Henry Petroski Quotes

We begin to change the world when we stimulate long-term prosperity using technology. There is not a problem that's large enough that innovation and entrepreneurship can't solve.

You know that clicker? It's going to change the world more than any other thing.

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful citizens can change the world. Indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.

... science is the most revolutionary force in the world.

The most important thing is to make the technology inclusive - make the world change. Next, pay attention to those people who are 30 years old, because those are the internet generation. They will change the world; they are the builders of the world.

Engineers and entrepreneurs are fundamentally dissatisfied with the way the world is and want to make it better. There are so many things you could do with technology if you can match it up with real problems.

Necessity first mothered invention. Now invention has little ones of her own, and they look just like grandma.

The speed of change makes you wonder what will become of architecture.

When I was in college, I wanted to be involved in things that would change the world.

You may not realize this, but people have the power to change the world.

Someone had to change the world. And obviously I was the one for the job.

You really can change the world if you care enough.

I'd like to be an inventor, as they look at the world in a different way and find solutions for making it better.

What's unique about Washington is that no one's from here. Almost everybody came here to change the world, to make a difference.

At O'Reilly, the way we think about our business is that we're not a publisher; we're not a conference producer; we're a company that helps change the world by spreading the knowledge of innovators.

We should have more invention.

Entrepreneurship is about tackling big problems - often non-obvious problems - that will have a meaningful impact on the world, and this usually involves solving these problems in counterintuitive ways.

Don't ever forget that a small group of thoughtful people can change the world, it's the only thing that ever has.

I'm trying to change the world.

I'm interested in things that change the world or that affect the future and wondrous, new technology where you see it, and you're like, 'Wow, how did that even happen? How is that possible?'

Technology... is a queer thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back with the other.

An innovation is one of those things that society looks at and says, if we make this part of the way we live and work, it will change the way we live and work.

Science - or the products of science like technology - is just a way of achieving something real, something that happens, something that works.

The one thing I witnessed over and over were these pretty young people who would throw themselves into a cause larger than themselves and believe they could change the world.

What did you do to change the world today?