William Shockley Quotes

• Regret is unnecessary. Think before you act.

  William Shockley

  Regret, Thinking, Unnecessary

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• The major cause for American Negroes intellectual and social deficits is hereditary and racially genetic in origin and thus not remedial to a major degree by improvement in environment.

  William Shockley

  Race, Intellectual, Degrees

  "NRA Leader Once Worked for Professor Who Claimed Blacks Were Genetically Inferior" by David Corn and Pema Levy, www.motherjones.com. May 1, 2018.

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• If you take a bale of hay and tie it to the tail of a mule and then strike a match and set the bale of hay on fire, and if you then compare the energy expended shortly thereafter by the mule with the energy expended by yourself in the striking of the match, you will understand the concept of amplification.

  William Shockley

  Ties, Fire, Energy

  "The Chip War : The Battle for the World of Tomorrow" by Fred Warshofsky, (p. 21), 1989.

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• La naturaleza ha codificado por colores a los grupos de individuos para que el hombre de la calle pragmático pueda hacer predicciones estadísticamente fiables sobre su adaptabilidad a una vida intelectual gratificante y eficaz.

  William Shockley

  Men, Color, Intellectual

  "Shockley's Race View called 'Senile, Fascist'". St. Petersburg Times, September 8, 1971.

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• Frequently, I have been asked if an experiment I have planned is pure or applied science; to me it is more important to know if the experiment will yield new and probably enduring knowledge about nature. If it is likely to yield such knowledge, it is, in my opinion, good fundamental research; and this is more important than whether the motivation is purely aesthetic satisfaction on the part of the experimenter on the one hand or the improvement of the stability of a high-power transistor on the other.

  William Shockley

  Motivation, Knowledge, Science

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• I am overwhelmed by an irresistible temptation to do my climb by moonlight and unroped. This is contrary to all my rock climbing teaching & does not mean poor training, but only a strong-headedness.

  William Shockley

  Strong, Teaching, Mean

  "Broken Genius : The Rise and Fall of William Shockley, Creator of the Electronic Age" by Joel N. Shurkin, (Ch. 7, p. 125), 2006.

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