Invent Quotes

693 Invent quotes by 543 unique authors

This story is about the Baudelaires. And they are the sort of people who know that there’s always something. Something to invent, something to read,… — Daniel Handler
Humans invent an imaginary lover and put that mask over the face of the body in their bed. That is the tragedy of language my… — Orson Scott Card
I thought it sounded just like the sort of drug a man would invent. Here was a woman in terrible pain, obviously feeling every bit… — Sylvia Plath
Life, my dear Watson, is infinitely stranger than fiction; stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent. We could not conceive the things… — Arthur Conan Doyle
I've been trying to fit everything in, trying to get to the end before it's too late, but I see now how badly I've deceived… — Paul Auster
Style has a profound meaning to Black Americans. If we can’t drive, we will invent walks and the world will envy the dexterity of our… — Nikki Giovanni
it’s like swimming upstream. Or … falling down a cliff and grabbing at branches, trying to invent the branches as I fall. — Rainbow Rowell
Oh, the things we invent when we are scared and want to be rescued. — Richard Siken
It's easier to invent the future than to predict it. — Alan Kay
Every village has its simpleton, and if one does not exist they invent one to pass the time. — Nikos Kazantzakis
The theme you choose may change or simply elude you, but being your own story means you can always choose the tone. It also means… — Toni Morrison
From a commercial point of view, if Christmas did not exist it would be necessary to invent it. — Katharine Whitehorn
More than once I have been humiliated by my resemblance to God the father; He is always longing for the love of His children and… — Mark Twain
I wish you could invent some means to make me at all happy without you. Every hour I am more and more concentrated in you;… — John Keats
To copy the truth can be a good thing, but to invent the truth is better, much better. — Giuseppe Verdi
War is an invention of the human mind. The human mind can invent peace with justice. — Norman Cousins
Hope drives us to invent new fixes for old messes, which in turn create ever more dangerous messes. Hope elects the politician with the biggest… — Margaret Atwood
The statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those conscience-soothing falsities,… — Mark Twain
When in doubt, tell the truth. That maxim I did invent, but never expected it to be applied to me. I did say, "When you… — Mark Twain
The way innovating companies are designed leaves ambiguities, overlaps, decision conflicts or decision vacuums in some parts of the organisation. People rail at this, curse… — Rosabeth Moss Kanter
I wanted to invent some kind of American dance that was danced to the music that I grew up on: Cole Porter and Rodgers and… — Gene Kelly
Just the pleasure of moving and the pleasure of using your body is, I think, maybe the main point. And the pleasure of dancing with… — Steve Paxton
To be a movie star, you have to invent yourself. — Michael Caine
Time is an equal opportunity employer. Each human being has exactly the same number of hours and minutes every day. Rich people can't buy more… — Denis Waitley
Most people outside of America won't get it. It's the Easter bunny. It's another lie and I don't understand why we had to invent this… — Todd Rundgren

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