Invent Quotes

693 Invent quotes by 543 unique authors

People," Geralt turned his head, "like to invent monsters and monstrosities. Then they seem less monstrous themselves. When they get blind-drunk, cheat, steal, beat their… — Andrzej Sapkowski
Mental illness is so much more complicated than any pill that any mortal could invent — Elizabeth Wurtzel
Thus, though I dislike to differ with such a great man, Voltaire was simply ludicrous when he said that if god did not exist it… — Christopher Hitchens
Any intelligent fool can invent further complications, but it takes a genius to retain, or recapture, simplicity. — E F Schumacher
Lilly says I have an overactive imagination and a pathological need to invent drama in my life. — Meg Cabot
Death: Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom. — Terry Pratchett
Nobody hates us as ourselves. In their minds we're not human... They don't hate us because we did something or said something. They make us… — Marge Piercy
There's enough sorrow in the world, isn't there, without trying to invent it. — E. M. Forster
If the word doesn't exist, invent it; but first be sure it doesn't exist. — Charles Baudelaire
The answer, The answer, my friend, is not yours to invent or create. It will be decided for you. It is outside you. It is… — John Piper
If they invent a four legged chicken," Will said, "Horace will think he's gone to Heaven. — John Flanagan
Today evolution of human intelligence has advanced us to the stage where most of us are too smart to invent new gods but are reluctant… — Ruth Hurmence Green
Better not to invent her in her absence. Better to wait until she's actually here. Then he can make her up as she goes along. — Margaret Atwood
It is only shallow people who require years to get rid of an emotion. A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow… — Oscar Wilde
I didn't invent the middle finger, but I perfected the use of it. — Ted Nugent
Until we invent telepathy, books are our best choice for understanding the rest of humanity. — Christopher Paolini
I cannot assume you will understand me. It is just as likely that as I invent what I want to say, you will invent what… — Jeanette Winterson
It was funny how the old practices always came around again. It was the rhythm of human enterprise to invent and worship some new approach,… — Ann Brashares
I wasn’t trying to invent better and better homes, but to show her that homes didn’t matter, we could live in any home, in any… — Jonathan Safran Foer
What is it about fire that's so lovely? No matter what age we are, what draws us to it?...The thing man wanted to invent, but… — Ray Bradbury
Why should I want to make anything up? Life's bad enough as it is without wanting to invent any more of it. — Douglas Adams
Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent. — Arthur Conan Doyle
There is nothing for it but for all of us to invent our own ideal libraries of classics. I would say that such a library… — Italo Calvino
...Something we once loved, and love now, in the shape of a book. Maybe eBooks are going to take over, one day, but not until… — Russell T Davies
Moral maxims are surprisingly useful on occasions when we can invent little else to justify our actions. — Alexander Pushkin

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