--- title: "7 Invent Words Quotes by 5 authors" description: "Browse 7 Invent Words quotes by 5 authors. Discover the best Invent Words sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2e/martin-h-fischer-25935_fail_whenever-ideas-fail-men-invent-words-402_40221.jpg" --- > [Whenever ideas fail, men invent words.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-h-fischer/whenever-ideas-fail-men-invent-words/) [Martin H. Fischer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-h-fischer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2e/martin-h-fischer-25935_fail_whenever-ideas-fail-men-invent-words-402_40221.jpg) > [“If you and I really, truly wanted to change the world, we'd invent more words that started with x .”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/if-you-and-i-really-truly-wanted-to-change-the-world-we-d-invent-more/) [David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7c/david-levithan-67_change-the-world_if-you-and-i-really-truly-wanted-to-chan_634139.jpg) > [“x, n. Doesn’t it strike you as strange that we have a letter in the alphabet that nobody uses? It represents one-twenty-sixth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/x-n-doesn-t-it-strike-you-as-strange-that-we-have-a-letter-in-the/) [David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1e/david-levithan-67_change-the-world_x-n-doesn-t-it-strike-you-as-strange-tha_1428153.jpg) > [Scientists often invent words to fill the holes in their understanding.These words are meant as conveniences until real understanding can be found.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-adams/scientists-often-invent-words-to-fill-the-holes-in-their/) [Scott Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/845/scott-adams-666_acceptance_scientists-often-invent-words-to-fill-th_1861392.jpg) > [“Cordelia was thinking how human beings can invent words, how they can line up their invented words side by side on paper.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonie-swann/cordelia-was-thinking-how-human-beings-can-invent-words-how-they-can/) [Leonie Swann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonie-swann/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/408/leonie-swann-30401_magic_cordelia-was-thinking-how-human-beings-c_2227922.jpg) > [“Scientists often invent words to fill the holes in their understanding. These words are meant as conveniences until real understanding can be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-adams/scientists-often-invent-words-to-fill-the-holes-in-their-2/) [Scott Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35b/scott-adams-666_language_scientists-often-invent-words-to-fill-th_2792734.jpg) > [“I ought to be able to invent words capable of blowing the odor of corpses in a direction other than straight into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-kafka/i-ought-to-be-able-to-invent-words-capable-of-blowing-the-odor-of/) [Franz Kafka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-kafka/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d01/franz-kafka-214_books_i-ought-to-be-able-to-invent-words-capab_2911781.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/invent-words/#itemlist", "name": "Invent Words Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Whenever ideas fail, men invent words.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Martin H. 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