Quotes about american-inventor
american-inventor board company internet nonprofit number small
Of course, I've done small company things, too, but most of them have been nonprofit organizations, such as the Internet Society, and I'm on the board of a number of small companies. Vinton Cerf
american-inventor exposed isolated large parts people problems various
People need to be exposed to what the various problems are in various parts of the business. And you can become isolated from that in a large company.
american-inventor cases chosen conclude eventually finally muddle risky seemed
Yet in all those cases I finally steeled myself to seize the opportunity, and find a way to muddle through and eventually conclude that I had, in fact, chosen the right path, as risky as it seemed at the time. Vint Cerf
american-inventor confined defense earliest great networking project single solve worked
In the earliest days, this was a project I worked on with great passion because I wanted to solve the Defense Department's problem: it did not want proprietary networking and it didn't want to be confined to a single network technology.
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Never, never listen to anybody that try to discourage you. Mariah Carey
american-inventor exposition fiction science theme
Let it be understood, in the first place, that a science fiction story must be an exposition of a scientific theme and it must be also a story. Hugo Gernsback
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We could hardly wait to get up in the morning. Wilbur Wright
american-inventor begin believed encouraged great machines scientist
The fact that the great scientist believed in flying machines was the one thing that encouraged us to begin our studies.
american-inventor knowledge possible
It is possible to fly without motors, but not without knowledge and skill.
american-inventor brother confess fifty fly man
I confess that in 1901 I said to my brother Orville that man would not fly for fifty years.
american-inventor men save
Men become wise just as they become rich, more by what they save than by what they receive.
american-inventor ancestors desire freely handed highway infinite looked soaring
The desire to fly is an idea handed down to us by our ancestors who... looked enviously on the birds soaring freely through space... on the infinite highway of the air.
american-inventor completed develop dropped few motor power rapidly
When the motor was completed and tested, we found that it would develop 16 horse power for a few seconds, but that the power rapidly dropped till, at the end of a minute, it was only 12 horse power. Orville Wright
american-inventor case crushing landed landing uneasy wing
In our gliding experiments we had had a number of experiences in which we had landed upon one wing, but the crushing of the wing had absorbed the shock, so that we were not uneasy about the motor in case of a landing of that kind.
american-inventor due efficient largely machine quickly services shop work
The ability to do this so quickly was largely due to the enthusiastic and efficient services of Mr. C.E. Taylor, who did all the machine work in our shop for the first as well as the succeeding experimental machines.
american-inventor machine york
No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.
american-inventor decide motor released run sure until wire
When the machine had been fastened with a wire to the track, so that it could not start until released by the operator, and the motor had been run to make sure that it was in condition, we tossed a coin to decide who should have the first trial. Wilbur won.
american-inventor dart ended hundred sudden
A sudden dart when a little over a hundred feet from the end of the track, or a little over 120 feet from the point at which it rose into the air, ended the flight.
american-inventor ground hundred laid north smooth track
We laid the track on a smooth stretch of ground about one hundred feet north of the new building.
american-inventor height life machine men picture reached risen saving snapped taking track
One of the Life Saving men snapped the camera for us, taking a picture just as the machine had reached the end of the track and had risen to a height of about two feet.
american-inventor block design motor six testing time weeks
In just six weeks from the time the design was started, we had the motor on the block testing its power.
american-inventor secrets
Isn't it astonishing that all these secrets have been preserved for so many years just so we could discover them!
american-inventor bore cylinders estimated hundred inch
We estimated that we could make one of four cylinders with 4 inch bore and 4 inch stroke, weighing not over two hundred pounds, including all accessories.
american-inventor caught images normal wake
It is normal for me to wake and find myself writing in the dark... or to be out of my tomb, caught in an unearthly world, alive with the images that haunt me.
american-inventor articulate came emotions fantasy fierce found horror natural necessary written
I've always found it easy and natural and, more importantly, necessary to articulate thoughts and feelings, and fierce emotions, through the written word. Fantasy and horror came to me when I was very young.
american-inventor attention life loner rather secluded
I appreciate all of the attention I get in my career. I am a loner and live a rather secluded life so sometimes I do get overwhelmed, but I am always very appreciative of everything, and honored.
american-inventor conscious flights follow inspired simply
When I write I simply follow my heart. And my flights of fantasy. It is not done with a conscious effort. I'm continually inspired and write reflexively.
american-inventor best bringing burns controls dark feeds fire forever heart horror imagination light love red soul tortured wild
My imagination completely controls me, and forever feeds the fire that burns with dark red light in my heart by bringing me the best dreams. I've always had a wild imagination, a big heart and a tortured soul so I feel that dark fantasy, love and horror are in my blood.
american-inventor believe follow heart might profoundly successful
My writing, like everything I do, comes profoundly from my heart. I believe that if you follow your heart you will be successful in one way or another. Old-fashioned as that might sound, the philosophy is true.
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I can make just such ones if I had tools, and I could make tools if I had tools to make them with. Eli Whitney
american-inventor earth elevator orbit ride trying
Remember, I am not trying to orbit the earth. It is a simple elevator ride for 20 minutes.
american-inventor expedient man
There is no expedient to which a man will not go to avoid the labor of thinking. Joshua Reynolds
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If you have always done it that way, it is probably wrong. Charles Kettering