Philippe Kahn Professions : Innovator Born : March 16, 1952 Browse All Authors Top 21 quotes by Philippe Kahn Camera-phones are like nuclear power plants: bad people will turn them into evil, good people will put them to good use. Philippe Kahn phones evil people The power of Open Source is the power of the people. The people rule. Philippe Kahn open-source source people The key word is flexibility, the ability to adapt constantly. Darwin said it clearly. People thought that he mainly talked about survival of the fittest. What he said was that the species that survive are usually not the smartest or the strongest, but the ones most responsive to change. So being attentive to customers and potential partners is my best advice--after, of course, perseverance and patience. Philippe Kahn perseverance keys people We focus on building innovation and inventing technology futures and we figure that it will take care of the rest. So far, it's done wonders. Philippe Kahn innovation technology focus I figured that I wasn't as smart or talented as the other kids around, so I just had to work twice as hard. Surprisingly, results showed quickly. I was hooked! Philippe Kahn smart results kids Radically simplify the user interface, reinvent it, enough face lifts! You can put as much lipstick on a chicken as you want, it's never going to look good! Philippe Kahn faces want looks Too many are focused on rewriting the past, invent the future! Philippe Kahn rewriting focused past Trying to solve the worlds problems by making things 5% more efficient is like trying to play the violin with gardening gloves. Not much good will come out of it. We must invent new ways! Philippe Kahn gardening play trying Just like a picture is worth 1000 words, a camera phone is worth 1000 cell phones! Philippe Kahn cameras phones cells I am surprised at all the people in the high-tech industry focused on "making money"... If that's all they want to do, they should have a $100 printing press in their basements and they will truly "make money." Instead, if we focus all that energy on innovation, we'll change the world for the best. Philippe Kahn focus should-have people Every day I practise my flute. I've been doing it for decades and every day I find something new that inspires me for all the rest that I do in my days. Philippe Kahn flutes something-new inspire If people would turn their TVs off for half the time, study science and practice an instrument, they'd be virtuosos and have Ph.Ds! Philippe Kahn half practice people Invention is the root of innovation. Innovation is the major force for change in the future. Philippe Kahn invention innovation roots We are less than a decade away from the medical lab the size of a sugar cube. Philippe Kahn cubes labs sugar There is no greater goal than to truly improve Mr and Ms Everyone's health, as an innovator that is where I want to spend my energy. Philippe Kahn energy goal want Camera-Phones are at the root of the Citizen-Journalism revolution. Philippe Kahn cameras phones roots I build things that I think are exciting from a technology standpoint and will help make life easier, simpler and better for people. Philippe Kahn technology people thinking Accelerometrics is a cool new discipline. Newton and Galileo would love it. Philippe Kahn newton discipline Great fit and synergism for both companies and excellent outcome for employees, customers and shareholders. Philippe Kahn fit excellent outcomes The biggest enemy is doubt. If you don’t believe in what you are doing, you aren’t going to make it. Philippe Kahn doubt believe enemy Similar Authors Henry Maudslay innovator Gertrude B. Elion innovator Martin Cooper innovator King C. Gillette innovator William De Morgan innovator All Authors
