Invented Them Quotes

9 quotes by 7 authors

• Indecency, vulgarity, obscenity - these are strictly confined to man; he invented them. Among the higher animals there is no trace of them. They hide… — Mark Twain
• In a morbid condition of the brain, dreams often have a singular actuality, vividness, and extraordinary semblance of reality. At times monstrous images are created,… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
• Learning to be flexible in values takes a very long time...Of course I felt a little uncomfortable during questioning the concept of God, but then… — Jacque Fresco
• Drugs. If they did not exist our governors would have invented them in order to prohibit them and so make much of the population vulnerable… — Gore Vidal
• We sometimes meet an original gentleman, who, if manners had not existed, would have invented them. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
• Damn these human beings; if I had invented them I would go hide my head in a bag. — Mark Twain
• It would be absurd if we did not understand both angels and devils, since we invented them. — John Steinbeck
• He is a great enough magician to tap our most common nightmares, daydreams and twilight fancies, but he never invented them either: he found them… — Peter S. Beagle
• Maybe we all have in us a secret pond where evil and ugly things germinate and grow strong. But this culture is fences, and the… — John Steinbeck

Who Wrote These Invented Them Quotes

7 authors contributed a total of 9 Invented Them Quotes as follows:

• 2 Invented Them Quotes by Mark Twain
• 2 Invented Them Quotes by John Steinbeck
• 1 Invented Them Quote by Fyodor Dostoevsky
• 1 Invented Them Quote by Jacque Fresco
• 1 Invented Them Quote by Gore Vidal
• 1 Invented Them Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson
• 1 Invented Them Quote by Peter S. Beagle