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1097 Invented quotes by 824 unique authors

We invented the car, and it made it easier for us to crash and die. If I gave a car to my grandfather, he would… — Umberto Eco
I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill. — Thomas A. Edison
Shame is an unhappy emotion invented by pietists in order to exploit the human race. — Blake Edwards
Television is something the Russians invented to destroy American education. — Paul Erdos
The idea that religion and politics don't mix was invented by the Devil to keep Christians from running their own country. — Jerry Falwell
People tend to view history as if it were another planet and think the modern world was invented in 1963. I don't agree. — Julian Fellowes
His was a great sin who first invented consciousness. Let us lose it for a few hours. — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Of all possible debauches, traveling is the greatest that I know; that's the one they invented when they got tired of all the others. — Gustave Flaubert
Over the last few millennia we've invented a series of technologies - from the alphabet to the scroll to the codex, the printing press, photography,… — Joshua Foer
In the name of Hypocrites, doctors have invented the most exquisite form of torture ever known to man: survival. — Edward Everett Hale
Humans have changed little over time. We think we've invented the modern world but they were making better speeches 2,000 years ago and grappling with… — Robert Harris
Matrimony; the high sea for which no compass has yet been invented. — Heinrich Heine
I heard a definition once: Happiness is health and a short memory! I wish I'd invented it, because it is very true. — Audrey Hepburn
The thing about playing gods, whether you're playing Thor and Loki or Greco Roman gods or Indian gods or characters in any mythology, the reason… — Tom Hiddleston
By taking out a loan, I am committing myself to years of interest repayments, and therefore to years of wage slavery. And the U.K. has… — Tom Hodgkinson
What a blessed thing it is, that Nature, when she invented, manufactured, and patented her authors, contrived to make critics out of the chips that… — Oliver Wendell Holmes
I took thought, and invented what I conceived to be the appropriate title of 'agnostic'. — Thomas Huxley
I guess I invented extended warranties, because that's all we had to sell at Chrysler in those days. — Lee Iacocca
Good thing we've still got politics in Texas - finest form of free entertainment ever invented. — Molly Ivins
But inspiration? - That's when you come home from abroad and are asked: Well, have you found inspiration? - and fortunately you haven't. But the… — Arne Jacobsen
Humans have always used our intelligence and creativity to improve our existence. After all, we invented the wheel, discovered how to make fire, invented the… — Naveen Jain
I think I invented the phrase 'Don't overdo it.' — Kevin James
Japan's very interesting. Some people think it copies things. I don't think that anymore. I think what they do is reinvent things. They will get… — Steve Jobs
So let's not use a stylus. We're going to use the best pointing device in the world. We're going to use a pointing device that… — Steve Jobs
Well, Apple invented the PC as we know it, and then it invented the graphical user interface as we know it eight years later (with… — Steve Jobs

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