Jack Kilby

It was really a very small company when I started and it changed very rapidly during those first periods.

Five years ago, people were crying and feeling the Japanese were about to take over the Earth. I don't hear that kind of talk anymore.

They're very strong in memory. Didn't do very much in microprocessors or digital signal processing.

You don't work on something for six years and be blind to the myriad of other approaches.

The flaw of an amateur is to assume what's in our head is what's on the page.

People say, 'Where do you live?' and I say that theoretically, I live in London, but basically that's just where I go to change my suitcase. Otherwise, I'm always flying somewhere.