“The common question that gets asked in business is, 'why?' That's a good question, but an equally valid question is, 'wh...”

“You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll wan...”

“Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something.”

“Removing the faults in a stage-coach may produce a perfect stage-coach but it is unlikely to produce the first motor ca...”

“The prediction I can make with the highest confidence is that the most amazing discoveries will be the ones we are not t...”

“Doing what has never been done before is intellectually seductive, whether or not we deem it practical.”

“We must beware of needless innovations especially when guided by logic.”

“There's a silly notion that failure's not an option at NASA. Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you a...”

“The progressive development of man is vitally dependent on invention. It is the most important product of his creative b...”

“That without experimentation, a willingness to ask questions and try new things, we shall surely become static, repetiti...”

“As the births of living creatures at first are ill-shapen so are all innovations which are the births of time.”

“You never change things by fighting the existing reality.To change something, build a new model that makes the existing...”