Doubt Quote by Ambrose Bierce

The average American may not know who his grandfather was. But the American was, however, one degree better off than the average Frenchman who,…

— Mark Twain

“If necessity is the Mother of Invention, than adversity must surely be the Father of Re-invention.”

— Johnny Flora

Galileo called doubt the father of invention; it is certainly the pioneer.

— Christian Nestell Bovee

Necessity is not merely the father of invention; it is the father of courage.

— Anonymous

Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance.

— Ambrose Bierce

POTABLE, n. Suitable for drinking. Water is said to be potable; indeed, some declare it our natural beverage, although even they find it palatable…

— Ambrose Bierce

Probably no invention came more easily to man than heaven.

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

If there's a new idea, a new invention, or a new gas, or a new whatever you know, It should be brought at least…

— Jimi Hendrix

“From this era on, I think invention will be the parent of necessity – and not the other way around.’ That was easy for…

— Vernor Vinge

I think the Internet is the greatest invention since women.

— Nicolas Winding Refn

[An engineer's] invention causes things to come into existence from ideas, makes world conform to thought; whereas science, by deriving ideas from observation, makes…

— Carl Mitcham

As we benefit from the inventions of others, we should be glad to share our own ... freely and gladly.

— Benjamin Franklin