Vannevar Bush

Electrical Engineering American 1890 – 1974 310 quotes

Proposed the Memex, a conceptual device that anticipated hypertext and the World Wide Web.

Quotes by Vannevar Bush

Government must support basic research without strings.

Science: The Endless Frontier 1945

The Memex will revolutionize how we store knowledge.

As We May Think 1945

Humor is the lubricant of life.

Pieces of the Action 1951

True leadership inspires innovation.

Speech 1940

The atom bomb changed everything but our thinking.

Interview 1946

Persistence is the key to invention.

Book 1928

Science flourishes in freedom.

Science: The Endless Frontier 1945

The human brain is a wonderful processor, but it needs tools.

As We May Think 1945

Retirement is just a new beginning.

Personal Reflection 1955

Collaboration accelerates progress.

Letter 1941

Wisdom comes from experience, not age.

Pieces of the Action 1949

The future of computing is associative indexing.

As We May Think 1945

Peace requires scientific vigilance.

Modern Arms and Free Men 1948

Imagination is more important than knowledge in invention.

Speech 1930

Life's greatest adventure is the pursuit of knowledge.

Pieces of the Action 1951

Engineers build the future.

Book 1932

Doubt is the beginning of wisdom.

Interview 1945

The trail of the human race is marked by dead ends.

As We May Think 1945

Success in science demands integrity.

Science: The Endless Frontier 1945

Technology without ethics is a disaster.

Modern Arms and Free Men 1948