“Gold and silver are no doubt subject to fluctuations, from the discovery of new and more abundant mines; but such discoveries are rare, and their effects, though powerful, are limited to periods of comparatively short duration.” PowerfulDoubtSubjectsEffectsMinesPeriodsDiscoveryGoldNo DoubtSilverDurationFluctuationGold And Silver Book:The Works of David Ricardo ... Source: The Works of David Ricardo ...
“Although people who had achieved a great deal in science and technology talked of the inscrutability of creativity, I was not convinced and disbelieved them immediately and without argument. Why should everything but creativity be open to scrutiny? What kind of process can this be which unlike all others is not subject to control?…What can be more alluring than the discovery of the nature of talented thought and converting this thinking from occasional and fleeting flashes into a powerful and controllable fire of knowledge.” PeopleThinkingShouldKindProcessDealsPowerfulCreativityTechnologyFireSubjectsDiscoveryArgumentConvincedFlashFleetingOccasionalScrutinyScience And TechnologyConvertingAlluring Author:Genrich Altshuller
“The people who do make big discoveries are the ones who somehow manage to free themselves from conventional ways of thinking and to see the subject from a new perspective.” PeopleThinkingWayBigsSubjectsPerspectiveDiscoveryManageConventionalWay Of ThinkingNew PerspectiveConventional Ways Author:Anthony James Leggett
“But the creative person is subject to a different, higher law than mere national law. Whoever has to create a work, whoever has tobring about a discovery or deed which will further the cause of all of humanity, no longer has his home in his native land but rather in his work.” PersonsDifferentHomeLawHumanityCausesCreativityCreativeLandSubjectsHigherDiscoveryMereDeedsNativeCreative PersonNative LandHigher Law Author:Stefan Zweig