Without writing, the literate mind would not and could not think as it does, not only when engaged in writing but normally… — Walter J. Ong Copy Share Image
Not since Ancient Greece have cities been thought of as the ideal living environment for humans. And that was so long ago… — Giles Coren Copy Share Image
We should think about whether canonizations, which are an invention of the Middle Ages, still make sense today. — Hans Kung Copy Share Image
It would be wryly interesting if in human history the cultivation of marijuana led generally to the invention of agriculture, and thereby… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
The invention that most people know me for is the Super Soaker water gun. I knew the gun worked well, and I… — Lonnie Johnson Copy Share Image
The main ingredient of the first quantum revolution, wave-particle duality, has led to inventions such as the transistor and the laser that… — Alain Aspect Copy Share Image
A long poem is a test of invention which I take to be the Polar star of poetry, as fancy is the… — John Keats Copy Share Image
The city is a cultural invention enforcing on the citizen knowledge of his own nature. And this we do not like. That… — Robert Ardrey Copy Share Image
It is ourselves alone that make our days lucky or unlucky. Away, then, with a vain prejudice, the invention of the priesthood,… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
“Getting fired from work gives you the zeal to make your own inventions” — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
We do not yet trust the unknown powers of thought. Whence came all these tools, inventions, book laws, parties, kingdoms? Out of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The greatest single achievement of nature to date was surely the invention of the molecule DNA. — Lewis Thomas Copy Share Image
There is no other species on Earth that does science. It is, so far, entirely a human invention, evolved by natural selection… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
War is an invention of the human mind. The human mind can invent peace with justice. — Norman Cousins Copy Share Image
You of the West are practical in business, practical in great inventions, but we of the East are practical in religion. You… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Every year the inventions of science weave more inextricably the web that binds man to man, group to group, nation to nation. — Harry Emerson Fosdick Copy Share Image
The tremendous and still accelerating development of science and technology has not been accompanied by an equal development in social, economic and… — Ralph Linton Copy Share Image
Difficult economic times, often spur great periods of creativity and invention. — Carisa Bianchi Copy Share Image
“The patent system was established, I believe, to protect the lone inventor. In this it has not succeeded. … The patent system… — Ernst Alexanderson Copy Share Image
No Latina woman would be called 'Ms.' - that's an invention of middle-class Anglo women. Latina women are proud to be called… — Clarissa Pinkola Estes Copy Share Image
Conflict is the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. It instigates invention. It shocks us out of sheep-like… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
Yes, the mistrust of poetry has a long history, for a variety of reasons, but they all come down to sentiment and… — Mary Ruefle Copy Share Image
This is the secret I kept from you, Bails, from myself too: I think I liked that Mom was gone, that she… — Jandy Nelson Copy Share Image
