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When we speak of the perfection of art, we must recollect what the materials are with which a painter contends with nature. For the light… — John Constable
Hope is a strange invention - A Patent of the Heart - In unremitting action Yet never wearing out — Emily Dickinson
I wish I could put a patent on that thing. That was so straight I had to lean over sideways to see the flag! — Gary Player
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
If you didn't have patents, no one would bother to spend money on research and development. But with patents, if someone has a good idea… — James Dyson
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
If people don't get paid for their inventions, that's not a good thing. In the case of many patents, there are people who aren't in… — Nathan Myhrvold
It's very hard for individual inventors to get paid. For the same reason that private equity is valuable - broadly, that's a good thing -… — Nathan Myhrvold
In the early days of the software industry, people cared about copyright and didn't give a damn about patents - they copied each other willy-nilly. — Nathan Myhrvold
Making money from enforcing patents is no more wrong than investing in preferred stock. — Nathan Myhrvold
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
Software patents, in particular, are very ripe for abuse. The whole system encourages big corporations getting thousands and thousands of patents. Individuals almost never get… — Linus Torvalds
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 don’t kill you make you weaker? And great minds don’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

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