Patent Quotes

103 quotes by 88 authors

There are few things in politics more annoying than the Right's utter conviction that it owns the patent on the word 'freedom' that when its… — Thomas Frank
We think we have solved the mystery of creation. Maybe we should patent the universe and charge everyone royalties for their existence. — Stephen Hawking
Every piece of software written today is likely going to infringe on someone else's patent. — Miguel de Icaza
Our strategy in dealing with patents in Mono is the same strategy that any other software developer would take. In the event of a patent… — Miguel de Icaza
It is a most extraordinary thing, but I never read a patent medicine advertisement without being impelled to the conclusion that I am suffering from… — Jerome K. Jerome
With their souls of patent leather, they come down the road. Hunched and nocturnal, where they breathe they impose, silence of dark rubber, and fear… — Federico Garcia Lorca
Microsoft, Apple, Facebook all bought huge patent portfolios to further their strategic game. They're doing what I'm doing! — Nathan Myhrvold
Except in very narrow cases, where there's breakthrough science that needs patent production, worrying about competitors is a waste of time. If you can't out… — Eric Ries
A man who has spent most of his adult life trying out a series of patent medicines is always an optimist. — P.G. Wodehouse
From 'the lesson of the moth': and before i could argue him out of his philosophy he went and immolated himself on a patent cigar… — Don Marquis
Consider the black widow spider. It's a timid little beastie, useful and, for my taste, the prettiest of the arachnids, with its shiny, patent-leather finish… — Robert A. Heinlein
Deprived of their newspapers or a novel, reading-addicts will fall back onto cookery books, on the literature which is wrapped around bottles of patent medicine,… — Aldous Huxley
Is Bliss then, such Abyss, I must not put my foot amiss For fear I spoil my shoe? I'd rather suit my foot Than save… — Emily Dickinson
Probably the last man who knew how it worked had been tortured to death years before. Or as soon as it was installed. Killing the… — Terry Pratchett
Have you ever noticed that things that donâ€™t kill you make you weaker? And great minds donâ€™t think alike. If they did, the patent office… — Scott Adams
In all, his outfit required nearly two thousand man-years of research and development, eight barrels of oil, and sixteen patent and trademark infringement lawsuits. All… — Daniel Suarez
There is no other world. Nor even this one. What, then, is there? The inner smile provoked in us by the patent nonexistence of both. — Emile M. Cioran
I'm so excited about school. I'm such a shameless student. I laid my clothes out last night, just like I did before my first day… — Elizabeth Gilbert
I had removed my patent leather shoes after a while, for they foundered badly in the sand. It pleased me to think they would be… — Sylvia Plath
Seeing him like this, dressed just for her in so patent a manner, she could not hold back the fiery blush that rose to her… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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