Quotes about Silicon

Silicon Valley is a mindset, not a location. Votes: 4

I'm a Silicon Valley guy. I just think people from Silicon Valley can do anything. Votes: 4

China should be another United States from an economic standpoint. Beijing should be another Silicon Valley. Votes: 4

I was in Bangalore, India, the Silicon Valley of India, when I realized that the world was flat. Votes: 4

What created Silicon Valley was a culture of openness, and there is no future to Silicon Valley without it. Votes: 4

If the Ivy League was the breeding ground for the elites of the American Century, Stanford is the farm system for Silicon Valley. Votes: 4

Who do you think made the first stone spears? The Asperger guy. If you were to get rid of all the autism genetics, there would be no more Silicon Valley. Votes: 4

An open-minded and diverse population that readily shares information, encourages experimentation, accepts failure and dispenses with formality and hierarchy is what makes Silicon Valley the successful hub that it is. Votes: 4

Qualified software engineers, managers, marketers and salespeople in Silicon Valley can rack up dozens of high-paying, high-upside job offers any time they want, while national unemployment and underemployment is sky high. Votes: 4

The tech industry - and, more specifically, Silicon Valley - continues to stumble forward in earnest about how few women are represented in its top ranks of management and on its boards. Votes: 4

I think like a Silicon Valley entrepreneur. Failure is a great teacher. At the same time, you must remember, success will never last... Whether it's tech or fashion, it must be for the customer. Votes: 4

My friends are people who like building cool stuff. We always have this joke about people who want to just start companies without making something valuable. There's a lot of that in Silicon Valley. Votes: 4

It had not yet been named Silicon Valley, but you had the defense industry, you had Hewlett-Packard. But you also had the counter-culture, the Bay Area. That entire brew came together in Steve Jobs. Votes: 4

The natives of Silicon Valley learned long ago that when you share your knowledge with someone else, one plus one usually equals three. You both learn each other's ideas, and you come up with new ones. Votes: 4

Free is really, you know, the gift of Silicon Valley to the world. It's an economic force, it's a technical force. It's a deflationary force, if not handled right. It is abundance, as opposed to scarcity. Votes: 4

Silicon Valley has evolved a critical mass of engineers and venture capitalists and all the support structure - the law firms, the real estate, all that - that are all actually geared toward being accepting of startups. Votes: 4

We who work in technology have nurtured an especially rare gift: the opportunity to effect change at an unprecedented scale and rate. Technology, community, and capitalism combine to make Silicon Valley the potential epicenter of vast positive change. Votes: 4

I think the high-tech industry is used to developing new things very quickly. It's the Silicon Valley way of doing business: You either move very quickly and you work hard to improve your product technology, or you get destroyed by some other company. Votes: 4

The director of the FBI has been visiting Silicon Valley companies asking them to build back doors so that it can spy on what is being said online. The Department of Commerce is going after piracy. At home, the American government wants anything but Internet freedom. Votes: 4

My sense is that we're ready for another industrial revolution in this country. The great minds and innovators of Silicon Valley would come through China and say, The pipeline is full of ideas - there's personalized medicine, biotechnology, new forms to power ourselves, clean energy, etc., etc. Votes: 4

I didn't know anything about Silicon Valley. Votes: 3

There is no fear in Silicon Valley right now, Votes: 3

Half of Silicon Valley's got a little bit of autism. Votes: 3

We don't celebrate failure in Silicon Valley. We celebrate learning Votes: 3

For Silicon Valley and its idols, innovation is the new selfishness. Votes: 3

China is to stock fraud as Silicon Valley is to technology. Votes: 3

Silicon Valley is way more correlated with Nasdaq than anyone admits. Votes: 3

In Delicious's case, it's a great brand that belongs in Silicon Valley. Votes: 3

Silicon Valley wouldn't exist without massive government spending and in fact initiative. Votes: 3

Something new will always be the source of growth in Silicon Valley. Votes: 3

At the core of Silicon Valley is a passion for 'yes.' Votes: 3

Look at what Silicon Valley has done - the advance of computers. Votes: 3

The next Google or Facebook will come from somewhere other than Silicon Valley. Votes: 3

Running a real business is exacting, daunting, repetitive work. Even in Silicon Valley. Votes: 3

Even Silicon Valley investors have put well over a $1 billion in new energy technologies. Votes: 3

...Silicon Valley's success comes from the way its companies build alliances with their employees. Votes: 3

The most successful company in Silicon Valley is Apple, and they're the most secretive. Votes: 3

In Silicon Valley, when you're a private company, the entrepreneur can do no wrong. Votes: 3

The education needs in Silicon Valley versus rural Iowa versus Tennessee are very different. Votes: 3

Silicon Valley' has come to mean the Bay Area, not just down the Peninsula. Votes: 3

The real secret of Silicon Valley is that it's really all about the people Votes: 3

The stuff coming out of Silicon Valley is dorky. Like, it's not very sexy. Votes: 3

Silicon Valley has some of the smartest engineers and technology business people in the world. Votes: 3

I hope to someday live in a world where there are lots more Silicon Valleys. Votes: 3

If you want to build a great company, get the hell out of Silicon Valley. Votes: 3

Silicon Valley is the best place to start a tech company in so many ways. Votes: 3

Silicon-based life may be impossible for one other reason: silicon bonds readily dissolve in water. Votes: 3

The days when you needed amazing Silicon Graphics machines to run animation software are gone now. Votes: 3

There's no single right place to be an entrepreneur, but certainly there's something about Silicon Valley. Votes: 3

If we hadn't put a man on the moon, there wouldn't be a Silicon Valley today. Votes: 3

If we hadn't put a man on the moon, there wouldn't be a Silicon Valley today Votes: 3

I would say probably Pirates of Silicon Valley just because I'm proud of the work, playing Gates. Votes: 3

Everyone knows that Silicon Valley is chock full of fabulous people who do good while doing well. Votes: 3

Car technology needs to advance, and the best place for that to happen in is Silicon Valley. Votes: 3

No place in the US better exemplifies the ethos to engineer new digital technologies than Silicon Valley Votes: 3

The rest of the world views the USA the way Silicon Valley views Microsoft. Except with tanks. Votes: 3

Everyone knows that Silicon Valley is chock full of fabulous people who 'do good while doing well.' Votes: 3

Silicon Bayou - aka Lafayette, LA - is the best kept secret reservoir of innovation mojo in America Votes: 3

For all the billions of dollars created here, Silicon Valley is remarkably stingy when it comes to giving. Votes: 3

My first company produced 'Silicon Alley Reporter' magazine, where I held the dual titles of CEO and Editor. Votes: 3

I don't think you can look at my history and say they love me to death in Silicon Valley. Votes: 3

We talk to our partners in Silicon Valley every week, so we have a real sense of what goes on. Votes: 3

Mozilla has one foot in the Valley, Silicon Valley product technology, and partly one foot in the social enterprise space. Votes: 3

Seed investing is the status symbol of Silicon Valley. Most people don't want Ferraris, they want a winning seed investment. Votes: 3

If I had to pick three of my favorite magazines, they would be 'Fast Company', 'Silicon India', and 'Smithsonian.' Votes: 3

Silicon Valley is 130 miles from Sacramento, but it might as well be a million miles away given how it operates. Votes: 3

Israel is the second Silicon Valley, and it is therefore the only other place we have chosen to expand our activities. Votes: 3

The romance of Silicon Valley was about money - excuse me, about changing the world, one million dollars at a time. Votes: 3

My relationship with Silicon Valley and the tech community historically has been really good. Many of these folks are my friends. Votes: 3

A remarkable thing about the Silicon Valley culture is that its status structure is so based on technical accomplishment and prowess. Votes: 3

I got lucky because my dad moved us to Silicon Valley before it really was known worldwide as an important tech hub. Votes: 3

The real force of Silicon Valley is the mentality, the spirit. There's no reason at all that can't be replicated in Paris. Votes: 3

Jean-Paul Sartre, the existentialist philosopher who celebrated the anguish of decision as a hallmark of responsibility, has no place in Silicon Valley. Votes: 3

The more angels we have in Silicon Valley, the better. We are funding innovation. We are funding the next Facebook, Google, and Twitter. Votes: 3

There aren't many sources of money in San Diego, apart from local partnerships and local investors. It's pretty starkly polarized to Silicon Valley. Votes: 3

Finnish companies tend to be very traditional, not taking many risks. Silicon Valley is completely different: people here really live on the edge. Votes: 3

I've probably failed more often than anybody else in Silicon Valley. Those don't matter. I don't remember the failures. You remember the big successes. Votes: 3

In the Internet world, especially in Silicon Valley, everyone is at the ready all the time, and turnaround is relatively short, if not instant. Votes: 3

I had better cellular coverage on a ship in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea than I have in many parts of Silicon Valley. Votes: 3

You want failures to be small and informational. Silicon Valley does very well. It knows how to use failure as a tool for improvement. Votes: 3

The entire world is now a rival to Silicon Valley. No country, state, region, nor city has a lock on innovation in technology anymore. Votes: 3

Labor-rich manufacturing doesn't exist anymore. Manufacturing jobs are white-collar, Silicon Valley programmers or highly-skilled technicians. They are not going to employ lots of people. Votes: 3

The culture around here is much less cutthroat than it is in, say, Silicon Valley, or even within the non-profit culture in D.C.. Votes: 3

The goal shouldn't be to be the next Silicon Valley (there'll always only be one of those) - it's to be your own startup community. Votes: 3

Silicon Valley benefits, as all of industry, from highly protectionist policy - patent policies and things like that - which come out of the government. Votes: 3

The global triumph of American technology has been predicated on the implicit separation between the business interests of Silicon Valley and the political interests of Washington. Votes: 3

There are lots of people in the Silicon Valley who are interested in working at a fast-moving, dynamic company like Google. Not just my family members. Votes: 3

Venture capital today is clustered in just a few locations - Silicon Valley, New York, Boston, and D.C. It's far from efficiently distributed and accessible. Votes: 3

First we need to rethink the terms and recognize that we've imported this language from the technocratic class, from Silicon Valley, that talks about openness and transparency. Votes: 3

The Kindle is the most successful electronic book-reading tablet so far, but that's not saying much; Silicon Valley is littered with the corpses of e-book reader projects. Votes: 3

Think of everything in Seattle - Microsoft, Amazon, Starbucks. Then you go down to Silicon Valley - Intel, Apple, Google, Facebook, Twitter. What does New York produce? Votes: 3

Our government is just way too interested in mucking around in Silicon Valley by creating and enforcing rules based on little or no understanding of the consequences. Votes: 3

The roots of Silicon Valley are full of stories of immigrants and minority groups who experienced bigotry and made it anyway. Why should women be any different? Votes: 3

Hollywood is in the perception business where you create layers to create mystery. In Silicon Valley it's about taking away the layers to get to the substance. Votes: 3

I think that's exactly what Silicon Valley was all about in those days. Let's do a startup in our parents' garage and try to create a business Votes: 3

Washington basically works for the corporate sector and Silicon Valley, technically at least, is suppose to sponsor initiative in creativity, whether it does or not is another question. Votes: 3

Introverts listen better, they assess risks more carefully, they can be wiser managers. It's not for nothing that the Silicon Valley billionaires are so often the retiring types. Votes: 3

Over the next 10 years, I expect many more industries to be disrupted by software, with new world-beating Silicon Valley companies doing the disruption in more cases than not Votes: 3

Over the next 10 years, I expect many more industries to be disrupted by software, with new world-beating Silicon Valley companies doing the disruption in more cases than not. Votes: 3

That's what we do when we work in Silicon Valley tech startups: We think about who's going to benefit from this. That's almost the only thing we think about. Votes: 3

You might call me a tech intermediary. I know how to talk to the people in Silicon Valley and then take that information and explain it to everyone else. Votes: 3

I never knew Steve Jobs. I met him once, but I never knew him. But growing up in the Silicon Valley, he was the hero. He was the guy. Votes: 3

You look around the world at geniuses, and they don't appear randomly, they appear in genius clusters. Athens in 50 BC, Florence 1500, Silicon Valley today. This is not a coincidence. Votes: 3

Current ethos in Silicon Valley is that if you build a website that people keep coming back to and is changing the lives of millions, you can eventually make money. Votes: 3

Current ethos in Silicon Valley is that if you build a website that people keep coming back to and is changing the lives of millions, you can eventually make money." Votes: 3

If, as Steven King once wrote, 'Valleys are the dimples on the face of the earth,' then Silicon Valley is undoubtedly the deepest, most sparkling dimple of them all. Votes: 3

One of the nice things about living in Silicon Valley is that I end up at all these conferences and things, and I get to listen in on the zeitgeist. Votes: 3

The realization is dawning that government doesn't work. In Silicon Valley, they already get this. And they are bright enough to be asking what we can do to solve problems. Votes: 3

The future economic success of Silicon Valley will be contingent on whether we have a good quality of life. World-class workers will only want to come to a world-class living environment. Votes: 3

Silicon Valley builds its bridges on abundance. Abundant bits of information floating out there, writing great programs to process it, then giving people a lot of useful tools to use it. Votes: 3

Qualified software engineers, managers, marketers and salespeople in Silicon Valley can rack up dozens of high-paying, high-upside job offers any time they want, while national unemployment and underemployment is sky high Votes: 3

In Silicon Valley, I point out that many of the more successful entrepreneurs seem to be suffering from a mild form of Asperger's where it's like you're missing the imitation, socialization gene. Votes: 3

I think governments will increasingly be tempted to rely on Silicon Valley to solve problems like obesity or climate change because Silicon Valley runs the information infrastructure through which we consume information. Votes: 3

The hardware and the software will come from Silicon Valley. But the watch case, the dial, the design, the idea, the crown, that part of the watch will, of course, be Swiss. Votes: 3

When it's too easy to get money, then you get a lot of noise mixed in with the real innovation and entrepreneurship. Tough times bring out the best parts of Silicon Valley. Votes: 3

So a more sensible thing it seemed to me was to go to Silicon Valley and be pushing on the technology companies to accelerate the use of audio and music in computers. Votes: 3

I've actually found the image of Silicon Valley as a hotbed of money-grubbing tech people to be pretty false, but maybe that's because the people I hang out with are all really engineers. Votes: 3

The zero-sum world [the movie The Social Network] portrayed has nothing in common with the Silicon Valley I know, but I suspect it's a pretty accurate portrayal of the dysfunctional relationships that dominate Hollywood. Votes: 3

The problem isn't that Silicon Valley is keeping women down or not doing enough to encourage female entrepreneurs. The opposite is true. No, the problem is that not enough women want to become entrepreneurs. Votes: 3

Companies like Google and Facebook may offer jobs allowing or requiring imagination and creativity, but the whole of Silicon Valley accounts for only 3 percent of national income and a smaller percentage of national employment. Votes: 3

Of course the Silicon Valley is unique and Berlin is not yet comparable. But of all the different cities that are building a startup infrastructure, Berlin is the one with the most similar energy. Votes: 3

I look forward to doing everything I can in my new role to help bring more and more of the best talent and best ideas from Silicon Valley and across the nation into government. Votes: 3

I have a feeling that life as a billionaire in Silicon Valley is very different than the life that you or I would lead. Unless you're a billionaire; I don't know your financial situation. Votes: 3

Swiss watchmaking and Silicon Valley is a marriage of technological innovation with watchmaking credibility. Our collaboration provides a rich host of synergies, forming a win-win partnership, and the potential for our three companies is enormous, Votes: 3

Google has been amazing at acqui-hiring, buying small companies for the engineers. I think in the competitive market of Silicon Valley, it's really a good way to do it. Big acquisitions often don't work out. Votes: 3

In the future, 'the networked' will sometimes form alliances with the Silicon Valley companies against Congress, but sometimes we are going to want and need to target our campaigns for change at the companies themselves. Votes: 3

Geeks are a critical driver of America's innovation ecosystem, from the entrepreneurs launching startups in Silicon Valley to the scientists experimenting in university research labs to the whiz kids building gadgets in their parents' garages. Votes: 3

The Internet is the great equalizer.The technology which emanated from the Silicon Valley of California has more potential to ameliorate social inequality than any development in the history of the world, including the industrial revolution. Votes: 3

Obviously there are positives to working in the epicenter of innovation. But there are also disadvantages. There is a groupthink mentality that goes on. Being based outside of Silicon Valley, you're not as subject to it. Votes: 3

These big Silicon Valley companies that are popping up are projecting growth skyrocketing in a few years. So they need a space they can grow into. Not so much in New York. Super conservative, super small. Votes: 3

Steve Jobs was an iconic entrepreneur and businessman whose impact on technology was felt beyond Silicon Valley. He will be remembered for the innovation he brought to market and the inspiration he brought to the world. Votes: 3

There was a point in the late '90s where all the graduating M.B.A.'s wanted to start companies in Silicon Valley, and for the most part they were not actually qualified to do it. Votes: 3

There was a point in the late '90s where all the graduating M.B.A.'s wanted to start companies in Silicon Valley, and for the most part they were not actually qualified to do it. Votes: 3

The technology companies don't understand creative things at all. Silicon Valley's view of the creative process in Hollywood is a bunch of guys in their young thirties sitting on a couch, drinking beer, and thinking up jokes. Votes: 3

We work crazy hours in Silicon Valley; my wife says we're all kind of diseased in some way. We're totally obsessive compulsive - when we see an idea, we're like, 'let me in, it's so much fun.' Votes: 3

It's almost a cliche that great Silicon Valley entrepreneurs don't go sit on a beach when they make a lot of money; they get back to work building another company or at least investing in other people's companies. Votes: 3

In most parts of the world, starting a company that goes bust is dubbed a 'failure.' In Silicon Valley, we call this 'gaining experience.' We are willing to take the risks that are inherent for innovation. Votes: 3

In Silicon Valley, if you spend a lot of time thinking about the obstacles, you'll talk yourself out of everything, because the more you look at it, the less logical something sounds, since no one has done it yet. Votes: 3

There are three pillars, regardless of your work culture, whether you're in Silicon Valley or on Wall Street: how you look, how you speak, and how you behave. It's all three things, and nailing them makes you a contender. Votes: 3

It's happening: Lou Dobbs' dream come true and Silicon Valley's worst nightmare. We're already seeing the reverse brain drain as smart immigrants take their U.S. educations and experience building companies and creating technology back to their home countries. Votes: 3

Being in Silicon Valley is like playing for the Yankees. You get knocked around more than anywhere else, the glare of the media spotlight is more brutal, and the expectations are higher than they'd be in any other city. Votes: 3

I basically apply with my teams the lean startup principles I used in the private sector - go into Silicon Valley mode, work at startup speed, and attack, doing things in short amounts of time with extremely limited resources. Votes: 3

What people often ask me is, 'What are the ingredients of Silicon Valley?' While the answer to that is complex, some of the ingredients I talk about are celebrating entrepreneurship, accepting failure, and embracing a mobile and diverse workforce. Votes: 3

It is sort of a bit of a caricature of capitalism, that it's always this zero-sum game where you have winners and losers. Silicon Valley, the technology industry at its best, creates a situation where everybody can be a winner. Votes: 3

As befits Silicon Valley, 'big data' is mostly big hype, but there is one possibility with genuine potential: that it might one day bring loans - and credit histories - to millions of people who currently lack access to them. Votes: 3

Some article called me the most feared man in Silicon Valley. Good Lord! Why? My teenage boys got a kick out of it: 'Dad, how could this be true? You're not even the most feared person in this house.' Votes: 3

I did an internship in the Silicon Valley during the Internet boom. I couldn't imagine sitting in a cubicle the rest of my life, so I gave acting a try. I would have been happy doing theater and making nothing. Votes: 3

If you think about companies that were built in Silicon Valley, a lot of them early on were chip companies. And now the companies that are there, like Apple, are much more successful than any of the chip companies were. Votes: 3

My advice is never let a publicist call you a 'visionary.' I've hung out with the visionaries at the famed Xerox Palo Alto Research Center. I've been a successful Silicon Valley entrepreneur. I wouldn't touch 'visionary' with a 10-foot pole. Votes: 3

The City of London has never been known for understanding technology and has never matched Silicon Valley's tradition of knowledgeable investment in technology start-ups, just as the U.K. government has never matched the vast investment made by the U.S. government. Votes: 3

If China's expansion into Africa and Russia's into Latin America and the former Soviet Union are any indication, Silicon Valley's ability to expand globally will be severely limited, if only because Beijing and Moscow have no qualms about blending politics and business. Votes: 3

Some people have blithely dismissed growth in markets like China and India, saying Silicon Valley will always be the hub for tech: that everyone will come to us. Wake up: Because the numbers are showing money and talent is increasingly going elsewhere. Votes: 3

What I learned from my years in Silicon Valley is that design can have a primary role in how a business is shaped, how a company can be design-driven. In my experience of large industry in Europe, that knowledge has been lost. Votes: 3

We use technology to make it cheaper, better, and faster for the client. And then if you have the most flow, you can win. Now, having said that, Silicon Valley wants to take on this business. They think they see an opening. Votes: 3

One of the great things about moving to Silicon Valley is that you're surrounded by all these people who've done it before. This place is an assembly line that takes a couple of twenty-somethings and walks you through everything you need to learn. Votes: 3

Steve Jobs was probably mildly on the autistic spectrum. Basically, you've probably known people who were geeky and socially awkward but very smart. When does geeks and nerds become autism? That's a gray area. Half the people in Silicon Valley probably have autism. Votes: 3

Japan will change. Let's create a country where innovation is constantly happening, giving birth to new industries to lead the world, when I visit Silicon Valley I want to think about how we can take Silicon Valley's ways and make them work in Japan. Votes: 3

There are a lot of billionaires in Silicon Valley, but in the end, we are all heading to the same place. If given the choice between making a lot of money or finding a way to make people live longer, what do you choose? Votes: 3

Silicon Valley isn't the only game in town. Tech is increasingly decentralized. Around the world, new tech centers with younger companies are able to embrace a different approach to talent: recruit locally, identify homegrown prospects and, in a phrase, bring them along for the ride. Votes: 3

I think there are four or five interesting pockets where a lot of cool technology companies are getting started. Chicago is one of them. New York is certainly another. Silicon Valley really dominates. And you're seeing some stuff out of Boston and Seattle and down South. Votes: 3

You have to live in Silicon Valley and hear the horror stories. You go and hang out at the cafes, and you meet entrepreneur after entrepreneur who's struggling, basically - who's had a visa problem who wants to start a company, but they can't start companies. Votes: 3

The people who built Silicon Valley were engineers. They learned business, they learned a lot of different things, but they had a real belief that humans, if they worked hard with other creative, smart people, could solve most of humankind's problems. I believe that very much. Votes: 3

When I grew up, I simply didn't have mentors that said, "Science is important. Science helps you build a country. Science makes a country powerful." And that's such a simple thought, but when you think about what's powered Taiwan and Korea and Silicon Valley and Cambridge. Votes: 3

I've been reading a lot about Silicon Valley history recently and was struck by just how core the lack of unions has been to the American tech industry's evolution. It's enabled the constant creative destruction that keeps Silicon Valley relevant and thriving in a rapidly changing world. Votes: 3

This rise of the new global mega-rich is happening as established institutions are falling. The fall runs the gamut from the music business and traditional media to the Detroit automakers who find themselves obsolete, outmaneuvered, and out-priced by entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley, Mumbai, Shanghai, and even Siberia. Votes: 3

The new Web is a very different thing. It's a tool for bringing together the small contributions of millions of people and making them matter. Silicon Valley consultants call it Web 2.0, as if it were a new version of some old software. But it's really a revolution. Votes: 3

Autism's a very big spectrum. At one end of the spectrum, Einstein would probably be labeled autistic, Steve Jobs, half of Silicon Valley, you know, Van Gogh. And at the other end of the spectrum, you got much more severe handicaps where they never learn to speak. Votes: 3

If you want to invest in early-stage technologies, putting a timeframe on it does behold you to Silicon Valley economics. You've got a certain time period where you have to make the money. And you have to invest that money whether you find good companies or not. Votes: 3

For a first-time entrepreneur, there's nothing better than being in Silicon Valley because there is so much going on, and there's such a large number of inventors, that even a B level idea or a C level idea could be nurtured and be given venture capital there. Votes: 3

It was supposed to be a year or two just to refresh my batteries, but I moved to Silicon Valley in the early 90's, and one thing let to another, got very involved in high tech, and formed a company and it ended up doing pretty well. Votes: 3

Silicon Valley's involvement with Washington dates from one event, which was John Scully - who was the CEO of Apple - had dinner with President Clinton and Vice President Gore in 1993. And we're all going, like, 'What's going on? Why would we have dinner with the president?' Votes: 3

Silicon Valley isn't usually where aspiring authors go to kick-start a literary reputation. [...] How'd he do it? By courting bloggers and influential techies like Joi Ito, Stewart Brand, and Craig Newmark demonstrating that if you can get the geek grapevine on your side, you don't need Random House. Votes: 3

Here in Silicon Valley, I have taken part in hundreds of conversations trying to convince people to dive in and become entrepreneurs. All too often, innovators with good, safe, jobs are unwilling to put their family's access to health care at risk by walking away from company-backed medical insurance. Votes: 3

There is no greater country on Earth for entrepreneurship than America. In every category, from the high-tech world of Silicon Valley, where I live, to University R&D labs, to countless Main Street small business owners, Americans are taking risks, embracing new ideas and - most importantly - creating jobs. Votes: 3

We must expect the discovery of many as yet unknown elements-for example, elements analogous to aluminum and silicon- whose atomic weight would be between 65 and 75. Votes: 2

People always fear change. People feared electricity when it was invented, didn't they? People feared coal, they feared gas-powered engines... There will always be ignorance, and ignorance leads to fear. But with time, people will come to accept their silicon masters. Votes: 2

A lot of the geeks in Silicon Valley will tell you they no longer believe in the ability of policymakers in Washington to accomplish anything. They don't understand why people end up in politics; they would do much more good for the world if they worked at Google or Facebook. Votes: 2

The institutions that we've built up over the years to protect our individual privacy rights from the government don't apply to the private sector. The Fourth Amendment doesn't apply to corporations. The Freedom of Information Act doesn't apply to Silicon Valley. And you can't impeach Google if it breaks its 'Don't be evil' campaign pledge. Votes: 2

One of the great things about Silicon Valley is, irrespective of how competitive you might be with another company or how closely you might be working with that company, there's a great sort of give and take, and camaraderie from - between - some of the executives in the valley and some of the other investors in the valley. Votes: 2

Of all the inventions of humans, the computer is going to rank near or at the top as history unfolds and we look back. It is the most awesome tool that we have ever invented. I feel incredibly lucky to be at exactly the right place in Silicon Valley, at exactly the right time, historically, where this invention has taken form. Votes: 2

If silicon had been a gas I should have been a major-general. Votes: 0

The girls are beautiful in Hollywood - and enough silicon to caulk a sink. Votes: 0

The surviving intelligent life form on Earth is not going to be carbon-based; it's going to be silicon-based. Votes: 0

And if the computer gives you any back talk, pour some well-sugared office coffee into its evil little silicon brain. Votes: 0

I'm as fond of my body as anyone, but if I can be 200 with a body of silicon, I'll take it. Votes: 0

Whether we are based on carbon or on silicon makes no fundamental difference we should each be treated with appropriate respect. Votes: 0

Whether we are based on carbon or on silicon makes no fundamental difference; we should each be treated with appropriate respect. Votes: 0

Whether we are based on carbon or on silicon makes no fundamental difference; we should each be treated with appropriate respect." Votes: 0

Anonymous sources are to journalism what silicon enhancements are to the feminine figure; they look impressive to the gullible, but something doesn't feel right. Votes: 0

The body can endure compromise and the mind can be seduced by it. Only the heart protests. The heart. Carbon-based primitive in a silicon world. Votes: 0

Fritz Mondale is not some synthetic Masked Marvel or Mystery Man. He is not made of silicon and micro-chip flakes. He is made of flesh and blood and brains. Votes: 0

The chip comes from silicon foundries who have been running their plants for the past fifty years, understand mass manufacture, and are the area that is most likely to understand the volume increase problem. Votes: 0

So, Diana thought, that was the bait she had to lay out for Jack. Of course. What else? He might lust for Diana, and long for Brianna, but Jack's true love was made of silicon. Votes: 0