People are clever, but almost no one ever devises an optimal quip precisely at the needed moment. Therefore, virtually all great one-liners… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
At the beginning of this marvelous era it was natural to expect, and it was expected, that laborsaving inventions would lighten the… — Henry George Copy Share Image
A foolhardy lot, we accepted it all, as we always do, never asked: "What is going to happen to us now, with… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
The content could be done anyplace, but the real invention is the architecture. The architecture is the only work that really defines… — Miuccia Prada Copy Share Image
The invention of basketball was not an accident. It was developed to meet a need. — James Naismith Copy Share Image
Why do I think that we, the intellectuals, are able to help? Simply because we, the intellectuals, have done the most terrible… — Karl Popper Copy Share Image
When you receive criticism from well-meaning people, it pays to ask, ‘Are they right?’ And if they are, you need to adapt… — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
Scientific theories never dictate human values, but they can often cast new light on ethical issues. From a sexual selection viewpoint, moral… — Geoffrey Miller Copy Share Image
By 17, I had a whole band that would go in and play. It was called Spontaneous Inventions, after a Bobby McFerrin album. — Brian McKnight Copy Share Image
Our relationship with nature has changed radically, irreversibly, but by no means all for the bad. Our new epoch is laced with… — Diane Ackerman Copy Share Image
Our most valuable resources - creativity, communication, invention, and reinvention - are, in fact, unlimited. — David Grinspoon Copy Share Image
It often puzzles me when people think that matters connected with sex ought to be suppressed. Sex itself cannot be suppressed, and… — Maxwell Perkins Copy Share Image
“This box is useless," said Alliance 6-7349. Should it be what they claim of it," said Harmony 9-2642, "then it would bring… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Open marriage' is an invention of a feminist era. The idea is to have a marriage where dalliances are tolerated or even… — Amanda Marcotte Copy Share Image
In England, theres no acknowledgement the invention of slavery came from Britain. — Chiwetel Ejiofor Copy Share Image
With the advent of computing, human invention crossed a threshold into a world different from everything that came before. The computer is… — James Gleick Copy Share Image
By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote. In fact, it is as difficult to appropriate the thoughts of others… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The dishwasher is the best invention in the world, I didn't grow up with one so it's my prize possession in the… — Laura Whitmore Copy Share Image
There's a whole generation of young people who are faced with the so-called 'jobless recovery.' Necessity is the mother of invention. They… — Don Tapscott Copy Share Image
Industry has operated against the artisan in favor of the idler, and also in favor of capital and against labor. Any mechanical… — Remy de Gourmont Copy Share Image
Sightseeing was ... based on imaginative invention, like rehearsing your own play in stage sets from which all the actors had fled. — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
Our ability to create has outreached our ability to use wisely the products of our invention. — Whitney M. Young Copy Share Image
Over most of history, threats have come from nature - disease, earthquakes, floods, and so forth. But the worst now come from… — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
Books: a beautifully browsable invention that needs no electricity and exists in a readable form no matter what happens. — Nicholson Baker Copy Share Image
