
“Capitalism is a great idea in theory, but in practice it just doesn't work.”
The News Quiz, BBC Radio 4, November 2008
Maxims and Enigmas, p. 29
Towards a Canada of Light (2006)
“Capitalism is a great idea in theory, but in practice it just doesn't work.”
The News Quiz, BBC Radio 4, November 2008
“Canada is a country that works better in practice than in theory.”
As quoted in "One nation or many?" https://web-beta.archive.org/web/20170522044424/http://www.economist.com/node/8173164 (16 November 2006), The Economist
The Times, Sidney Morgenbesser: Erudite and influential American linguistic philosopher with the analytical acuity of Spinoza and the blunt wit of Groucho Marx https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sidney-morgenbesser-5cz8gg8qfvm, September 8, 2004.
“I think a beautiful product that doesn't work very well is ugly.”
Vanity Fair: "Jonathan Ives Shares Three Lessons He Learned From Steve Jobs" https://www.vanityfair.com/news/tech/2014/10/jony-ive-lessons-from-steve-jobs (9 October 2014)
Telegdi, Valentine L. Interview by Sara Lippincott. Pasadena, California, March 4 and 9, 2002. Oral History Project, California Institute of Technology Archives. Retrieved January 11, 2010 from the World Wide Web: http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechOH:OH_Telegdi_V
1970s - 1980s, interview with Deborah Salomon in 'New York Times', 1989
He's got the whole world in his hands http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/3663966/Hes-got-the-whole-world-in-his-hands.html, The Telegraph (24 March 2007)
“I don't fail. I succeed at finding what doesn't work.”
The Fifth-Annual End-of-the-World Tour (2007)