Invent Quotes

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Science is a tool, and we invent tools to do things we want. It's a question of how those tools are used by people. — Margaret Atwood
Young people are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution than for counsel; and more fit for new projects than for settled business. — Francis Bacon
It takes a lot of imagination to be a good photographer. You need less imagination to be a painter because you can invent things. But… — David Bailey
People who cannot invent and reinvent themselves must be content with borrowed postures, secondhand ideas, fitting in instead of standing out. — Warren G. Bennis
I think frugality drives innovation, just like other constraints do. One of the only ways to get out of a tight box is to invent… — Jeff Bezos
I don't think that you can invent on behalf of customers unless you're willing to think long-term, because a lot of invention doesn't work. If… — Jeff Bezos
A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent. — William Blake
I always joke and say I want to invent a comfortable stiletto and then retire. — Sara Blakely
Looking up and out, how can we not respect this ever-vigilant cognizance that distinguishes us: the capability to envision, to dream, and to invent? the… — Vanna Bonta
I don't think we have very good records about what they were thinking except, as I pointed out earlier today, that they did invent our… — David R. Brower
I hope they invent a machine in which you type in the age you want to be, and it lifts and separates everything nonsurgically. — Sandra Bullock
People who've had very unhappy childhoods are pretty good at inventing themselves. If nobody invents you for yourself, nothing is left but to invent yourself… — John le Carre
America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense human rights invented America. — Jimmy Carter
I was a very bad journalist. Awful. I would just invent everything. If I did an interview, I had a preconception of what that person… — Isabel Allende
You can't invent Google, Facebook or the iPod unless you've mastered the basics, are willing to put in long hours and can pick yourself up… — Amy Chua
Imaginary pains are by far the most real we suffer, since we feel a constant need for them and invent them because there is no… — Emile M. Cioran
The poet doesn't invent. He listens. — Jean Cocteau
Men invent new ideals because they dare not attempt old ideals. They look forward with enthusiasm, because they are afraid to look back. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
To invent an airplane is nothing. To build one is something. But to fly is everything. — Otto Lilienthal
Independent economists say immigration reform will grow our economy and shrink our deficits by almost $1 trillion in the next two decades. And for good… — Barack Obama

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