Author Index: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Nathan Myhrvold Quote: 'I'm one of the first invention ...'

Author

Profession: Businessman
Nationality: American
Birthday: August 3, 1959

Related Quotes

denmark beach sea sand north sea
It is impossible for capitalists and laborers to have common interests.


Samuel Gompers
Machines were, it may be said, the weapon employed by the capitalists to quell the revolt of specialized labor.
Karl Marx
Tags: Were May Said
dolomites mountains italy alpine
We should have more invention.


Nathan Myhrvold
I argue that one of the functions of a capitalist state is to defend capitalism from itself, to defend capitalism from the capitalists.
Michael Parenti
trees branches sunset sky clouds
Doubt is the father of invention.


Ambrose Bierce
dolomites mountains italy alpine
Feminine virtue is nothing but a convenient masculine invention.


Ninon de L'Enclos
denmark sun north sea sea beach
Never keep a line of retreat: it is a wretched invention.


Fridtjof Nansen
Tags: Never Keep Line
pralongia dolomites alm nature
I'm proud of my invention, but I'm sad that it is used by terrorists.


Mikhail Kalashnikov
Tags: Sad Used Proud
tofane dolomites nature
Necessity may be the mother of invention, but play is certainly the father.


Roger von Oech
Tags: Play May Mother
sun dunes sand desert sea hot
The digital camera is a great invention because it allows us to reminisce. Instantly.


Demetri Martin
Tags: Great Because Us
lake constance schladming austria
Music is not man's invention, but his heritage from the blessed spirits.


Tomas Luis de Victoria
Tags: Music Man His
mountain troodos landscape village
The European Union is the world's most successful invention for advancing peace.


John Bruton
Tags: Peace World Most
These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert to fleece the people; and now that they have got into a quarrel with themselves, we are called upon to appropriate the people's money to settle the quarrel.
Abraham Lincoln
Tags: Money People Got
Capitalists seem uninterested in capitalism, even as eager entrepreneurs can't get financing. Businesses and investors sound like the Ancient Mariner, who complained, 'Water, water everywhere - nor any drop to drink.'
Clayton Christensen
Tags: Like Who Get
Art is beauty, the perpetual invention of detail, the choice of words, the exquisite care of execution.
Theophile Gautier
Tags: Beauty Art Care
rocky coast waves sea nature
What makes photography a strange invention is that its primary raw materials are light and time.


John Berger
Tags: Time Makes Light
Television has some lovely aspects to it - and some ghastly aspects - but the theater itself was a wonderful invention.
Patrick Macnee
Invention consists in avoiding the constructing of useless contraptions and in constructing the useful combinations which are in infinite minority.
Henri Poincare
I think the iPhone was as significant an invention as the Gutenburg press, in terms of the future of humanity.
James Woods
Silicon Valley has evolved a critical mass of engineers and venture capitalists and all the support structure - the law firms, the real estate, all that - that are all actually geared toward being accepting of startups.
Elon Musk