Quotes by Patents The US patent system adds the fuel of interest to the fire of genius in the discovery and production of new and useful things Abraham Lincoln patents fire discovery When hot dogs like Mr. D'Amato or the Republican apologist Roger Ailes say that Whitewater is worse than Watergate, it's because they're suffering from a disease. It's called bull-imia, and it's the regurgitation of patent hyperbole. Anna Quindlen patents suffering dog Patents? Disappointed? Don't think of it that way. Software patents weren't feasible then so we chose not to risk $10,000. Bob Frankston patents risk thinking Patent leather wedges-they were big when I went to prom! Candace Bushnell prom patents bigs Talent and worth are the only eternal grounds of distinction. To these the Almighty has affixed His everlasting patent of nobility. Knowledge and goodness,--these make degrees in heaven, and they must be the graduating scale of a true democracy. Catharine Sedgwick patents democracy heaven Food is the very heart of freedom. How can people be free if they can't feed themselves without getting sued for patent violations? Daniel Suarez patents heart people From 'the lesson of the moth': and before i could argue him out of his philosophy he went and immolated himself on a patent cigar lighter i do not agree with him myself i would rather have half the happiness and twice the longevity but at the same time i wish there was something i wanted as badly as he wanted to fry himself Don Marquis patents wish philosophy I have a hunch that the unknown sequences of DNA will decode into copyright notices and patent protections. Donald Knuth patents dna science I decry the current tendency to seek patents on algorithms. There are better ways to earn a living than to prevent other people from making use of one's contributions to computer science. Donald Knuth patents use people I was a fashion addict by the time I was 11 years old. I'd wear a miniskirt and patent-leather boots. Donatella Versace patents fashion years If we could learn how to utilize all the intelligence and patent good will children are born with, instead of ignoring much of it - why - there might be enough to go around! There might be enough to solve our alarming human problems, to put an end to poverty, to stop waging wars. Dorothy Canfield Fisher patents war children As the commercial confrontation between [free software] and software-that's-a-product becomes more fierce, patent law's going to be the terrain on which a big piece of the war's going to be fought. Waterloo is here somewhere. Eben Moglen patents law war We took nothing from anybody. We gave a great deal to the world. The only thing keeping us alive is our brilliance. The only thing that keeps our brilliance alive is our patents. Edwin Land patents alive world Sin, every day, takes out a patent for some new invention. Edwin Percy Whipple new-inventions patents sin You should be innovating so fast that you're invalidating your prior patents. Elon Musk patents should Hope is a strange invention - A Patent of the Heart - In unremitting action Yet never wearing out Emily Dickinson patents hope heart Is Bliss then, such Abyss, I must not put my foot amiss For fear I spoil my shoe? I'd rather suit my foot Than save my Boot -- For yet to buy another Pair is possible, At any store -- But Bliss, is sold just once. The Patent lost None buy it any more -- Emily Dickinson patents shoes feet Except in very narrow cases, where there's breakthrough science that needs patent production, worrying about competitors is a waste of time. If you can't out iterate someone who is trying to copy you, you're toast anyway. Eric Ries patents worry trying Folks with their wits about them knew that advertisements were just a pack of lies - you had only to look at the claims of patent medicines! Frances Parkinson Keyes patents medicine lying If we did not have a patent system, it would be irresponsible, on the basis of our present knowledge of its economic consequences, to recommend instituting one. But since we have had a patent system for a long time, it would be irresponsible, on the basis of our present knowledge, to recommend abolishing it. Fritz Machlup patents would-be long 1234»
