“Hugo Gernsback invented pulp magazines and the grandfather paradox. Not bad for a charlatan.” — James Gleick Copy Share Image
“If you’re struggling to “think outside the box” remember the box is self-imposed. Who says it has to be a box? Why… — Ryan Lilly Copy Share Image
If I look into my past, I was definitely into inventors. I was into stories of Edison and Tesla and da Vinci… — Robin Sloan Copy Share Image
The notion that inventors are anorak-wearing crackpots with glasses held together with Sellotape is beguiling but wrong. — Trevor Baylis Copy Share Image
“the inventors and company executives don’t generally partake in their own creations. Thus the heavy reliance on focus groups with the targeted… — Michael Moss Copy Share Image
All inventors, they say, are a little mad. I reckon that only completely sane people are willing to admit they are slightly… — Trevor Baylis Copy Share Image
The inventors we remember didn't invent anything. They're the people who took somebody else's invention and made it commercially viable. — Mark Kurlansky Copy Share Image
I think that the inventors can do anything they want, and nobody can say anything otherwise. — Jason Newsted Copy Share Image
“I come from a whole goddam family of inventors," said Will. "We had ideas for breakfast. We had ideas instead of breakfast.… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
The discoverer and the poet are inventors; and they are so because their mental vision detects the unapparent, unsuspected facts, almost as… — George Henry Lewes Copy Share Image
“The great inventions would have not become a reality if their inventors listened to criticism or paid attention to people who tried… — JOHN TASKINSOY Copy Share Image
Inventors often don't know how to pitch their ideas. So many people in Silicon Valley want to hear you say 'disruptive,' and… — Sir Mix-a-Lot Copy Share Image
I hope you're as lucky as I am. The world needs inventors--great ones. You can be one. If you love what you… — Steve Wozniak 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
The optimum amount of sugar in a product became known as the 'bliss point.' Food inventors and scientists spend a huge amount… — Michael Moss Copy Share Image
In the bubble decade, making money as an end in itself boomed as a calling among students at elite universities like Harvard,… — Frank Rich Copy Share Image
We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“He wrested the world's whereabouts from the stars, and locked the secret in a pocket watch.” — Dava Sobel 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
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
My experience is that inventors come in all sizes, all nationalities, all ages. The only thing I'm sure of is that inventors… — Robert Dilts Copy Share Image
Had one's age been the sole criterion for his knowledge and wisdom,then many inventors & innovators would have the oldest people only. — Anuj Somany Copy Share Image
It must be confessed that the inventors of the mechanical arts have been much more useful to men than the inventors of… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Like its Senate counterpart, H.R. 1908 is the product of years of bipartisan collaboration. And now, by passing S. 1145, the U.S.… — Viet D. Dinh Copy Share Image