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> [If you take a bale of hay and tie it to the tail of a mule and then strike a match and set the bale of hay on fire, and if you then compare the energy expended shortly thereafter by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shockley/if-you-take-a-bale-of-hay-and-tie-it-to-the-tail-of-a-mule-and-then/)

[William Shockley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shockley/)

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## More by William Shockley

> [The major cause for American Negroes intellectual and social deficits is hereditary and racially genetic in origin and thus not remedial to a major…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shockley/the-major-cause-for-american-negroes-intellectual-and-social-deficits/)

[William Shockley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shockley/)

> [I am overwhelmed by an irresistible temptation to do my climb by moonlight and unroped. This is contrary to all my rock climbing teaching…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shockley/i-am-overwhelmed-by-an-irresistible-temptation-to-do-my-climb-by/)

[William Shockley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shockley/)

> [Nature has color-coded groups of individuals so that statistically reliable predictions of their adaptability to intellectually rewarding and effective lives can easily be made…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shockley/nature-has-color-coded-groups-of-individuals-so-that-statistically/)

[William Shockley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shockley/)

> [Frequently, I have been asked if an experiment I have planned is pure or applied science; to me it is more important to know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shockley/frequently-i-have-been-asked-if-an-experiment-i-have-planned-is-pure/)

[William Shockley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shockley/)

> [ “It has today occurred to me that an amplifier using semiconductors rather than vacuum is in principle possible. \[Laboratory notebook, 29 Dec 1939.\]” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shockley/it-has-today-occurred-to-me-that-an-amplifier-using-semiconductors/)

[William Shockley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shockley/)

> [Regret is unnecessary. Think before you act.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shockley/regret-is-unnecessary-think-before-you-act/)

[William Shockley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shockley/)

> [If you take a bale of hay and tie it to the tail of a mule and then strike a match and set the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shockley/if-you-take-a-bale-of-hay-and-tie-it-to-the-tail-of-a-mule-and-then/)

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