A spirit of innovation is generally the result of a selfish temper and confined views. People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.
Edmund Burke

America demands invention and innovation to succeed.
Kit Bond

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

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.
Dean Kamen

And then you take a look at Spaces, there is this great innovation that came out of nowhere. We have the number one blogging site in the world because of the innovation that's there.
Steve Ballmer

Any good music must be an innovation.
Les Baxter

Art begins in imitation and ends in innovation.
Mason Cooley

As a result, we will continue to see more innovation on the Internet and on mobile phones than on consoles.
Trip Hawkins

As the world's sole remaining super power and economic powerhouses, our nation's ability to be at the forefront of innovation and production has enabled unparalleled economic success of our nation's workforce.
Leonard Boswell

Basic philosophy, spirit and drive of an organization have far more to do with its relative achievements than do technological or economic resources, organizational structure, innovation and timing.
Marvin Bower

Boston is known for its innovation.
Thomas Menino

Business has only two functions - marketing and innovation.
Milan Kundera

But an innovation, to grow organically from within, has to be based on an intact tradition, so our idea is to bring together musicians who represent all these traditions, in workshops, festivals, and concerts, to see how we can connect with each other in music.
Yo-Yo Ma

Environmentalism opposes reckless innovation and makes conservation the central order of business.
Christopher Lasch

Fashion is something barbarous, for it produces innovation without reason and imitation without benefit.
George Santayana

Fight piracy; don't squash innovation.
Joe Krauss

For America's economic future to remain prosperous, we must encourage pro-growth policies so that we continue to be the leader in innovation and entrepreneurship.
John Ensign

For better or worse, that is true with any new innovation, certainly any new technological innovation. There's many good things that come out of it, but also some bad things. All you can do is try to maximize the good stuff and minimize the bad stuff.
Steve Case

Human societies vary in lots of independent factors affecting their openness to innovation.
Jared Diamond

I am not that concerned that innovation in some large scale sense will suddenly and abruptly shift from one part of the world to another.
Craig Mundie