“We have always been shameless about stealing great ideas.”
Triumph of the Nerds (1996)
1990s
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Howard H. Aiken (1900–1973) pioneer in computing, original conceptual designer behind IBM's Harvard Mark I computer
As quoted in Portraits in Silicon (1987) by Robert Slater
As quoted in A Computer Science Reader : Selections from Abacus (1988) by Eric A. Weiss, p. 404
Variant: Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you'll have to ram them down people's throats.
Howard H. Aiken (1900–1973) pioneer in computing, original conceptual designer behind IBM's Harvard Mark I computer
“To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is research.”
Steven Wright (1955) American actor and author
“The idea that the poor should have leisure has always been shocking to the rich.”
Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) logician, one of the first analytic philosophers and political activist
Source: 1930s, In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays (1935), Ch. 1: In Praise of Idleness
Michael Dell (1965) Businessman, CEO
SDxCentral: "Michael Dell Says Robopocalypse Is Fake News, Future Is Software Defined" https://www.sdxcentral.com/articles/news/michael-dell-says-robopocalypse-is-fake-news-future-is-software-defined/2018/04/ (30 April 2018)
John Feffer (1963) American foreign policy writer
Trumpism is here to stay: America’s neo-fascist fever dream has only just begun (2016)
Terrance Hayes (1971) American poet
On avoiding titling an unfinished work in “Interview with Terrance Hayes” http://katonahpoetry.com/interviews/interview-terrance-hayes/ in the Katonah Poetry Series (2017 Sep 21)