Teller
Teller
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntertainer
Date of Birth14 February 1948
CountryUnited States of America
picking starts
Moonshot thinking starts with picking a big problem: something huge, long existing, or on a global scale.
facebook google killer small
VisiCalc and WordPerfect were the killer apps of their day, but Google and Facebook make them look small in comparison.
main
Use creativity and storytelling as your main muscle instead of smartness.
future important battle
U.S. has lost a battle more important and greater than Pearl Harbor.
understanding contradiction deeper
We must learn to live with contradictions, because they lead to deeper and more effective understanding.
future exotic done
Really exotic methods of propulsion . . . will have to be devised to get there. How it will be done, I do not know. Whether it will be done, I am not quite certain. But I would bet it can be done.
mistake science genius
If there ever was a misnomer, it is "exact science." Science has always been full of mistakes. The present day is no exception. And our mistakes are good mistakes; they require a genius to correct. Of course, we do not see our own mistakes.
discovery challenges tests
[Chemistry] laboratory work was my first challenge. ... I still carry the scars of my first discovery-that test-tubes are fragile.
catastrophe visible
Life improves slowly and goes wrong fast, and only catastrophe is clearly visible.
defeat enormous ifs
I tried to contribute to the defeat of the Soviets. If I contributed 1%, it is 1% of something enormous.
modern-life looks purpose
When Columbus took off, the purpose was to improve trade relations with China. That problem has not been solved to this very day, but just look at the by-products.
infamous
No, I'm the infamous Edward Teller.
accountant apple category computer glass home hope product proposing reasonably totally value
We are proposing that there is value in a totally new product category and a totally new set of questions. Just like the Apple II proposed, 'Would you reasonably want a computer in your home if you weren't an accountant or professional?' That is the question Glass is asking, and I hope in the end that is how it will be judged.
car cent engine goes miles per ten tend work
When you try to do something ten per cent better, you tend to work from where you are: if I ask you to make a car that goes 50 miles a gallon, you can just retool the engine you already have.