Amount Quote by Karl Taylor Compton

In the future, in a saner system, we would design products not to wear out and break down; to last as long as possible,…

— Jacque Fresco

Someone, somewhere, is making a product that will make your product obsolete.

— Georges Doriot

Competition is not only the basis of protection to the consumer, but is the incentive to progress.

— Herbert Hoover

Companies selling a product play down its vulnerability and emphasize its robustness. But only after technology leaves the dock is it really tested. For…

— Henry Petroski

Intellectual-property rules are clearly necessary to spur innovation: if every invention could be stolen, or every new drug immediately copied, few people would invest…

— James Surowiecki

If you continue to improve a product enough, you'll eventually ruin it.

— David Pogue

Consumer technology and medical tools have been created to benefit our daily lives. Without self-regulation, though, the industry could be at risk of potentially…

— Ariel Garten

Every invention eventually becomes obsolete.

— Mick Farren

“products that require a high degree of behavior change are doomed to fail”

— Nir Eyal

To ensure that no one gained an advantage over anyone else, commercial law prohibited innovation in tools or techniques, underselling below a fixed price,…

— Barbara Tuchman

In three years, every product my company makes will be obsolete. The only question is whether we will make them obsolete or somebody else…

— Bill Gates

For me, there is nothing more sustainable than buying a beautiful product that can last a lifetime, rather than being less beautiful, cheap, and…

— George Clarke