Robert Noyce
An American physicist and entrepreneur who co-founded Fairchild Semiconductor and Intel Corporation, and is credited with the invention of the integrated circuit.
Most quoted
"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.
The integrated circuit will bring the cost of electronic functions to a negligible level.
The world is full of opportunities, you just have to be willing to see them.
It's not about having the right answers, it's about asking the right questions.
The only constant in life is change.
The human spirit is indomitable.
We are limited not by our abilities, but by our vision.
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.
The beauty of life is in its imperfections.
Truth is not always beautiful, nor beautiful words the truth.
The mind is everything. What you think you become.
Every moment is a fresh beginning.
Life is a journey, not a destination.
The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
The unexamined life is not worth living.
What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.
The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.
The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter.
The quieter you become, the more you can hear.
Contemporaries of Robert Noyce
Other Inventions born within 50 years of Robert Noyce (1927–1990).