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)
Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.
The best way to predict the future is to invent it.
Curiosity is the engine of achievement.
In Silicon Valley, we don't fear failure; we embrace it.
Life is too short to work on boring problems.
The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.
Progress is impossible without change.
Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.
Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement.
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
Engineering is the closest thing to magic that we have.
Don't be afraid to take a big swing if you're giving yourself all the preparation you can.
The world is changed by your example, not your opinion.
Invention requires a leap of faith.
Teamwork is the secret that makes common people achieve uncommon results.
Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.
Creativity is intelligence having fun.
What we think, we become.
The only impossible journey is the one you never begin.
Contemporaries of Robert Noyce
Other Inventions born within 50 years of Robert Noyce (1927–1990).