David Sarnoff's associates in response to his urgings for investment in radio in the 1920s The wireless music box has no imaginable commercial value. Who would pay for a message sent to nobody in particular.
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Competition brings out the best in products and the worst in people.David Sarnoff
Don't be misled into believing that somehow the world owes you a living. The boy who believes that his parents, or the government, or any one else owes him his livelihood and that he can collect it without labor will wake up one day and find himself working for another boy who did not have that belief and, therefore, earned the right to have others work for him.
David Sarnoff
We cannot banish dangers, but we can banish fears. We must not demean life by standing in awe of death.
David Sarnoff
I have learned to have more faith in the scientist than he does in himself.
David Sarnoff
We hate those who will not take our advice, and despise them who do.
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The difference between our decadence and the Russians is that while theirs is brutal, ours is apathetic.
David Sarnoff
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