Bob Metcalfe Quotes

Grove giveth and Gates taketh away.
Bob Metcalfe

Away, Gates, Giveth

I consider what I write to be literature. I choose the words carefully.
Bob Metcalfe

Words, Write, Choose

I saw that there are people who will connive against innovation. They're hostile to it. And that has shaped my behavior ever since.
Bob Metcalfe

Against, Since, Behavior

I've screwed up and I've overcommitted and it's typical of me.
Bob Metcalfe

Screwed, Typical

In seven to ten years video traffic on the Internet will exceed data and voice traffic combined.
Bob Metcalfe

Voice, Internet, Ten

Innovation makes the world go round. It brings prosperity and freedom.
Bob Metcalfe

Freedom, Makes, Innovation

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.
Bob Metcalfe

Successful, Advice, Research

The world needs a better understanding of how to encourage innovation. And innovators need to get better at it. Sign me up.
Bob Metcalfe

Needs, Encourage, Innovation

When you're running a company, creating jobs is the last thing you want to. When you're running a company you want to employ as few people as possible, and yet you inadvertently create jobs.
Bob Metcalfe

Last, Few, Possible

Where visionaries can be good at persuasion, CEOs are good at wielding authority. Visionaries transcend organizations, resources, and current realities, while CEOs master them.
Bob Metcalfe

Good, While, Authority

You don't grow the economy by growing government.
Bob Metcalfe

Government, Growing, Grow

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Scientist

Born: April 7, 1946

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