A Quote by William Shockley

A basic truth that the history of the creation of the transistor reveals is that the foundations of transistor electronics were created by making errors and following hunches that failed to give what was expected.

William Shockley

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William Shockley
American - Physicist
February 13, 1910 - August 12, 1989

The really basic stuff that fuels 30-year job booms almost always comes from government research, stuff like biotech, the transistor, the Internet. The idea that private capital can handle the early spade work is a joke.

Glenn Kelman

Going down the old mine with a transistor radio.

Van Morrison

One son appears in stereo - a transistor in one ear and the phone in the other.

Erma Bombeck

I had this little handheld transistor radio that I used to sleep next to.

Rod Stewart

A myth is a lie that conceals or reveals a truth. But if it reveals even a strand of history or truth, that's what gets my adrenaline going.

Ashwin Sanghi

Some consider UNIX to be the second most important invention to come out of AT&T Bell Labs after the transistor.

Dennis Ritchie

My younger brother will remember that he received a transistor radio for Christmas. I took it apart and it never worked again.

Stephen Elop

Thank you for sneaking your transistor under the pillow as you grew up loving the Tigers. God has a new adventure for me.

Vin Scully

The Bible makes clear a basic truth that we self-centered humans find difficult to accept, namely, that the natural universe was not created primarily for us. There is no doubt that God wants us to enjoy it and even use its resources to optimize a good life for ourselves. But the ultimate purpose of creation is worship. Nature and all living things were created to glorify God.

Tony Campolo

I knew when I was a kid that I had a Broadway voice. I wanted to be a rocker, because I grew up in that era of transistor radios at the beach.

Patti LuPone

My first transistor radio was the heart of my gadget love today. It fit in my hand and brought me a world of music 24 / 7.

Steve Wozniak

The main ingredient of the first quantum revolution, wave-particle duality, has led to inventions such as the transistor and the laser that are at the root of the information society.

Alain Aspect

The geniuses have created, but they were less: the saints have been, but they created little...A twofold tragedy of creativeness reveals the truth that there has not yet been in our world a religious epoch of creativity.

Nikolai Berdyaev

My parents were kind of over protective people. Me and my sister had to play in the backyard all the time. They bought us bikes for Christmas but wouldn't My younger brother will remember that he received a transistor radio for Christmas. I took it apart and it never worked again.

Stephen Elop

My parents didn't like me. For bathtub toys they gave me a blender and a transistor radio.

Rodney Dangerfield

Following the creation concept that creation processes differed from preservation processes, it is suggested that God endowed each created kind, at the time of its creation, with potential for vast variety.

Walter Lang

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