Samuel Johnson Inventors are people who go around with their antennas up. They see problems and we don't. The man with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds. Mark Twain One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea. Any general system of conveying passengers at a velocity exceeding 10 miles an hour or thereabouts is extremely improbable.
Space travel is utter bilge.
Before you build a better mousetrap, it helps to know if there are any mice out there. Mortimer Zuckerman Take a lesson from the mosquito. Kirk Kirkpatrick Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen. To fight this, keep your dissatisfaction index high and break with tradition.