“Shall an invention be patented or donated to the public freely? I have known some well-meaning scientific men ... to look askance at the patenting of inventions, as if it were a rather selfish and ungracious act, essentially unworthy. The answer is very simple. Publish an invention freely, and it will almost surely die from lack of interest in its development. It will not be developed and the world will not be benefited. Patent it, and if valuable, it will be taken up and developed into a business.” IfsMenWorldWellsLooksScienceDiesInterestSimpleAnswersKnownTakenDevelopmentValuableSelfishInventionPublishUnworthyPatents Author:Elihu Thomson
“IBM has taken our valuable trade secrets and given them away to Linux.” GivenSecretTakenTradeValuableLinuxIbm Author:Darl McBride
“Rejoice in the works of your hands, be happy and thankful that you are valuable, that what you say and do insn't taken for a ride, that you have rejected the notion of self-doubt and fear, that God isn't blind towards propagating your positive influence, and finally that you'll leave a meritorious legacy.” SelfHandsTakenDoubtInfluenceBlindNotionValuableLegacyRejoiceRejectedSelf-doubtDoubt And FearPositive Influence Author:Michael Bassey
“The nowadays ruling that no word is unprintable has, I think, done nothing whatever for beautiful letters. ... Obscenity is too valuable a commodity to chuck around all over the place; it should be taken out of the safe on special occasions only.” ThinkingShouldDoneBeautifulTakenSpecialSafeLettersValuableOccasionsCommodityRulingChuckObscenitySpecial Occasion Author:Dorothy Parker
“Jail sentences have many functions, but one is surely to send a message about what our society abhors and what it values. This week, the equation was twofold: female infidelity twice as bad as male abuse, the life of a woman half as valuable as that of a man. The killing of the woman taken in adultery has a long history and survives today in many cultures. One of those is our own.” MenLongTodayLawValuesCultureHalfTakenWeekMessagesFemaleAbuseFunctionMalesKillingInjusticeValuableSentencesOur SocietyJailMisogynyInfidelityEquationsAdultery Author:Anna Quindlen
“If you're going to invest a valuable asset (like time), go ahead and make it productive. Use a postit or two, or some index cards or a highlighter. Not to write down stuff so you can forget it later, but to create marching orders. It's simple: if three weeks go by and you haven't taken action on what you've written down, you wasted your time.” IfsWritingTwoUseActionOrderThreeStuffSimpleForgetBusinessTakenWrittenWeekHavensValuableCardsProductiveAssetsForget It Author:Seth Godin
“Satan's aim is to destroy our joy and trust and delight in God, and to make God look worthless in the world's eyes. Everytime someone forsakes God for the world, gets angry at God when part of the world is taken away from them, they highlight the world as valuable... and everytime someone stays with God, when the world is taken away, and praises God, they highlight the value and glory of God.” WorldLooksEyeJoyValuesFaithReligiousTakenGloryPraiseAimAngryDelightValuableSatanFaith In GodWorthlessGlory Of GodHighlightsForsakePraise God Author:John Piper
“For someone to be taken seriously it was valuable to have the appearance of someone who deserved to be taken seriously.” TakenAppearanceValuable Author:Frederik Pohl