I think [Nikola Tesla] was always like that. And so it was inevitable that he would be an inventor. Because it was… — Paul Laffoley Copy Share Image
In the culture of America, in a free culture, you get what you celebrate. And in this culture, we have two obsessions,… — Dean Kamen Copy Share Image
Congress shall have Power . . . to promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Time to… — James Madison Copy Share Image
I was terrible at maths, but I could grasp science, and I used to love to read about the lives of the… — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share Image
Few have heard of Fra Luca Pacioli, the inventor of double-entry bookkeeping; but he has probably had much more influence on human… — Herbert J. Muller Copy Share Image
Most inventors and engineers I've met are like me. They're shy and they live in their heads. The very best of them… — Steve Wozniak Copy Share Image
The spinning wheel is itself an exquisite piece of machinery. My head daily bows in reverence to its unknown inventor. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
It is certainly true that reason is the most important and the highest rank among all things and, in comparison with other… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The French revolution was a .eune invented and constructed for the purpose of manufacturing liberty; but it had neither lever cogs, nor… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
great inventors and discoverers seem to have made their discoveries and inventions as it were by the way, in the course of… — Elizabeth Charles Copy Share Image
For one thing, there are many "inventions" that are not patentable. The "inventor" of the supermarket, for example, conferred great benefits on… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
I thought of the nameless inventor of the bathtub. I was somehow sure it was a woman. And was the inventor of… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
An inventor is a man who asks 'Why?' of the universe and lets nothing stand between the answer and his mind. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The Romans were not inventors of the supporting arch, but its extended use in vaults and intersecting barrel shapes and domes is… — Harry Seidler Copy Share Image
When I'm old and dying, I plan to look back on my life and say 'wow, that was an adventure,' not 'wow,… — Tom Preston-Werner Copy Share Image
There's nothing on it worthwhile, and we're not going to watch it in this household, and I don't want it in your… — Philo Farnsworth Copy Share Image
Math is discovered. To be invented requires an inventor, but math exists outside of humanity. But ultimately, the laws of the universe… — Michio Kaku Copy Share Image
Thought experiment is in any case a necessary precondition for physical experiment. Every experimenter and inventor must have the planned arrangement in… — Ernst Mach Copy Share Image
I have always thought of myself as an inventor first and foremost. An engineer. An entrepreneur. In that order. I never thought… — Aaron Patzer Copy Share Image
It is no monopoly in any other sense than as a man's own house is a monopoly. But a man's right to… — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
In America the geography is sublime, but the men are not; the inventions are excellent, but the inventors one is sometimes ashamed… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image