Necessity is the mother-in-law of patents. — The Covert Comic Aka John Alejandro King Copy Share Image
Every invention was borne out of impossible. So impossible does not exist in the world of development. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
For without invention, no one was ever a great man in his own trade. — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist in creating out of void, but out of chaos. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Today every invention is received with a cry of triumph which soon turns into a cry of fear. — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share Image
The European Union is the world's most successful invention for advancing peace. — John Bruton Copy Share Image
I didn't fail 1000 times. The light bulb was an invention with 1000 steps. — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
My invention, (the motion picture camera), can be exploited... as a scientific curiosity, but apart from that it has no commercial value… — Auguste Lumiere Copy Share Image
The very greatest things - great thoughts, discoveries, inventions - have usually been nurtured in hardship, often pondered over in sorrow, and… — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image
Language, that most human invention, can enable what, in principle, should not be possible. It can allow all of us, even the… — Oliver Sacks Copy Share Image
The first move toward the determination of the direction of my art was the fortunate invention of plans for Blok’s wonder The… — Vsevolod Meyerhold Copy Share Image
The single greatest invention man ever conceived in the dollar bill, because I don't want to know the conversion rate for coconuts. — John Smith Copy Share Image
“It is clear to me that "religions" are the invention of man, and therefore exhibit all the strengths and weaknesses of human… — Ronald R. Cooke Copy Share Image
The most important invention that will come out of the corporate research lab in the future will be the corporation itself. — John Seely Brown Copy Share Image
For one person who is blessed with the power of invention, many will always be found who have the capacity of applying… — Charles Babbage Copy Share Image
Let art, then, imitate nature, find what she desires, and follow as she directs. For in invention nature is never last, education… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
“Power as a beneficial tool for aspiring achievers is primarily made up into four folds; 1. Power to control emotions, 2. Power… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
I love writing and the little filmmaking I have attempted, but comics is the means of artistic expression that feels most comfortable… — Jason Lutes 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
Everywhere we are told that our human resources are all to be used, that our civilization itself means the uses of everything… — Muriel Rukeyser Copy Share Image
The aether: Invented by Isaac Newton, reinvented by James Clerk Maxwell. This is the stuff that fills up the empty space of… — Leon M. Lederman Copy Share Image
Becoming a strategic thinker is about opening your mind to possibilities. It’s about seeing the bigger picture. It’s about understanding the various… — Max McKeown Copy Share Image
One of the ways that your project, your personal healing, or your social invention can change the world is through story. But… — Charles Eisenstein Copy Share Image
Some people think it's psuedo-science, but it's called morphic resonance. It's when someone thinks of an idea, it makes it easier for… — Rich Fulcher Copy Share Image
Discoveries are always accidental; and the great use of science is by investigating the nature of the effects produced by any process… — Benjamin Thompson Copy Share Image
So you want another story?" Uhh... no. We would like to know what really happened." Doesn't the telling of something always become… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
The ways of living have been rendered vastly easier by a multitude of inventions, by the increasing wealth of the country, by… — Anna Brackett Copy Share Image
Without theory, practice is but routine born of habit. Theory alone can bring forth and develop the spirit of invention. ... [Do… — Louis Pasteur Copy Share Image
There are many points in the history of an invention which the inventor himself is apt to overlook as trifling, but in… — David Brewster Copy Share Image
In every human society of which we have any record, there are those who teach and those who learn, for learning a… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
In one way, we're on an upward swing, but at the same time there's still a lot of evil that goes on… — George Harrison Copy Share Image
If everything is God's will, then so is the invention of the vaccine, just like the seatbelt. — Els Borst Copy Share Image
War is an invention of the human mind. The human mind can invent peace with justice. — Norman Cousins Copy Share Image
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