Guglielmo Marconi

Engineering Italian 1874 – 1937 404 quotes

Pioneer of long-distance radio transmission

Quotes by Guglielmo Marconi

I have faced many challenges, but I have never given up.

Speech 1913

The wireless will make the world a smaller place.

Speech 1900

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.

Speech 1932

The wireless is a testament to the power of human endeavor.

Speech 1901

My greatest satisfaction comes from seeing my inventions benefit humanity.

Interview 1925

The wireless will create a global community.

Speech 1900

Believe you can and you're halfway there.

Speech 1935

The wireless is a tool for education and enlightenment.

Speech 1901

I have always strived for perfection in my work.

Speech 1917

The wireless will usher in a new era of human progress.

Speech 1900

The wireless telegraphy is the one great hope of the world.

Speech 1909

I am an engineer, not a scientist.

Interview 1905

The more I work with the radio, the more I am convinced that man is only a speck of dust on a minute speck of dust lost in the unimaginable immensity of the universe.

Personal reflection 1937

Like buried treasures, the outposts of the universe have beckoned to the adventurous from immemorial times.

Speech 1912

The coming of the wireless era will go down as the mightiest advance of civilization.

Letter 1901

In some cases, the measured radio direction will be considerably out by several degrees.

Professional paper 1909

I have always been convinced that the real work in science is done by the man who is not afraid to make mistakes.

Interview 1920

The day science begins to study non-physical phenomena, it will make more progress in one decade than in all the previous centuries of its existence.

Speech 1934

Wireless is not a toy, but a serious business.

Letter 1899

Humanity is at the very beginning of its scientific career.

Personal reflection 1937