Fairy tales only happen in movies." -George Melies from The Invention of Hugo Cabret — Brian Selznick Copy Share Image
Necessity may be the mother of invention, but play is certainly the father. — Roger von Oech Copy Share Image
Feminine virtue is nothing but a convenient masculine invention. — Ninon de L'Enclos Copy Share Image
The digital revolution is far more significant than the invention of writing or even of printing. — Douglas Engelbart Copy Share Image
Morality was probably the invention of unattractive men. Whom else does it benefit really — Manu Joseph Copy Share Image
Difficult economic times, often spur great periods of creativity and invention. — Carisa Bianchi Copy Share Image
Warfare ... is just an invention, older and more widespread than the jury system, but none the less an invention. — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
That is to say, epic poetry has been invented many times and independently; but, as the needs which prompted the invention have… — Lascelles Abercrombie Copy Share Image
Forming of a web of information nodes rather than a hierarchical tree or an ordered list is the basic concept behind HyperText. — Tim Berners-Lee Copy Share Image
Bush explained his fundamental concept to me, that freedom is not an American invention, but rather a gift from God to all… — Natan Sharansky Copy Share Image
[Science fiction is] a specialized type of fantasy, in which the prime assumption usually is a new scientific discovery or invention. — Jack Williamson Copy Share Image
Utterly ingenious! Tiffany Trent has more fine invention at her fingertips than a roomful of magical Leonardos! — Ellen Kushner Copy Share Image
Tens of thousands who could never afford to own, feed and stable a horse, had by this bright invention enjoyed the swiftness… — Frances E. Willard Copy Share Image
“While what I write is always largely consistent with the records that remain I freely admit that where historical fact proves a… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
There is not less wit nor invention in applying rightly a thought one finds in a book, than in being the first… — Pierre Bayle Copy Share Image
Germans are flummoxed by humor, the Swiss have no concept of fun, the Spanish think there is nothing at all ridiculous about… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
O, mighty, divinely delimited wisdom of walls, boundaries! I is perhaps the most magnificent of all inventions. Man ceased to be a… — Yevgeny Zamyatin Copy Share Image
What passes in the world for talent or dexterity or enterprise is often only a want of moral principle. We may succeed… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
I suppose it's fair to say that I am interested in the invention of self or selves. We're all born into certain… — Sarah Jones Copy Share Image
The computer is my favourite invention. I feel lucky to be part of the global village. I don't mean to brag, but… — Yoko Ono Copy Share Image
The notion, the invention of a country, is fairly new in the history of mankind. We tend to forget that. We want… — Philippe Falardeau Copy Share Image
No religion ever appeared in the world whose natural tendency was so much directed to promote the peace and happiness of mankind.… — Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke Copy Share Image
“Imagination has brought mankind through the Dark Ages to its present state of civilization. Imagination led Columbus to discover America. Imagination led… — L. Frank Baum 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
But though every created thing is, in this sense, a mystery, the word mystery cannot be applied to moral truth, any more… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Motors make noise and that tells you about the feelings and attitudes that went into it. Something was more important than sensory… — Philip Slater Copy Share Image
“The discovery of the telephone has made us acquainted with many strange phenomena. It has enabled us, amongst other things, to establish… — William Henry Preece Copy Share Image
“If you had come to me a hundred years ago, do you think I should have dreamed of the telephone? Why, even… — William Crookes Copy Share Image
In my own time there have been inventions of this sort, transparent windows tubes for diffusing warmth equally through all parts of… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
He that condemns himself to compose on a stated day will often bring to his task attention dissipated, a memory embarrassed, an… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“With the invention of the internet, any subliterate cretin can be Michiko Kakutani.” — Robert Galbraith Copy Share Image
War is an invention of the human mind. The human mind can invent peace with justice. — Norman Cousins Copy Share Image
The digital camera is a great invention because it allows us to reminisce. Instantly. — Demetri Martin Copy Share Image
Invention flags, his brain goes muddy, and black despair succeeds brown study. — William Congreve Copy Share Image
Conflict is resolved not through compromise, but through invention. — Mary Parker Follett Copy Share Image
This play is truly a great invention, and we're having a great time doing it eight times a week. — Bill Irwin Copy Share Image
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