Invention is almost the only literary labour which blindness cannot obstruct. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Males have probably always enjoyed watching the defeat of other males, but without the invention of numerals and the subsequent invention of… — Patricia Marx Copy Share Image
Not since the steam engine has any invention disrupted business models like the Internet. Whole industries including music distribution, yellow-pages directories, landline… — John Sununu Copy Share Image
Contrary to what many people believe, the welfare state was originally a 'rightwing' invention. It was the arch-conservative Otton von Bismarck who… — Ha-Joon Chang Copy Share Image
I call it my billion-dollar mistake. It was the invention of the null reference in 1965. — Tony Hoare Copy Share Image
Our first and most pressing problem is how to do away with warfare as a method of solving conflicts between national groups… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
Art is an invention of aesthetics, which in turn is an invention of philosophers... What we call art is a game. — Octavio Paz Copy Share Image
Morality was probably the invention of unattractive men. Whom else does it benefit really — Manu Joseph Copy Share Image
The progressive development of man is vitally dependent on invention. It is the most important product of his creative brain. Its ultimate… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
I read a piece by a guy out in Alberta that said Canadians are lazy because they're not patenting enough new inventions.… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
Because we imagine, we can have invention and technology. It's actually play, not necessity, that is the mother of invention. — Alison Gopnik Copy Share Image
I have more things going on right now than I can actually do without the invention of a cloning device. It is… — Kristin Bauer van Straten Copy Share Image
Photography, as an invention, was both art and science. The view it gave us of the world was in some measure acceptable… — Joseph Kosuth Copy Share Image
The reason why the Wright brothers were successful wasn't because they had the most resources, but because they understood how invention works.… — Boyan Slat Copy Share Image
Invention, my dear friends, is 93% perspiration, 6% electricity, 4% evaporation, and 2% butterscotch ripple — Gene Wilder Copy Share Image
What I tend to do is to wake about five in the morning-this happens quite often-think about the invention, and then image… — James Lovelock Copy Share Image
Was there ever a better invention in the cookie world than the Oreo? — Rachel Hollis Copy Share Image
Writer's block has probably existed since the invention of writing, but the term itself was first introduced into the academic literature in… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share Image
The world is as large as the range of one's interests. A narrow-minded man has a narrow outlook. The walls of his… — Joseph Jastrow Copy Share Image
For us, for me as national coach, the Nations League is a good invention. — Joachim Low Copy Share Image
Necessity is the mother of invention. I love solving things like that. Because there wasn't enough memory, thinking of an economical way… — Shigeru Miyamoto Copy Share Image
