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1097 Invented quotes by 824 unique authors

Man has made use of his intelligence; he invented stupidity. — Remy de Gourmont
Whoever invented soccer should be worshipped as God. — Unknown Author
Cricket - a game which the English, not being a spiritual people, have invented in order to give themselves some conception of eternity. — Benjamin Mancroft, 3rd Baron Mancroft
Men capable of governing empires fail to control a small white ball, which presents no difficulties whetever to others with one ounce more brain than… — P.G. Wodehouse
Mulligan: invented by an Irishman who wanted to hit one more twenty yard grounder. — Jim Bishop
The great enemy of the salvation of man, in my opinion, never invented a more effective means of limiting Christianity from the world than by… — Benjamin Rush
Good taste is the worst vice ever invented. — Edith Sitwell
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
For many parts of Nature can neither be invented with sufficient subtlety, nor demonstrated with sufficient perspicuity, nor accommodated unto use with sufficient dexterity, without… — Francis Bacon
I believe that with the advent of acid, we discovered a new way to think, and it has to do with piecing together new thoughts… — Ken Kesey
Concentration of power in a political machine is bad; and an Established Church is only a political machine; it was invented for that; it is… — Mark Twain
Surely the ass who invented the first religion ought to be the first ass damned — Mark Twain
Cats invented self-esteem; there is not an insecure bone in their body. — Erma Bombeck
What if it was cats who invented technology, would they have TV shows starring rubber sqeaky toys? — Douglas Coupland
Cats invented self-esteem. — Erma Bombeck
People always fear change. People feared electricity when it was invented, didn't they? — Bill Gates
I can forgive Alfred Nobel for having invented dynamite, but only a fiend in human form could have invented the Nobel Prize. — George Bernard Shaw
The serve was invented so that the net could play. — Bill Cosby
While I can make no claim for having introduced the term "rugged individualism," I should be proud to have invented it. It has been used… — Herbert Hoover
Can it be, that the Greek grammarians invented their dual number for the particular benefit of twins? — Herman Melville
Mother goddesses are just as silly a notion as father gods. If a revival of the myths of these cults gives woman emotional satisfaction, it… — Angela Carter
The contradictory experiments of chemists leave us at liberty to conclude what we please. My conclusion is, that art has not yet invented sufficient aids… — Thomas Jefferson
God invented space so that not everything had to happen in Princeton. — Martin Rees
At first he who invented any art that went beyond the common perceptions of man was naturally admired by men, not only because there was… — Aristotle
Never any knowledge was delivered in the same order it was invented. — Francis Bacon

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