Paul MacCready Professions : Engineer Born : September 25, 1925 Died : August 28, 2007 Browse All Authors Top 10 quotes by Paul MacCready Suddenly, we humans - a recently arrived species, no longer subject to the checks and balances inherent in nature - have grown in population, technology and intelligence to a position of terrible power. Paul MacCready technology motivation inspiration The only big ideas I've ever had came from daydreaming, but modern life keeps people from daydreaming. Every moment of the day your mind is being occupied, controlled by someone else - at school, at work, watching television. Getting away from all that is really important. You need to just kick back in a chair and let your mind daydream. Paul MacCready people ideas school The problem is we don't understand the problem. Paul MacCready problem Anyone who's not interested in model airplanes must have a screw loose somewhere. Paul MacCready aviation flight airplane The only dumb question is the question you don't ask. Paul MacCready dumb teaching education We're short on wisdom; we're high on technology. Where's it going to lead? Paul MacCready technology Your grandchildren will likely find it incredible - or even sinful - that you burned up a gallon of gasoline to fetch a pack of cigarettes! Paul MacCready environmental grandchildren society We humans are basically content with a two-dimensional world, which is what we-ve always occupied. We travel mostly on the ground, have traffic jams, parking problems , and we-d do a lot better to look up a little bit because there is that great aerial highway that-s always ready to go, you Don't have to pave it and the benefits are very great. Paul MacCready jam two looks I'm more interested in a world that works than what sells. Paul MacCready sells world The surviving intelligent life form on Earth is not going to be carbon-based; it's going to be silicon-based. Paul MacCready technology intelligent earth Similar Authors Alan Mulally engineer Bruce White engineer Augustin-Jean Fresnel engineer Arthur Rudolph engineer Aron Ralston engineer Anousheh Ansari engineer All Authors
