#ovation

Scientific innovations continually provide us with new means of analyzing the finds. ↗

— Richard Leakey

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China's history is marked by thousands of years of world-changing innovations: from the compass and gunpowder to acupuncture and the printing press. No one should be surprised that China has re-emerged as an economic superpower. ↗

— Gary Locke

#china #compass #economic #gunpowder #history

Education in the light of present-day knowledge and need calls for some spirited and creative innovations both in the substance and the purpose of current pedagogy. ↗

— Anne Sullivan Macy

#calls #creative #current #education #innovations

In order for America to remain a global leader in innovation and opportunity, we must give our children a solid foundation in math and science. ↗

— Kenny Marchant

#children #foundation #give #global #innovation

Most of them are doomed to rapid extinction, but a few may make evolutionary inventions, such as physiological, ecological, or behavioral innovations that give these species improved competitive potential. ↗

— Ernst Mayr

#competitive #doomed #ecological #evolutionary #extinction

What a feeble thing intelligence is, with its short steps, its waverings, its pacings back and forth, its disastrous retreats! Intelligence is a mere instrument of circumstances. There are people who say that intelligence must have built the universe - why, intelligence never built a steam-engine! Circumstances built a steam-engine. Intelligence is little more than a short foot-rule by which we measure the infinite achievements of Circumstances. ↗

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

#innovation #intelligence #beauty

Dominant companies have a special responsibility to ensure that the way they do business doesn't prevent competition... and does not harm consumers and innovation. ↗

— Mario Monti

#companies #competition #consumers #does #dominant

So many cartoonists draw the same year after year. When they find a style, they stick with it. They don't mess with innovation, and they become boring. ↗

— Pat Oliphant

#become #boring #cartoonists #draw #find

The years after 50 can be a time of great productivity, meaningful work, pleasure, creativity, and innovation. It's a huge opportunity. ↗

— Jane Pauley

#creativity #great #huge #huge opportunity #innovation

An important scientific innovation rarely makes its way by gradually winning over and converting its opponents: What does happen is that the opponents gradually die out. ↗

— Max Planck

#die #does #gradually #happen #important