Don't worry about people stealing an idea. If it's original, you will have to ram it down their throats.
—Howard H. Aiken
Originality is the fine art of remembering what you hear but forgetting where you heard it.
—Laurence J. Peter
Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something.
—Robert A. Heinlein
Do you realize if it weren't for Edison we'd be watching TV by candlelight?
—Al Boliska
It is not simply the brightest who have the best ideas; it is those who are best at harvesting ideas from others. It is not only the most determined who drive change; it is those who most fully engage with like-minded people. And it is not wealth or prestige that best motivates people; it is respect and help from peers.
—Alex Pentland in Social Physics
Prosperity is best understood as the accumulation of solutions to human problems.
—Nick Hanauer
If we have learned one thing from the history of invention and discovery, it is that, in the long run—and often in the short one—the most daring prophecies seem laughably conservative.
—Arthur C. Clarke