“The bold and discerning writer who, recognizing the truth that language must grow by innovation if it grow at all, makes new words and uses the old in an unfamiliar sense has no following and is tartly reminded that 'it isn't in the dictionary' - although down to the time of the first lexicographer no author ever had used a word that was in the dictionary.” IfsFirstsUseUsedLanguageGrowsInnovationFollowingRecognizingDictionaryUnfamiliarDiscerningNew WordsLexicographer Book:The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary Source: The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
“We've lost an edge that we used to have in scientific innovation applications to goods to be sold. In many ways, that is also changing in the electronic field. Almost all of the materials that we use now are of advanced technology, I have an iPad and also an iPod, both of which are made in China. Although we have designed them here with Apple, for instance, they are manufactured overseas.” WayMadeUseUsedLostTechnologyFieldsMaterialsInnovationEdgesChinaInstanceApplesGoodsApplicationIpodsIpadsAdvanced TechnologyMade In China Author:Jimmy Carter
“I think one of the great innovations of sexual harassment law was that it did not use the word "consent." It used the word "welcome."” ThinkingUseLawUsedInnovationWelcomeConsentHarassment Author:Gloria Steinem
“Invention and entrepreneurship isn't about pure technology. Most people take whatever they see in front of them and relate it to something they understand. For at least ten years after Ford started building cars, people called them horseless carriages. It wasn't obvious to call it a car. They used to call the radio 'the wireless.' Innovation is much more about changing people and their perceptions and their attitudes and their willingness to accept change than it is about physics and engineering.” PeopleYearsUsedAttitudeAcceptingTechnologyCarFrontsBuildingPureTenPerceptionInnovationRadioObviousPhysicsInventionEntrepreneurshipRelateWillingnessEngineeringWirelessCarriagesAccepting Change Author:Dean Kamen
“I think philanthropy is also growing and catching on. Figuring out how the philanthropy sector, which is quite small compared to the private sector, which is the biggest by far, and then the governments, you know, even in these poor countries over time has to take on these key responsibilities. How does philanthropy accelerate that? Drive the kind of innovations, make sure they get used well. So it plays this kind of special role.” ThinkingKnowsWellsKindDoeCountryPlayGovernmentUsedPoorResponsibilityRolesGrowingSpecialKeysInnovationPhilanthropyCatchingPrivate SectorAcceleratePoor CountriesCatching On Author:Bill Gates
“I began by tinkering around with some old tunes I knew. Then, just to try something different, I set to putting some music to the rhythm that I used in jerking ice-cream sodas at the Poodle Dog. I fooled around with the tune more and more until at last, lo and behold, I had completed my first piece of finished music.” TryingFirstsDifferentLastsUsedCreativityPiecesDogInnovationFinishedRhythmIceTunesCreative ProcessCreamBe CreativeIce CreamFooledSodaPoodlesInspire CreativityPoodle DogsTinkeringCream Soda Author:Duke Ellington
“Once you get to the Enlightenment, the way that powers get to be hyperpowers isn't just by conquest. It's through commerce and innovation. Societies like the Dutch Republic and the United States used tolerance to become a magnet for enterprising immigrants.” WayStatesUsedUnitedUnited StatesEnlightenmentInnovationToleranceImmigrantsRepublicCommerceConquestDutchMagnetEnterprising Author:Amy Chua
“Ideas are useless unless used.” IdeasUsedCreativityInnovationUseless Book:Marketing for business growth Source: Marketing for business growth
“I think our society is no longer properly valuing the intangible potential of innovation, even if we have to be a little uncomfortable with the risks associated with it, and a little bit willing to fail, pick ourselves up and dust ourselves off and try again. We don’t seem to want to do that as much as we used too.” IfsThinkingWantTryingLittlesSeemsUsedBitsFailingRiskWillingLittle BitPicksInnovationDustUncomfortableOur SocietyTry AgainIntangible Author:Dean Kamen