Inventing Quotes

196 Inventing quotes by 181 unique authors

Since inequalities of privilege are greater than could possibly be defended rationally, the intelligence of privileged groups is usually applied to the task of inventing… — Reinhold Niebuhr
Science, incidentally, not only ignores the question of indwelling 'essences' by looking instead at measurable relationships, but science also does not agree that knowledge is… — Robert Anton Wilson
Some libertarians succeed by re-inventing the wheel. Most libertarians fail by re-inventing the flat tire. — Mike Cloud
One reason that the task of inventing manners is so difficult is that etiquette is folk custom, and people have emotional ties to the forms… — Judith Martin
It's such a pleasure to write down splendid words—almost as though one were inventing them. — Unknown Author
At least three time per day at scheduled times, he had to ask himself the following question: Am I being productive or just active? Charney… — Tim Ferriss
Every time we teach a child something, we keep him from inventing it himself. On the other hand, that which we allow him to discover… — Jean Piaget
I had always dared to dream large, but even this black kid~ez_rsquo~s imagination could not have come close to inventing the storybook success that I… — Kevin Clash
I don't wish to defend everything that has been done in the name of Utopia. But I think many of the attacks misconceive its nature… — Hans Magnus Enzensberger
It is a shallow criticism that would define poetry as confined to literary productions in rhyme and meter rhythm. The written poem is only poetry… — John Ruskin
Inventing is a skill that some people have and some people don't. But you can learn how to invent. — Ray Dolby
You call a star a star, and say it is just a ball of matter moving on a mathematical course. But that is merely how… — Humphrey Carpenter
Jerry Goldsmith is the #1 composer working now. He's open to new ideas and always inventing. — Elmer Bernstein
One shouldn’t believe in all those so-called innovations. There is only one nature and only one way to see it. Nowadays, they want to succeed… — William-Adolphe Bouguereau
Our goal has been to stay true to what people most love about the original Pirates! while upgrading, enhancing, and in some cases, re-inventing the… — Sid Meier
My love and I are inventing a country, which we can already see taking shape, as if wheels were passing through yellow mud. But there… — Larry Levis
Talent consists not in inventing shapes but in causing those that were invisible to emerge. — Muriel Barbery
I love inventing worlds and characters and settings and scenarios. — Jerry B. Jenkins
As long as women are isolated one from the other, not allowed to offer other women the most personal accounts of their lives, they will… — Carolyn Heilbrun
You make something. You give up expressing and start inventing. — Harry Mathews
There are two novels that can transform a bookish 14-year-old's life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish daydream that… — Raj Patel
I feel that the longest and worst punishment should be reserved for those who slandered God by inventing Hell. — Isaac
Societies create their own history and tend to wipe out lowly beginnings, either by forgetting them or inventing totally fictitious heroic rescues. — Isaac
The work of the inventor consists of conceptualizing, combining, and ordering what is possible according to the laws of nature. This inner working out which… — Friedrich Dessauer
I'm pretty good at inventing phrases - you know, the sort of words that suddenly make you jump, almost as though you'd sat on a… — Aldous Huxley

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