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title: "Popular Invention Thoughts"
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> [Even with all our technology and the inventions that make modern life so much easier than it once was, it takes just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/even-with-all-our-technology-and-the-inventions-that-make-modern-life/)

[Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/)

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> [The formation of scales and of the web of harmony is a product of artistic invention, and is in no way given…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hermann-von-helmholtz/the-formation-of-scales-and-of-the-web-of-harmony-is-a-product-of/)

[Hermann von Helmholtz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hermann-von-helmholtz/)

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> [I am not overly impressed by the great names and reputations of those who might be trying to beat me to an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-a-edison/i-am-not-overly-impressed-by-the-great-names-and-reputations-of-those/)

[Thomas A. Edison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-a-edison/)

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> [This was the invention of modern American philanthropy as we know it. The idea of systematizing giving to achieve human progress was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-rodin/this-was-the-invention-of-modern-american-philanthropy-as-we-know-it/)

[Judith Rodin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-rodin/)

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> [So, that was Nature's way. The mosquito felt pain and panic but the dragonfly knew nothing of cruelty. Humans would call it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-marsden/so-that-was-nature-s-way-the-mosquito-felt-pain-and-panic-but-the/)

[John Marsden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-marsden/)

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> [Thus, though I dislike to differ with such a great man, Voltaire was simply ludicrous when he said that if god did…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-hitchens/thus-though-i-dislike-to-differ-with-such-a-great-man-voltaire-was/)

[Christopher Hitchens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-hitchens/)

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> [One of the movements we have developed is to say that, just as intellectual property rights protect the inventions of individuals, common…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vandana-shiva/one-of-the-movements-we-have-developed-is-to-say-that-just-as/)

[Vandana Shiva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vandana-shiva/)

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> [It's clear that there has to be some play between the vitality of invention in economic life and some regulation of it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-hass/it-s-clear-that-there-has-to-be-some-play-between-the-vitality-of/)

[Robert Hass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-hass/)

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> [The rage for road building is beneficent for America, where vast distance is so main a consideration in our domestic politics andtrade,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-rage-for-road-building-is-beneficent-for-america-where-vast/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [There are indications because of new inventions, that 10, 15, or 20 nations will have a nuclear capacity, including Red China, by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-f-kennedy/there-are-indications-because-of-new-inventions-that-10-15-or-20/)

[John F. Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-f-kennedy/)

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> [The mind is a vagrant thing ... Thinking is not analogous to a person working in a laboratory who invents something on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-j-boorstin/the-mind-is-a-vagrant-thing-thinking-is-not-analogous-to-a-person/)

[Daniel J. Boorstin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-j-boorstin/)

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> [The business model for content is to be paid for it. You can be paid for it either though advertising or subscriptions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-diller/the-business-model-for-content-is-to-be-paid-for-it-you-can-be-paid/)

[Barry Diller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-diller/)

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> [The alphabet was a great invention, which enabled men to store and to learn with little effort what others had learned the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-f-skinner/the-alphabet-was-a-great-invention-which-enabled-men-to-store-and-to/)

[B. F. Skinner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-f-skinner/)

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> [Rock 'n' Roll is a combination of good ideas dried up by fads, terrible junk, hideous failings in taste and judgment, gullibility…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greil-marcus/rock-n-roll-is-a-combination-of-good-ideas-dried-up-by-fads-terrible/)

[Greil Marcus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greil-marcus/)

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> [I don't think that you can invent on behalf of customers unless you're willing to think long-term, because a lot of invention…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bezos/i-don-t-think-that-you-can-invent-on-behalf-of-customers-unless-you/)

[Jeff Bezos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bezos/)

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> [The essence of education is not to transfer knowledge; it is to guide the learning process, to put responsibility for study in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tsunesaburo-makiguchi/the-essence-of-education-is-not-to-transfer-knowledge-it-is-to-guide/)

[Tsunesaburo Makiguchi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tsunesaburo-makiguchi/)

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> [It might interest you to know that the 1828 Noah Webster Dictionary identifies the optimist in complimentary terms, but says nothing about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zig-ziglar/it-might-interest-you-to-know-that-the-1828-noah-webster-dictionary/)

[Zig Ziglar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zig-ziglar/)

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> [Time has always been used against us on a certain level. The invention of the clock made us accountable to the employer,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-rushkoff/time-has-always-been-used-against-us-on-a-certain-level-the-invention/)

[Douglas Rushkoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-rushkoff/)

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> [Christianity is the worst of the regressions that mankind can ever have undergone, and it's the Jew who, thanks to this diabolic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adolf-hitler/christianity-is-the-worst-of-the-regressions-that-mankind-can-ever/)

[Adolf Hitler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adolf-hitler/)

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> [There is an unlucky tendency ... to allow every new invention to add to life's complications, and every new power to increase…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vernon-lee/there-is-an-unlucky-tendency-to-allow-every-new-invention-to-add-to/)

[Vernon Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vernon-lee/)

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> [To be open to inspiration, one must cultivate a leaning for the problematic, a chronic attraction to things that do not totally…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-grudin/to-be-open-to-inspiration-one-must-cultivate-a-leaning-for-the/)

[Robert Grudin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-grudin/)

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> [The modernists started with the assumption that science is the only source of sure knowledge, that nature is all there is, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-colson/the-modernists-started-with-the-assumption-that-science-is-the-only/)

[Charles Colson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-colson/)

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> [If you are going to do large-scale invention, you have to be willing to do three things: You must be willing to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bezos/if-you-are-going-to-do-large-scale-invention-you-have-to-be-willing/)

[Jeff Bezos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bezos/)

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> [If human thought is a growth, like all other growths, its logic is without foundation of its own, and is only the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-fort/if-human-thought-is-a-growth-like-all-other-growths-its-logic-is/)

[Charles Fort](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-fort/)

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> [The confusion is not my invention. We cannot listen to a conversation for five minutes without being aware of the confusion. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-beckett/the-confusion-is-not-my-invention-we-cannot-listen-to-a-conversation/)

[Samuel Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-beckett/)

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> [By whatever means it is accomplished, the prime business of a play is to arouse the passions of its audience so that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-miller/by-whatever-means-it-is-accomplished-the-prime-business-of-a-play-is/)

[Arthur Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-miller/)

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> [We have a duty towards music; namely to invent it. ...Invention presupposes imagination but should not be confused with it. For the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/igor-stravinsky/we-have-a-duty-towards-music-namely-to-invent-it-invention/)

[Igor Stravinsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/igor-stravinsky/)

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> [Everyone always wants new things. Everybody likes new inventions, new technology. People will never be replaced by machines. In the end, life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/everyone-always-wants-new-things-everybody-likes-new-inventions-new/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Open marriage' is an invention of a feminist era. The idea is to have a marriage where dalliances are tolerated or even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-marcotte/open-marriage-is-an-invention-of-a-feminist-era-the-idea-is-to-have-a/)

[Amanda Marcotte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-marcotte/)

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> [Well, I'm not able to work anymore as an actor and still at the level I would want to ... you start…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-newman/well-i-m-not-able-to-work-anymore-as-an-actor-and-still-at-the-level/)

[Paul Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-newman/)

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> [History repeats itself again I guess the rate of innovation is so high in our industry that if you don’t innovate at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thorsten-heins/history-repeats-itself-again-i-guess-the-rate-of-innovation-is-so/)

[Thorsten Heins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thorsten-heins/)

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> [Now, before sliced bread was invented in the 1910s I wonder what they said? Like the greatest invention since the telegraph or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-godin/now-before-sliced-bread-was-invented-in-the-1910s-i-wonder-what-they/)

[Seth Godin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-godin/)

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> [Many consider that Shostakovich is the greatest 20th-century composer. In his 15 symphonies, 15 quartets, and in other works he demonstrated mastery…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dmitri-shostakovich/many-consider-that-shostakovich-is-the-greatest-20th-century-composer/)

[Dmitri Shostakovich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dmitri-shostakovich/)

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> [While clothes with pictures and/or writing on them are not entirely an invention of the modern age, they are an unpleasant indication…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fran-lebowitz/while-clothes-with-pictures-and-or-writing-on-them-are-not-entirely/)

[Fran Lebowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fran-lebowitz/)

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> [We must give as much weight to the arousal of the emotions and to the expression of moral and aesthetic values as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-mumford/we-must-give-as-much-weight-to-the-arousal-of-the-emotions-and-to-the/)

[Lewis Mumford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-mumford/)

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> [“The very act of story-telling, of arranging memory and invention according to the structure of the narrative, is by definition holy. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-carroll/the-very-act-of-story-telling-of-arranging-memory-and-invention/)

[James Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-carroll/)

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> [There is one notable thing about our Christianity: bad, bloody, merciless, money-grabbing and predatory as it is - in our country particularly,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/there-is-one-notable-thing-about-our-christianity-bad-bloody-2/)

[Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/)

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> [As was the case for Nobel's own invention of dynamite, the uses that are made of increased knowledge can serve both beneficial…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolaas-bloembergen/as-was-the-case-for-nobel-s-own-invention-of-dynamite-the-uses-that/)

[Nicolaas Bloembergen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicolaas-bloembergen/)

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> [ A journalist in America told us that we'd \[with Johhny Depp\] been working together for 10 decades, so we're a lot older… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-burton/a-journalist-in-america-told-us-that-we-d-with-johhny-depp-been/)

[Tim Burton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-burton/)

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> [Males have probably always enjoyed watching the defeat of other males, but without the invention of numerals and the subsequent invention of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-marx/males-have-probably-always-enjoyed-watching-the-defeat-of-other-males/)

[Patricia Marx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-marx/)

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                        "text": "The rage for road building is beneficent for America, where vast distance is so main a consideration in our domestic politics andtrade, inasmuch as the great political promise of the invention is to hold the Union staunch, whose days already seem numbered by the mere inconvenience of transporting representatives, judges and officers across such tedious distances of land and water.",
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                        "text": "The confusion is not my invention. We cannot listen to a conversation for five minutes without being aware of the confusion. It is all around us and our only chance now is to let it in. The only chance of renovation is to open our eyes and see the mess. It is not a mess you can make sense of.",
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