Don't Do Anything That Someone Else Can

The Most Important Thing About Power Is To Make Sure You Don't Have To Use It.

In A Few Wretched Buildings, We Created A Whole New Industry With International Significance.

It Is A Curious Property Of Research Activity That After The Problem Has Been Solved The Solution Seems Obvious. This Is True Not Only For Those Who Have Not Previously Been Acquainted With The Problem, But Also For Those Who Have Worked Over It For Years.

In My Opinion, Neither Organisms Nor Organizations Evolve Slowly And Surely Into Something Better, But Drift Until Some Small Change Occurs Which Has Immediate And Overwhelming Significance. The Special Role Of The Human Being Is Not To Wait For These Favorable Accidents But Deliberately To Introduce The Small Change That Will Have Great Significance.

Who Can Object To A Monopoly When Any New Company, If It Is Built Around A Scientific Nucleus, Can Create A New Monopoly Of Its Own By Creating A Wholly New Field?