Quotes about Innovation

When God desires to do "a new thing" (Isa. 43:19), He purposely seeks out a few righteous renegades who don't have a problem breaking the mold! Mold-breakers are usually people who don't care much about popularity or tradition.

My PhD project was actually doing something that required a high-intensity laser. It was supposed to work in a way that many, many photons of light would interact with an atom all at the same time.

The quality of research in the U.S. is absolutely the best.

When an idea pops into our head and we think, "No, this is too crazy," … that's the idea we want. When we think, "This notion is completely off the wall … should I even take the time to work on this?" … the answer is yes. Never doubt the soup. Never say no. The answer is always yes.

The ultimate source of creativity, he argues, is divine.

It is the creative and enterprising spirit of people that is indispensable. Everything else is supplemental.

There's nothing efficient about innovation.

Innovation is a good thing. The human condition - put aside bioterrorism and a few footnotes - is improving because of innovation.

Time may not be on our side, but innovation is.

Inspiration arrives as a packet of material to be delivered.

The same instincts that make us good students can make us lousy entrepreneurs.

Chemotherapy is just medieval. It's such a blunt instrument. We're going to look back on it like we do the dark ages.