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)
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
It always seems impossible until it's done.
The best revenge is massive success.
Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.
Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life.
Stay hungry, stay foolish.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
The future depends on what you do today.
If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.
Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.
The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it.
It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up.
In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.
Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs.
Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.
I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
Don't be afraid to take on big challenges. The bigger the challenge, the bigger the opportunity.
Contemporaries of Robert Noyce
Other Inventions born within 50 years of Robert Noyce (1927–1990).