The notion that inventors are anorak-wearing crackpots with glasses held together with Sellotape is beguiling but wrong. — Trevor Baylis Copy Share Image
I don't know if I know anyone, with the exception of the early inventors of rock music [who wasn't influenced by something]. — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
“Hugo Gernsback invented pulp magazines and the grandfather paradox. Not bad for a charlatan.” — James Gleick Copy Share Image
In America the geography is sublime, but the men are not; the inventions are excellent, but the inventors one is sometimes ashamed… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“If you’re struggling to “think outside the box” remember the box is self-imposed. Who says it has to be a box? Why… — Ryan Lilly Copy Share Image
What the history of aviation has brought in the 20th century should inspire us to be inventors and explorers ourselves in the… — Bertrand Piccard Copy Share Image
Most inventors and engineers I've met are like me. They're shy and they live in their heads. The very best of them… — Steve Wozniak Copy Share Image
All recognized famous inventors had capable predecessors and successors and made their improvements at a time when society was capable of using… — Jared Diamond Copy Share Image
“I come from a whole goddam family of inventors," said Will. "We had ideas for breakfast. We had ideas instead of breakfast.… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
Having a good idea is one thing, but persuading other people to buy it is quite another. Good inventors are polymaths: they… — James Dyson Copy Share Image
Calculus, the electrical battery, the telephone, the steam engine, the radio - all these groundbreaking innovations were hit upon by multiple inventors… — Steven Johnson Copy Share Image
There is no formula. We all must become spirited inventors. There's no single answer - not even a single starting point. Even… — Frances Moore Lappé Copy Share Image
The genius of the United States is not best or most in its executives or legislatures, nor in its ambassadors or authors… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
Today, people idolize athletes and celebrities - and yes, highly successful and visionary business people like Bill Gates or Steve Jobs, but… — Naveen Jain Copy Share Image
These inventors were elevating the formulation of entrepreneurial ideas to the status of a visionary activity. Though forced to justify their efforts… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
We are called the nation of inventors. And we are. We could still claim that title and wear its loftiest honors if… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
By and large, I'm in the same boat as other inventors. If we're lucky, of the 10 or 15 items we do… — Ralph H. Baer Copy Share Image
“Inventors are honorable not because they make a difference, but because they want to make a difference against all odds” — Kalyan C. Kankanala Copy Share Image
“Inventors do not invent for financial gain, they invent simply because they love to invent” — Kalyan C. Kankanala Copy Share Image
Inventors and geniuses have almost always been looked on as no better than fools at the beginning of their career, and very… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
“Creativity enhances all senses. But the best part is that one gets to tap into their sixth sense as well.” — Mitta Xinindlu Copy Share Image
“To achieve patent commercialization success, every inventor must think like a business man” — Kalyan C. Kankanala Copy Share Image
“Many inventors fail because they do not distinguish between planning and experimenting. The” — Henry Ford Copy Share Image
The men who made the Industrial Revolution are usually pictured as hardfaced businessmen with no other motive than self-interest. That is certainly… — Jacob Bronowski Copy Share Image