"Those who understand the steam engine and..." - Quote by George Bernard Shaw
Those who understand the steam engine and the electric telegraph spend their lives in trying to replace them with something better.
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“Whenever an obviously well founded statement is made in England by a person specially well acquainted with the facts, that unlucky person is instantly and frantically contradicted by all the people who obviously know nothing about it.”
“Our first duty, to which every other consideration should be sacrificed, is not to be poor.”
“I myself have been particularly careful never to say a civil word to the United States. I have scoffed at their inhabitants as a nation of villagers. I have defined the 100 % American as 99 % an idiot. And they adore me.”
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“After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.”
“To get the bad customs of a country changed and new ones, though better, introduced, it is necessary first to remove the prejudices of the people, enlighten their ignorance, and convince them that their interests will be promoted by the proposed changes; and this is not the work of a day.”
“People generally have more feeling for canals and roads than education. However, I hope we can advance them with equal pace.”
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“The inclination of my life...has been to do things & make things which will give pleasure to people in new and amazing ways.”
“I've always been amazed by Da Vinci, because he worked out science on his own. He would work by drawing things and writing down his ideas. Of course, he designed all sorts of flying machines way before you could actually build something like that.”
“Business has only two basic functions - marketing and innovation.”