“A car is one of the most interesting inventions, but driving is one of the most boring activities.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Stumbling upon the next great invention in an 'ah-ha!' moment is a myth. — James Dyson Copy Share Image
Where Young must torture his invention To flatter knaves, or lose his pension. — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
An invention is something that was "impossible" up to then that's why governments grant patents. — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
Necessity is not merely the father of invention; it is the father of courage. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
What I really want is a creative person. You can always hire a Ph.D. to take care of the details. — Richard Gurley Drew Copy Share Image
Chess problems demand from the composer the same virtues that characterize all worthwhile art: originality, invention, conciseness, harmony, complexity, and splendid insincerity — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
Horses are not for riding! They do not exist for riding! Horse riding is man's invention! It is the making up of… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
Television is an invention that permits you to be entertained in your living room by people you wouldn't have in your home. — David Frost Copy Share Image
There is no difference between science and art when it comes to creativeness, productiveness, to come to conclusions and to formulations. — Josef Albers Copy Share Image
“If necessity is the mother of invention than imagination must be the egg. Nothing can be invented which has not first been… — Chrissy Byers Copy Share Image
That's why you hear about people coming up with inventions almost at the same time, because someone else is thinking about it. — Rich Fulcher Copy Share Image
If we have learned one thing from the history of invention and discovery, it is that, in the long run-and often in… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
Take man's most fantastic invention- God. Man invents God in the image of his longings, in the image of what he wants… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
The public is being spoiled by good technical quality photographs in magazines, on television, in the movies, and they have become bored.… — Alexey Brodovitch Copy Share Image
I love what the Valley does. I love company building. I love startups. I love technology companies. I love new technology. I… — Marc Andreessen Copy Share Image
What are most people hungry for? I believe it is spiritual and moral leadership. Increases in technology, scientific inventions, and medical miracles… — James E. Faust Copy Share Image
The great creators - the thinkers, the artists, the scientists, the inventors - stood alone against the men of their time. Every… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The ant's a centaur in his dragon world. Pull down thy vanity, it is not man Made courage, or made order, or… — Ezra Pound Copy Share Image
...playing with the Barbie-size keyboard on my new phone. Phones are like toys now. They fit in your pocket, light up and… — Richard Kadrey Copy Share Image
Science is the engine of prosperity. All the prosperity we see around us is a byproduct of scientific inventions. And that's not… — Michio Kaku Copy Share Image
And invention must still go on for it is necessary that we should completely control our circumstances. It is not sufficient that… — Reginald Fessenden Copy Share Image
It is arguable whether the human race have been gainers by the march of science beyond the steam engine. Electricity opens a… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Criticism is a study by which men grow important and formidable at very small expense. The power of invention has been conferred… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Executive Severance, a laugh out loud comic mystery novel, epitomizes our current cultural moment in that it is born from the juxtaposition… — Marleen S. Barr Copy Share Image
Work outside of school hours was a necessity at an early age, and with such time as I had I turned toward… — Chester Carlson Copy Share Image
This country has achieved its commercial and financial supremacy under a regime of private ownership. It conquered the wilderness, built our railroads,… — George B. Cortelyou Copy Share Image
Simply according artistic works the same protection as nonartistic works may not be sufficient to protect creativity. After all, the very essence… — Irving Kaufman Copy Share Image
It is impossible not to feel stirred at the thought of the emotions of man at certain historic moments of adventure and… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
Values cannot be speedily forgotten if it is inconvenient or commercially expedient. Values have to have meaning and longevity; otherwise they are… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Only an inventor knows how to borrow, and every man is or should be an inventor. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The arts and inventions of each period are only its costume, and do not invigorate men. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Imagination, not invention, is the supreme master of art as of life. — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
Sometimes, instead of helping people to advance, a discovery or an invention holds them back. — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
One minute gives invention to destroy; What to rebuild, will a whole age employ. — William Congreve Copy Share Image
We had to be our own mothers of invention, in many senses of the word. — June Millington Copy Share Image