"It's very hard for individual inventors to get paid. For the same reason that private equity is valuable - broadly, that's a good thing - in the case of patents, many that own them aren't in a good position to take the next step."

-- Nathan Myhrvold

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“What is our task? To make Britain a fit country for heroes to live in.”

Source : Speech at Wolverhampton, 23 Nov. 1918, in The Times 25 Nov. 1918
“With a feature film you're dealing with so much more money and you've got to be very aware of the fact that you're really working with an audience. You've got to have a relationship with the audience. Play with them and show them things you want them to see.”
“Recognizing and respecting differences in others, and treating everyone like you want them to treat you, will help make our world a better place for everyone. Care... be your best. You don't have to be handicapped to be different. Everyone is different!”
“I definitely believe in ghosts.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“If our greatest need had been information, God would have sent an educator. If our greatest need had been technology, God would have sent us a scientist. If our greatest need had been money, God would have sent us an economist. But since our greatest need was forgiveness, God sent us a Saviour.”
“It's rather naive, apart from being ethically objectionable, to assume that our investigators travel around the country with bags of money trying to bribe witnesses to lie on the witness stand. We just don't operate that way.”
“I envision a future where there'll be 300 million reporters, where anyone from anywhere can report for any reason. It's freedom of participation absolutely realized.”

Source : Speech to the National Press Club on Media and the Internet, delivered 2 June 1998
“I resent my barber when he charges the full cost after he cuts my hair, but he says he's charging me for finding it.”

Source : FaceBook post by Tim Conway from Mar 11, 2016

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