Robert Noyce

Invention American 1927 – 1990 357 quotes

An American physicist and entrepreneur who co-founded Fairchild Semiconductor and Intel Corporation, and is credited with the invention of the integrated circuit.

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"Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like."

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"The biggest risk is not taking any risk. In a world that's changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks."

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"Optimism is an essential ingredient for innovation. How else can the individual welcome change over security, adventure over staying in safe places?"

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All quotes by Robert Noyce (357)

We are all here to contribute our unique piece to the puzzle of life.

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The integrated circuit will bring the cost of electronic functions to a negligible level.

Fairchild Semiconductor Internal Memo 1959

The world is full of opportunities, you just have to be willing to see them.

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It's not about having the right answers, it's about asking the right questions.

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The only constant in life is change.

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The human spirit is indomitable.

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We are limited not by our abilities, but by our vision.

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The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.

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The beauty of life is in its imperfections.

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Truth is not always beautiful, nor beautiful words the truth.

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The mind is everything. What you think you become.

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Every moment is a fresh beginning.

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Life is a journey, not a destination.

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The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.

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To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

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The unexamined life is not worth living.

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What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.

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The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.

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The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter.

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The quieter you become, the more you can hear.

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