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1097 Invented quotes by 824 unique authors

SAUCE, n. The one infallible sign of civilization and enlightenment. A people with no sauces has one thousand vices; a people with one sauce has… — Ambrose Bierce
My father invented a cure for which there was no disease and unfortunately my mother caught it and died of it. — Victor Borge
Ideas are invented only as correctives to the past. Through repeated rectification of this kind one may hope to disengage an idea that is valid. — Gaston Bachelard
That was the very centre of his genius - he invented things that anyone could have thought of, and men who can invent things that… — Terry Pratchett
Man is always something worse or something better than an animal; and a mere argument from animal perfection never touches him at all. Thus, in… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
God loved the birds and invented trees. Man loved the birds and invented cages. — Jacques Deval
Every generation thinks that they invented sex. — Andy Grove
He was a wise man who invented beer. — Plato
After God created the world, He made man and woman. Then, to keep the whole thing from collapsing, He invented humor. — Bill Kelly
Basketball has so much showboating you'd think it was invented by Jerome Kern. — Art Spander
When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading: Henny Youngman. He was a wise man who invented beer — Plato
Real obstacles don't take you in circles. They can be overcome. Invented ones are like a maze. — Barbara Sher
We don't really know how the game was invented, though there are suspicions. As soon as we discover the culprits, we'll let you know — Bruce Pandolfini
This was the first Memorial Day [Monday, May 1st, 1865]. African Americans invented Memorial Day in Charleston, South Carolina. What you have there is Black… — David W. Blight
The Greeks invented the idea of nemesis to show how any single virtue, stubbornly maintained gradually changes into a destructive vice. Our success, our industry,… — Sam Keen
When human beings have been fascinated by the contemplation of their own hearts, the more intricate biological pattern of the female has become a model… — Margaret Mead
The French revolution was a .eune invented and constructed for the purpose of manufacturing liberty; but it had neither lever cogs, nor adjusting powers, and… — Charles Caleb Colton
Everyone interested in licensing our field might note that the reason licensing has been invented is to protect the public, not designers or clients. 'Do… — Milton Glaser
You know well that government always kept a kind of standing army of newswriters who, without any regard to truth or to what should be… — Thomas Jefferson
The modern banking system manufactures money out of nothing. The process is perhaps the most astounding piece of sleight-of-hand that was ever invented. — Josiah Stamp
This is largely the methodology I've used throughout my career - that is, starting with a question as to what might be the properties of… — Donald Cram
I wish for many reasons flying had never been invented. — Stanley Baldwin
Each of us has that right, that possibility, to invent ourselves daily. If a person does not invent herself, she will be invented. So, to… — Maya Angelou
Since both its national products, snow and chocolate, melt, the cuckoo clock was invented solely in order to give tourists something solid to remember it… — Alan Coren
Facebook in particular is the most appalling spying machine that has ever been invented. Here we have the world's most comprehensive database about people, their… — Julian Assange

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