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“Risk-taking is the essence of innovation.”

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Herman Kahn was a renowned strategist, born on February 15, 1922, and died on July 7, 1983. He made significant contributions to nuclear war and strategic studies during the Cold War era, known as the 'father of nuclear war theory'. more

“Since I reached the conclusion that the essence of the creative person is being in love with what one is doing, I have had a growing awareness that this characteristic makes possible all the other personality characteristics of the creative person: independence of thought and judgment, honesty, perseverance, curiosity, willingness to take risks and the like.”

Persons Creative Growing Risk Awareness Honesty Personality Judgment Essence Independence Perseverance Curiosity Conclusion Characteristics Willingness Being In Love Creative Person Independence Of Thought

Author:Ellis Paul Torrance

“Education is paradoxical in that it is largely composed of things that cannot be learned”

Inspirational Paradoxical

Book:The Ruin of Kasch

Source: The Ruin of Kasch

“The history of science, like the history of all human ideas, is a history of irresponsible dreams, of obstinacy, and of error.”

Inspirational Humans Ideas Dream Errors Irresponsible History Of Science Obstinacy Learning From Our Mistakes

Author:Karl Popper

“God is a hacker, not an engineer”

Inspirational Engineers Hackers

Author:Francis Crick

“Not to be mad is another form of madness”

Inspirational Form Madness Mad

Author:Blaise Pascal

“No one believes in God any more, but everyone believes in Bach.”

Inspirational Believe Believe In God

Author:Mauricio Kagel

“... the death of the spirit which threatens every man unless he is conscious of the danger and has a real purpose which can keep it alive and enable it to thrust its way through the choking weeds and thorns to the air and to the sun”

Men Way Inspirational Real Spirit Purpose Sun Alive Air Danger Conscious Every Man Weed Thrust Choke Thorns

Author:Hugh Redwald Trevor-Roper

“I think people who write programs do have at least a glimmer of extra insight into the nature of God... because creating a program often means that you have to create a small universe”

People Thinking Inspirational Writing Mean Universe Creating Program Insight Extras

Author:Donald Knuth

“The horse does not eat cucumber salad”

Inspirational Doe Horse Salad Cucumbers

Author:Johann Philipp Reis

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