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title: "2 Keeping Quotes By Nolan Bushnell"
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> [Learning ballroom dancing is great for your brain. But it only works for three to six months. After that, you've got all the benefit you can get, and so you have to move on to yoga, and then Tai Chi,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nolan-bushnell/learning-ballroom-dancing-is-great-for-your-brain-but-it-only-works/)

[Nolan Bushnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nolan-bushnell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5cb/nolan-bushnell-5525_after_learning-ballroom-dancing-is-great-for-y_390937.png)

> [We had some really powerful technology - Atari always was a technology-driven company, and we were very keen on keeping the technological edge on everything. There's a whole bunch of things that we innovated. We made the first computer that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nolan-bushnell/we-had-some-really-powerful-technology-atari-always-was-a-technology/)

[Nolan Bushnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nolan-bushnell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c12/nolan-bushnell-5525_always_we-had-some-really-powerful-technology-a_1206368.png)

## More by Nolan Bushnell

> [Some of the best projects to ever come out of Atari or Chuck E. Cheese's were from high school dropouts, college dropouts. One guy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nolan-bushnell/some-of-the-best-projects-to-ever-come-out-of-atari-or-chuck-e-cheese/)

[Nolan Bushnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nolan-bushnell/)

> [I guess I'd like to be known for being an innovator, fostering creativity, thinking outside the box. You know, keeping people playful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nolan-bushnell/i-guess-i-d-like-to-be-known-for-being-an-innovator-fostering/)

[Nolan Bushnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nolan-bushnell/)

> [I've always been a tech-head.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nolan-bushnell/i-ve-always-been-a-tech-head/)

[Nolan Bushnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nolan-bushnell/)

> [In 1980, Atari was bringing in around two billion dollars in revenue and Chuck E. Cheese's some five hundred million. I still didn't feel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nolan-bushnell/in-1980-atari-was-bringing-in-around-two-billion-dollars-in-revenue/)

[Nolan Bushnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nolan-bushnell/)

> [I believe that in games, when you're talking about pitting my wits and my brain against your wits and your brain, that simplicity of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nolan-bushnell/i-believe-that-in-games-when-you-re-talking-about-pitting-my-wits-and/)

[Nolan Bushnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nolan-bushnell/)

> [The subtle generational cues that make one thing cool and another uncool aren't always obvious to a parent. My children are my dinner-table sounding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nolan-bushnell/the-subtle-generational-cues-that-make-one-thing-cool-and-another/)

[Nolan Bushnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nolan-bushnell/)

> [The truly creative people tend to be outliers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nolan-bushnell/the-truly-creative-people-tend-to-be-outliers/)

[Nolan Bushnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nolan-bushnell/)

> [I'm a big believer in the Wii. I love the physicality of the Wii controller, and how you can get the feeling of throwing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nolan-bushnell/i-m-a-big-believer-in-the-wii-i-love-the-physicality-of-the-wii/)

[Nolan Bushnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nolan-bushnell/)

> [Women were very, very good at 'Pong'. It was part of the dating scene. The number of people who told me they met their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nolan-bushnell/women-were-very-very-good-at-pong-it-was-part-of-the-dating-scene-the/)

[Nolan Bushnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nolan-bushnell/)

> [Learning ballroom dancing is great for your brain. But it only works for three to six months. After that, you've got all the benefit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nolan-bushnell/learning-ballroom-dancing-is-great-for-your-brain-but-it-only-works/)

[Nolan Bushnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nolan-bushnell/)

> [Walk to work, even if it's four miles. Ride a bike to work. Drive a different way. On your way there, try to find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nolan-bushnell/walk-to-work-even-if-it-s-four-miles-ride-a-bike-to-work-drive-a/)

[Nolan Bushnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nolan-bushnell/)

> [Hire for passion and intensity; there is training for everything else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nolan-bushnell/hire-for-passion-and-intensity-there-is-training-for-everything-else/)

[Nolan Bushnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nolan-bushnell/)

> [When I was running Atari, violence against humanoid figures was not allowed. We'd let you shoot at a tank... but we drew the line…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nolan-bushnell/when-i-was-running-atari-violence-against-humanoid-figures-was-not/)

[Nolan Bushnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nolan-bushnell/)

> [You wanna build your IQ higher in the next two years? Be uncomfortable. That means, learn something where you have a beginner's mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nolan-bushnell/you-wanna-build-your-iq-higher-in-the-next-two-years-be-uncomfortable/)

[Nolan Bushnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nolan-bushnell/)

> [People hate to and will not read instructions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nolan-bushnell/people-hate-to-and-will-not-read-instructions/)

[Nolan Bushnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nolan-bushnell/)

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