Necessity may well be called the mother of invention but calamity is the test of integrity. — Samuel Richardson Copy Share Image
We say that necessity is the mother of invention, and no country has more of a necessity to develop clean power than… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
I don't know if fury can compete with necessity as the mother of invention, but I recommend it. — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
If necessity is the mother of invention, discontent is the father of progress. — David Rockefeller Copy Share Image
“Necessity is the mother of invention. She’s also my mother, though Invention and I have different dads.” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
Never sacrifice with your needs, cause needs are the mother of invention. — Chintan Joshi Copy Share Image
If necessity is the mother of invention, it's the father of cooperation. And we're cooperating like never before. — John Ashcroft Copy Share Image
“The mother of invention is a very well-endowed woman, and she has been suckling technology forever at her perpetually full breasts.” — Eldora Ma Copy Share Image
Necessity is the mother of invention. I love solving things like that. Because there wasn't enough memory, thinking of an economical way… — Shigeru Miyamoto Copy Share Image
Because we imagine, we can have invention and technology. It's actually play, not necessity, that is the mother of invention. — Alison Gopnik Copy Share Image
“If necessity is the mother of invention, then surely greed must be the father. Children of this odd couple are named: Laziness,… — John R. Dallas Jr Copy Share Image
“If necessity is the mother of invention than imagination must be the egg. Nothing can be invented which has not first been… — Chrissy Byers Copy Share Image
If necessity is the mother of invention, urgency is the uncle of change. Without it, progress slows and then stops and then… — Nell Scovell Copy Share Image
Necessity used to be the mother of invention, but then we ran out of things that were necessary. The postmodern mother of… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
“I don't think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention . . . arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness. To save oneself trouble.” — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“As a child, I was told by my parents and teachers that if I didn't have what I wanted, I had to… — Eleyne-Mari Sharp Copy Share Image
“Necessity, they say, is the mother of invention, but fear too, is not barren of ingenious suggestions." "Nice little saloon, isn't it"… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
“Necessity is the mother of invention;Copying the original,improving,perfecting and innovating to make more adaptable to present;Plagraism with good motives, it will spread… — vhalsky Copy Share Image
You know the expression, 'Necessity is the mother of Invention'? It's gotten completely reversed. Now, it's 'Invention is the mother of Necessity.'… — Ken Wahl Copy Share Image
I had my first band. it was kind of a progressive metal band kind of thing. I just started writing songs that… — Alissa White-Gluz Copy Share Image
The so-called ‘crank’ may be quite original in his ideas. … Invention, however, in the engineering sense involves originality; but not that… — Elihu Thomson Copy Share Image
Necessity is not the mother of invention. Knowledge and experiment are its parents. It sometimes happens that successful search is made for… — Willis R. Whitney Copy Share Image
Inventive genius requires pleasurable mental activity as a condition for its vigorous exercise. "Necessity is the mother of invention" is a silly… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
“Mothers of Invention: Women of the Slaveholding South in the American Civil War (Drew Gilpin Faust) - Your Highlight on Location 51-51… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I did not grasp all these details - and many more - right away. They came to my notice with time and… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
“Necessity used to be the mother of invention, but then we ran out of things that were necessary.” — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
