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“There is ... scarcely any species of writing of which we can tell what is its essence, and what are its constituents; every new genius produces some innovation, which, when invented and approved, subverts the rules which the practice of foregoing authors had established.”

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Book:The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.

Source: The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.

“Innovation must lead infrastructure for a simple but compelling reason: Innovation produces new types of products and markets, and it is virtually impossible to know how to run those markets efficiently before they are created.”

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Author:Myron Scholes

“We need to do for clean energy what Kennedy did for space in the original Apollo Project: Set a bold vision that will light the fires of innovation and make a game-changing shift in how we use and produce energy. And nothing less is adequate.”

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Author:Jay Inslee

“In the age of revolution it is not knowledge that produces new wealth, but insight - insight into opportunities for discontinuous innovation. Discovery is the journey; insight is the destination. You must become your own seer.”

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Author:Gary Hamel

“At Babbo, each dish grew out of a conversation, trying to put something forth that was new and different. It was a combination of culinary adventurism and the dining-room experience with respect for the classic but with an eye toward innovation. And it was about eating locally, whether produce or fish or meat.”

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Author:Joe Bastianich

“Creativity and Innovation produces better comics.”

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Author:Jamal Igle

“Fashion is something barbarous, for it produces innovation without reason and imitation without benefit.”

Reason Political Fashion Produce Taste Benefits Innovation Programming Imitation

Author:George Santayana

“Bureaucracy destroys initiative. There is little that bureaucrats hate more than innovation, especially innovation that produces better results than the old routines. Improvements always make those at the top of the heap look inept. Who enjoys appearing inept?”

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Book:Heretics of Dune

Source: Heretics of Dune

“Nothing will change the fact that I cannot produce the least thing without absolute solitude.”

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Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Because its purpose is to create a customer, the business enterprise has two - and only these two — basic functions: marketing and innovation. Marketing and innovation produce results; all the rest are 'costs'.”

Two Purpose Results Produce Cost Function Innovation Marketing Customers

Author:Peter Drucker

“We are convinced, as some of you may be convinced, that changing the way we produce and use energy is essential to America's economic future, that it will create millions of new jobs, power new industries, keep us competitive, and spark new innovation.”

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Author:Barack Obama

“But the broader lesson of the first Industrial Revolution is more like the Indy 500 than John Henry: economic progress comes from constant innovation in which people race with machines. Human and machine collaborate together in a race to produce more, to capture markets, and to beat other teams of humans and machines.”

Source: Race Against the Machine: How the Digital Revolution is Accelerating Innovation, Driving Productivity, and Irreversibly Transforming Employment and the Economy

“The mere possession of monopoly power, and the concomitant charging of monopoly prices, is not only not unlawful, it is an important element of the free-market system. The opportunity to charge monopoly prices - at least for a short period - is what attracts 'business acumen' in the first place; it induces risk taking that produces innovation and economic growth.”

“Marketing and innovation produce results; all the rest are costs.”

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Book:People and Performance

Source: People and Performance

“The greatest innovators and history makers of our world were not great because of the formal school system but because of self-development through the proper investment and conversation of time.”

Source: How To Become Great Through Time Conversion: Are you wasting time, spending time or investing time?