The Man Behind the Microchip Quotes

“...people don't think in churches.

[Noyce on what bothers him most about organized religion.]”
― Robert Noyce, The Man Behind the Microchip: Robert Noyce and the Invention of Silicon Valley

“I remember Bob saying, 'Some people who believe in God are good, and some people who believe in God are not good. So where does that leave you?' He had looked around and decided that religion is responsible for a lot of trouble in the world.' Noyce, always pushing against the limits of accepted knowledge, told Bowers that what bothered him most about organized religions was that 'people don't think in churches.”
― Leslie Berlin, The Man Behind the Microchip: Robert Noyce and the Invention of Silicon Valley

“If you can’t define it in one sentence, you probably don’t understand it.”
― Leslie Berlin, The Man Behind the Microchip: Robert Noyce and the Invention of Silicon Valley

“Charlotte Matthews, the only girl on their block of 17 boys, sewed the cheese cloth to cover the wings.”
― Leslie Berlin, The Man Behind the Microchip: Robert Noyce and the Invention of Silicon Valley

“Our former policy goals of a strong economy built on heavy industry and cheap energy are no longer appropriate for an age marked by national economic sluggishness, fierce international competition and emerging third world nations reclaiming their resources. … We must look to a new ‘post-industrial’ economy built around relatively resource-efficient information technologies and innovation.”28”
― Leslie Berlin, The Man Behind the Microchip: Robert Noyce and the Invention of Silicon Valley