Postwar U.S. was the world's leader in science and technology. The investment in science research was staggering.

The approach required more persistence than imagination, but it produced remarkable results.

It is tempting to write the history of technology through products: the wheel; the microscope; the airplane; the Internet. But it is more illuminating to write the history of technology through transitions: linear motion to circular motion; visual space to subvisual space; motion on land to motion on air; physical connectivity to virtual connectivity.

All of the books in the world contain no more information than is broadcast as video in a single large American city in a single year. Not all bits have equal value.

I find out what the world needs, then I proceed to invent. My main purpose in life is to make money so that I can afford to go on creating more inventions.

Someday man will harness the rise and fall of the tides, imprison the power of the sun, and release atomic power.