invention, attest the value of the process of trial and error. In large measure, these advances have been due to experimentation.

Innovation is the key to the future, but basic research is the key to future innovation.

... science is the most revolutionary force in the world.

Scientists are the true driving force of civilization.

Sometimes people invent things because they want to stay alive or feed their children or conquer the village next door. But just as often, new ideas come into the world simply because they're fun. And here's the really strange thing: many of those playful but seemingly frivolous inventions ended up sparking momentous transformations in science, in politics and society.

Exploration is the engine that drives innovation. Innovation drives economic growth.

The future will bring new possibilities and ideas - and new terms for them.

I like new products, I like when YouTube changes, I like when people have big ideas and try things out.

The way to solve problems in the world is to become scientists and technologists and build things that haven't been built before and discover things that people really don't know about.