Eagles come in all shapes and sizes, but you will recognize them chiefly by their attitudes.
Few can contemplate without a sense of exhilaration the splendid achievements of practical energy and technical skill, which, from the latter part of the seventeenth century, were transforming the face of material civilization, and of which England was the daring, if not too scrupulous, pioneer.
The printing press is either the greatest blessing or the greatest curse of modern times, sometimes one forgets which it is.
Infinite growth of material consumption in a finite world is an impossibility.
An attitude to life which seeks fulfillment in the single-minded pursuit of wealth - in short, materialism - does not fit into this world, because it contains within itself no limiting principle, while the environment in which it is placed is strictly limited.
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.
Never let an inventor run a company. You can never get him to stop tinkering and bring something to market.
