Invent Quotes

693 Invent quotes by 543 unique authors

It's very dangerous to invent something in our times; ostentatious men of the other world, who are hostile to innovations, roam about angrily. To live… — Mehmet Murat Ildan
If you invent the Mini Cooper, pour all your energy and passion into it and it gets made, you should be on a roll. In… — Estelle Morris, Baroness Morris of Yardley
It cannot suffice to invent new machines, new regulations, new institutions. It is necessary to change and improve our understanding of the true purpose of… — Vaclav Havel
It was a profound saying of Wilhelm Humboldt, that 'Man is man only by means of speech, but in order to invent speech he must… — Charles Lyell
It is entirely up to us to invent our own lives. — Raoul Vaneigem
I write synopses after the book is completed. I can't write it beforehand, because I don't know what the book's about. I invent something for… — Jackie Collins
I like to experiment a lot and invent things. — Kathy Ireland
You cannot possibly invent painting all by yourself. — Pierre Bonnard
America is the only major country that tries to ascertain who was the first applicant to invent the product or procedure. This may seem fair,… — Robert Pozen
I wanted to do a naval film and I flirted with different ideas, most of which ended up being too intense. So when the idea… — Peter Berg
The reality is, is that we love competition, at Apple. We think it makes us all better. But we want people to invent their own… — Tim Cook
I didn't invent forensic science and medicine. I just was one of the first people to recognize how interesting it is. — Patricia Cornwell
My greatest pleasure is to invent. My continual mad ambition is to make something true and beautiful that never existed in the world before. — Peter Carey
The great thing about using the past is that it gives you the most colossal freedom to invent. The research is necessary, of course, but… — Peter Carey
Before 1980, it was basically illegal for U.S. banks to invent new products. — Scott D. Cook
My forms are not abstractions of things in the real world. They're also not symbols. I would say that my job is to invent these… — Caio Fonseca
Once I'd chosen the songs, it seemed like it would just be a question then of recording them. But it's a case of trying to… — Martin Gore
[A]ll the ingenious men, and all the scientific men, and all the fanciful men, in the world,... could never invent, if all their wits were… — Charles Kingsley
I'd almost say hope isn't what it used to be. It's very difficult today to be a teacher. I speak to children. And tell them,… — Elie Wiesel
It is really hard to completely re-learn how to express yourself without using words. When you take away speech, you have to re-invent the way… — Jodelle Ferland
When I write now I do not invent situation, characters, or actions, but rather structures and discursive forms, textual groupings which are combined according to… — Juan Goytisolo
I think there are people watching me, and if ever I manage to save £1,000 there's someone saying, 'Oh, we'll invent a tax to take… — Richard Griffiths
We need scientists to design new fuels. We need farmers to help grow them. We need engineers to invent new technologies. We need entrepreneurs to… — Barack Obama
I grew up in a family where our mother made our clothing. We didn't have a lot of money, so we learned how to scrimp,… — Marcy Kaptur
I love to invent - avoiding the truth. I need to dramatize. — Sylvia Kristel

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