Along similar lines, I heard Mitch Clapp (CEO of Pioneer Rocketplane) say, "I don't want to steal his crazy idea- I have a crazy idea of my own!" This was with Gary Hudson (CEO of Rotary Rocket) sitting next to him...
Eliezer S. Yudkowsky wrote:
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> Spike Jones wrote:
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> > Eliezer S. Yudkowsky wrote:
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> > > "Don't worry about people stealing your ideas; if your ideas
> > > are any good you'll have to shove them down people's throats."
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> > Eliezer, this is the greatest quote! Did you originate it?
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> Nope. Don't have the attribution offhand.
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-- Doug Jones, Rocket Plumber Rotary Rocket Company