The best Quotes by Guglielmo Marconi

The best Quotes by Guglielmo Marconi

Guglielmo Giovanni Maria Marconi, 1st Marquis of Marconi (25 April 1874 - 20 July 1937) was an Italian inventor and electrical engineer, known for his creation of a practical radio wave–based wireless telegraph system. This led to Marconi being credited as the inventor of radio.

Every day sees humanity more victorious in the struggle with space and time.

The coming of the wireless era will make war impossible, because it will make war ridiculous.

(1874-1937)

I am proud to be a Christian. I believe not only as a Christian, but as a scientist as well. A wireless device can deliver a message through the wilderness. In prayer the human spirit can send invisible waves to eternity, waves that achieve their goal in front of God.

Have I done the world good, or have I added a menace?

If we consider what science already has enabled men to know-the immensity of space, the fantastic philosophy of the stars, the infinite smallness of the composition of atoms, the macrocosm whereby we succeed only in creating outlines and translating a measure into numbers without our minds being able to form any concrete idea of it-we remain astounded by the enormous machinery of the universe.

Long experience has taught me not always to believe in the limitations indicated by purely theoretical considerations. These, as we well know, are based on insufficient knowledge of all the relevant factors.

In the new era, thought itself will be transmitted by radio.

The mystery of life is certainly the most persistent problem ever placed before the thought of man. There is no doubt that from the time humanity began to think it has occupied itself with the problem of its origin and its future which undoubtedly is the problem of life. The inability of science to solve it is absolute. This would be truly frightening were it not for faith.

You will also allow me to thank the Academy for inviting me to lecture in Stockholm, for its hospitality, and for the opportunity afforded me for admiring the charm of your people and the beauty of your country.

Thanks to the high standing which science has for so long attain and to the impartiality of the Nobel Prize Committee, the Nobel Prize for Physics is rightly considered everywhere as the highest reward within the reach of workers in Natural Philosophy.

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Radio isn't just a jukebox for music anymore because you can get music anywhere.

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With the advent of radio and recording, music became an industry rather than just a tradition.

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Ich gehe langsam, aber ich gehe nie zurück.

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Without progress there will be stagnation and decay. There again, progress for progress's sake must be discouraged, for our tried and tested traditions often require no tinkering. A balance, then, between old and new, between permanence and change, between tradition and innovation.

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We keep moving forward, opening new doors... because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.

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Progress Curiosity

In a world that's changing so quickly, you're guaranteed to fail if you don't take any risks.

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I have always been fascinated with those who try to look over the horizon and see things that are coming at us.

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Oh, great warrior? Wars not make one great.

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I don't want to be in a battle, but waiting on the edge of one I can't escape is even worse.

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They got money for the war, but can't feed the poor.

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War is when the young and stupid are tricked by the old and bitter into killing each other.

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I was a warrior who dreamed he could bring peace. Sooner or later though, you always have to wake up.

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We don't like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out.

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There's no chance that the iPhone is going to get any significant market share. No chance.

Steve Ballmer (Microsoft CEO) - 04/2007, 2 months before first iPhone is released

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Mistakes iPhones

I can literally say antisemitic shit and they can't drop me. Now what?

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No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.

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I confess that in 1901 I said to my brother Orville that man would not fly for fifty years.

Wilbur Wright

Mistakes Flying

Some a-hole leaks it online and I'm like, you know, looking at the guy in the mirror brushing my teeth, "Dude, what have you done? This could be punishable by law!" But the internet forced the studio to say, "We're gonna make this movie", and 24 hours later, that movie had a green light.

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