Competition brings out the best in products and the worst in people

- David Sarnoff

The thrill, believe me, is as much in the battle as in the victory.

- David Sarnoff

The wireless music box has no imaginable commercial value. Who would pay for a message sent to nobody in particular?

- David Sarnoff

Whatever course you have chosen for yourself, it will not be a chore but an adventure if you bring to it a sense of the glory of striving.

- 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 ow…

- David Sarnoff

Research: the distance between an idea and its realization.

- David Sarnoff

We are too prone to make technological instruments the scapegoats for the sins of those who wield them. The products of modern science are not in the…

- David Sarnoff

Nobody can be a success if they don't love their work.

- David Sarnoff

We cannot banish dangers, but we can banish fears. We must not demean life by standing in awe of death.

- David Sarnoff