"People always underestimate the impact of technology. To give you an example: In the 1970s the frontier for offshore development was 200 meters, today it is 4,000 meters.“


-Daniel Yergin

posted in technology


People always underestimate the impact of technology. To give you an example: In the 1970s the frontier for offshore development was 200 meters, today it is 4,000 meters.

Other Quotes You Might Like

Discover more inspiring quotes from our collection

"So the major obstacle to the development of new supplies is not geology but what happens above ground: international affairs, politics, investment and technology."

-Daniel Yergin

technologyView Quote
"The Russians are turning east to the Chinese - to the Europeans' surprise. It always seemed to me that the relationship between Russia and China would shift from being based in Marx and Lenin to being based in oil and gas."

-Daniel Yergin

relationshipView Quote
"How sweet it is!"

-Jackie Gleason

migrate3View Quote
"We don't believe in rheumatism and true love until after the first attack."

-Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

migrate3View Quote
"It's better to have loved and lost than to have to do forty pounds of laundry a week."

-Laurence J. Peter

migrate3View Quote
"I'm into all that sappy stuff - a surprise picnic, nice dinner, or traveling. I'm kind of an old romantic."

-Will Estes

migrate3View Quote

More Quotes About technology

Explore other inspiring quotes in this category

"If we had had the right technology back then, you would have seen Eva Braun on the Donahue show and Adolf Hitler on Meet the Press."

-Ed Turner

technologyView Quote
"Technology has changed, and we need to figure out how to improve the archaic way of what makes a hit, or how to determine how many viewers are watching beyond some people with Nielsen boxes in a small percentage of homes in random areas."

-Jim Rash

technologyView Quote
"Being around some of the bright lights of the technology world and having them expect great things helps you sit down and do it seriously."

-Aaron Swartz

technologyView Quote
"I don't think people buy technology products because of the personalities of the people behind them."

-Jim Balsillie

technologyView Quote
"Just let me use the technology I want at a fair price."

-Jonathan Potter

technologyView Quote
"But I don't think we'll go there until we go back to the moon and develop a technology base for living and working and transporting ourselves through space."

-Jack Schmitt

technologyView Quote