Let the public throw bouquets to the inventors and in time we will all be happy. — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
“I tried and failed. I tried again and again and succeeded. [Epitaph from Gail Borden's gravestone.]” — Gail Borden Copy Share Image
“I wonder if the highlighter was highlight of the career for the person who invented it?” — Ryan Lilly Copy Share Image
When the inventor of the drawing board messed things up, what did he go back to? — Bob Monkhouse Copy Share Image
“The case of the inventor who is duped by his own invention emphasizes our need for circumspection.” — Adolfo Bioy Casares Copy Share Image
Original artistic invention demands that even the inventor be surprised. — Judith Schaechter Copy Share Image
“He makes you feel that if you only had a little more time, you, too, might be an inventor.” — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
No one is an inventor in the fashion business. Designers recreate fashion. — Tommy Hilfiger 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
Television was first conceived to be used as some kind of telescope, not for broadcasting. Originally, Sworkin, the inventor of television, wanted… — Paul Virilio Copy Share Image
Education, for most people, means trying to lead the child to resemble the typical adult of his society . . . but… — Jean Piaget Copy Share Image
There is the sheer amount of Franklin's wisdom. And the talent. Franklin played four instruments. He was the nation's leading scientist and… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
I did a book in 1996, an overview of black history. In that process I became more aware of a lot of… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
PYRRHONISM- An ancient philosophy, named for its inventor. It consisted of an absolute disbelief in everything but Pyrrhonism. Its modern professors have… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
As a kid, I wanted to be an inventor and realizing that being an artist is like being an inventor because you… — Michael C. McMillen Copy Share Image
“A problem well-stated is a problem half-solved.1 —CHARLES KETTERING, AMERICAN ENGINEER, HOLDER OF 186 PATENTS, INVENTOR OF THE ELECTRICAL STARTING MOTOR, LEADED… — Nat Greene Copy Share Image
Optimistic people play a disproportionate role in shaping our lives. Their decisions make a difference; they are inventors, entrepreneurs, political and military… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
“Born on January 17, 1706, he inhabited this planet until April 17, 1790. His talents were many and he was known to… — Captain Hank Bracker, "Seawater One Copy Share Image
“Like Alan Turing, Zuse was educated in a system that focused on a child's emotional and philosophical life as well as his… — Konrad Zuse Copy Share Image
Nothing retains its form; new shapes from old. Nature, the great inventor, ceaselessly contrives. In all creation, be assured, there is no… — Ovid Copy Share Image
I am more of a sponge than an inventor. I absorb ideas from every source. I take half-matured schemes for mechanical development… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
Man shouldn’t be able to see his own face – there’s nothing more sinister. Nature gave him the gift of not being… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
At the bidding of a Peter the Hermit millions of men hurled themselves against the East; the words of an hallucinated enthusiast… — Gustave Le Bon Copy Share Image
To me, the amazing thing is that so much that was science fiction back then, political fiction, today is reality. We have… — George Takei Copy Share Image
I'd like to be an inventor, as they look at the world in a different way and find solutions for making it… — Neil Jackson Copy Share Image
To this day, no one has come up with a set of rules for originality. There aren't any. — Les Paul Copy Share Image
Being an independent inventor is tough. You develop a product, patent it, then you're looking for someone who will see the benefit… — Lonnie Johnson Copy Share Image
Every child has a dream, to pursue the dream is in every child's hand to make it a reality. One's invention is… — Samuel Morse Copy Share Image
Photography was not invented to serve a clearly understood function. There was in fact widespread uncertainty, even among its inventors, as to… — John Szarkowski Copy Share Image
Do not allow anyone to tell you what kind of a person you are inside except God himself, for every inventor knows… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A lot of mythology surrounds British inventor Geoffrey Pyke. He supposedly made people come to his bedside to see his designs because… — Jamie Hyneman 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
Not only was [Edwin Land] one of the great inventors of our time but, more important, he saw the intersection of art… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
Archimedes was my ideal. I admired the works of artists, but to my mind, they were only shadows and semblances. The inventor,… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
It isn’t easy being a brilliant inventor, always alone. Always misunderstood. Easy to turn bitter, make horrible mistakes. People are more difficult… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
the inventor of the plow did more good than the maker of the first rosary - because, say what you will, plowing… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
I maintain that to-day many an inventor, many a diplomat, many a financier is a sounder philosopher than all those who practise… — Oswald Spengler Copy Share Image
In other words, what is supposedly found is an invention whose inventor is unaware of his act of invention, who considers it… — Paul Watzlawick Copy Share Image
The inventor, the man with a unique, specialized talent, is the only real super-genius. But he is so rare that he needs… — Charles M. Schwab Copy Share Image
I maintain that many an inventor, many a diplomat, many a financier is a sounder philosopher than all those who practice the… — Oswald Spengler Copy Share Image
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