Quotes by Nolan Bushnell

“Everyone whos ever taken a shower has an idea. Its the person who gets out of the shower, dries off and does something about it who makes a difference.”

“The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. Its as simple as that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer.”

“The ultimate inspiration is the deadline.”

“Blood and gore loses its cartoon defense. If you think weve got problems now, youll see we have additional problems once the cartoon defense goes away.”

“pipes, not arbiters of content.”

“literally thousands of people have told me over the years that they met their wife or husband playing Pong.”

“I just dont get it.”

“Its a great project that allows a recurring revenue stream to happen in bars, restaurants and airline lounges. These arent for arcades,”

“Many kids with (attention deficit disorder) have been misdiagnosed, theyre actually bored with teachers, as most wont even blink at concentrating on video games for hours,”

“Sonic and I were chatting back before we got on and he was telling me how proud he was to be inducted last year in the Walk of Game. The only thing he was a little concerned about was being walked on all the time. I said thats OK; its par for the course.”

Everyone who has ever taken a shower has had an idea. Its theperson who gets out of the shower, dries off, and does somethingabout it that makes a difference.

Every one who has taken a shower has had an idea. Its the person who gets out of the shower, dries off and does something about it that makes a difference.

The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It’s as simple as that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer.

The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer.

Today, companies have to radically revolutionize themselves every few years just to stay relevant. Thats because technology and the Internet have transformed the business landscape forever. The fast-paced digital age has accelerated the need for companies to become agile.

My sweet spot is figuring out how to make a product that people love and how to refine it to make them love it more. All the rest is business noise.

I founded Atari in my garage in Santa Clara while at Stanford. When I was in school, I took a lot of business classes. I was really fascinated by economics. You end up having to be a marketeer, finance maven and a little bit of a technologist in order to get a business going.

Every company needs to have a skunkworks, to try things that have a high probability of failing. You try to minimize failure, but at the same time, if youre not willing to try things that are inherently risky, youre not going to make progress.

We didnt do a square ball in Pong because we thought it was cool. We did it because that was all we could do.

Walk to work, even if its four miles. Ride a bike to work. Drive a different way. On your way there, try to find beauty. Youd be surprised how much more of the neighborhood you can perceive and experience when youre looking for unique spots of beauty.