--- title: "7 Greatest Inventions Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 7 Greatest Inventions quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Greatest Inventions sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34f/joanna-garcia-19123_cars_i-m-not-a-techie-but-i-don-t-know-how-i_519805.jpg" --- > [I'm not a techie, but I don't know how I lived without an iPad! Mine comes with me everywhere. As greatest inventions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joanna-garcia/i-m-not-a-techie-but-i-don-t-know-how-i-lived-without-an-ipad-mine/) [Joanna Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joanna-garcia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34f/joanna-garcia-19123_cars_i-m-not-a-techie-but-i-don-t-know-how-i_519805.jpg) > [The bicycle might just be the greatest of all inventions. It empowers the human machine, and with no input beyond perhaps a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-may/the-bicycle-might-just-be-the-greatest-of-all-inventions-it-empowers/) [James May](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-may/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98d/james-may-4243_beyond_the-bicycle-might-just-be-the-greatest-o_787868.png) > [Google is arguably one of the greatest inventions. The search engine is one of the greatest inventions in human history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franklin-foer/google-is-arguably-one-of-the-greatest-inventions-the-search-engine/) [Franklin Foer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franklin-foer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/248/franklin-foer-3604_google_google-is-arguably-one-of-the-greatest-i_993944.png) > [The greatest inventions are those inquiries which tend to increase the power of man over matter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/the-greatest-inventions-are-those-inquiries-which-tend-to-increase/) [Benjamin Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-franklin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33c/benjamin-franklin-65_increase_the-greatest-inventions-are-those-inquir_1930906.png) > [“I think the two greatest inventions in the history of mankind are the remote control and the fingernail clipper. Now, if someone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jarod-kintz/i-think-the-two-greatest-inventions-in-the-history-of-mankind-are-the/) [Jarod Kintz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jarod-kintz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9a/jarod-kintz-2_history_i-think-the-two-greatest-inventions-in-t_2400823.jpg) > [To me, the smell of fresh-made coffee is one of the greatest inventions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-jackman/to-me-the-smell-of-fresh-made-coffee-is-one-of-the-greatest-inventions/) [Hugh Jackman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-jackman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/112/hugh-jackman-1847_coffee_to-me-the-smell-of-fresh-made-coffee-is_2977080.jpg) > [The greatest inventions were produced in the times of ignorance, as the use of the compass, gunpowder, and printing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-swift/the-greatest-inventions-were-produced-in-the-times-of-ignorance-as/) [Jonathan Swift](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-swift/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/376/jonathan-swift-433_innovation_the-greatest-inventions-were-produced-in_3114545.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/greatest-inventions/#itemlist", "name": "Greatest Inventions Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm not a techie, but I don't know how I lived without an iPad! 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