Guglielmo Marconi

It is dangerous to put limits on wireless.

All my life I have secretly loved the sea, and now my work has brought me into the closest contact with it.

In the new era, thought itself will be transmitted by radio.

The speed of wireless messages is the same as that of light, 186,000 miles per second.

I do not think I am exaggerating when I say that the development of wireless telegraphy means the annihilation of distance.

The apparatus which I have the honour to demonstrate to you today is but a crude forerunner of the great developments which are destined to follow.

The day will come when the man at the telephone will be able to see the distant person to whom he is speaking.

Science is incapable of supplying a final answer to the great mystery of life and the universe.

I am proud to be the son of a country which gave birth to Leonardo, Volta, and Galvani.

The wireless telegraph is not a mere invention; it is a new art.

I never doubted the ultimate success of my experiments.

The first necessity for wireless telegraphy is a high and efficient antenna.

The greatest thrill of my life was when I received the letter 'S' transmitted across the Atlantic.

We are on the threshold of a new era. The era of wireless.

The application of wireless is boundless; it may be used for communication between individuals, ships, and continents.

My chief trouble was that the idea was so elementary, so simple in logic, that it seemed difficult to believe no one else had thought of putting it into practice.

I am an Italian and I want my invention to benefit my country first.

The development of wireless telegraphy has been a continuous struggle against the established order of things.

Distance no longer means anything. We have abolished space.

The future of wireless lies in the direction of short waves.