20 Quotes by Kevin Ashton

Intellectually secure people do not need to show anyone how smart they are. They are empirical and seek truth. Intellectually insecure people need to show everyone how smart they are. They are egotistical and seek triumph.

There are few overnight successes and many up-all-night successes.

Make an enemy of certainty and befriend doubt. When you can change your mind, you can change anything.

Creating is an ordinary act, creation its extraordinary outcome.

A species that survives by creating must not limit who can create. More creators means more creations. Equality brings justice to some and wealth to all.

This was a strategic opportunity that was too good to miss. Cisco was very natural fit for us. I don't think there's an RFID company in the world that would have passed on this opportunity.

We couldn't be happier with the success of the Gen 2 demonstration. Working with leading companies such as Zebra and Texas Instruments allows us to further strengthen our RFID technology capabilities,

With respect to the students involved, the paper as presented is rather weak. The 'real' virus, they claim to demonstrate in the paper, is not a virus, just a self-replicating piece of SQL code.

Dilution looks to be about 11 percent, which is a touch less than the benefit from the synergies,