First Invented Quotes

12 quotes by 10 authors

• Now, blessings light on him that first invented sleep!Ê It covers a man all over, thoughts and all, like a cloak; it is meat for… — Miguel de Cervantes
• Who first invented work, and bound the free And holiday-rejoicing spirit down . . . . To that dry drudgery at the desk's dead wood?… — Charles Lamb
• The term blowback, which officials of the Central Intelligent Agency first invented for their own internal use, . . . refers to the unintended consequences… — Chalmers Johnson
• From the apparent usefulness of the social virtues, it has readily been inferred by sceptics, both ancient and modern, that all moral distinctions arise from… — David Hume
• Now blessings light on him that first invented this same sleep. It covers a man all over, thoughts and all, like a cloak. — Miguel de Cervantes
• I do not know who first invented the myth of sexual equality. But it is a myth willfully fostered and nourished by certain semi-scientists and… — Phyllis McGinley
• His was a great sin who first invented consciousness. Let us lose it for a few hours. — F. Scott Fitzgerald
• I wonder what fool it was that first invented kissing. — Jonathan Swift
• Accurst be he that first invented war. — Christopher Marlowe
• I have one thing in common with the person who first invented an airplane; he knew one thing that I know...THE SKY IS THE LIMIT. — London Mond
• Blessing on him that first invented sleep! — Ritu Ghatourey

Who Wrote These First Invented Quotes

10 authors contributed a total of 12 First Invented Quotes as follows:

• 2 First Invented Quotes by Miguel de Cervantes
• 1 First Invented Quote by Charles Lamb
• 1 First Invented Quote by Chalmers Johnson
• 1 First Invented Quote by David Hume
• 1 First Invented Quote by Phyllis McGinley
• 1 First Invented Quote by F. Scott Fitzgerald
• 1 First Invented Quote by Jonathan Swift
• 1 First Invented Quote by Christopher Marlowe
• 1 First Invented Quote by London Mond
• 1 First Invented Quote by Ritu Ghatourey