Invention Quotes

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Young people are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution than for counsel; and more fit for new projects than for settled business. — Francis Bacon
If I was asked to say what was the greatest invention of human beings, I would say the sentence. — John Banville
In a single generation, the Internet has given to virtually every person on the face of the earth the ability to communicate with fellow human… — Bob Barr
The Internet is the most important single development in the history of human communication since the invention of call waiting. — Dave Barry
My country has contrived for me the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination conceived. — John Adams
What makes photography a strange invention is that its primary raw materials are light and time. — John Berger
I don't think that you can invent on behalf of customers unless you're willing to think long-term, because a lot of invention doesn't work. If… — Jeff Bezos
Doubt is the father of invention. — Ambrose Bierce
Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance. — Ambrose Bierce
I like action movies, even though I think action movies are kind of derided now. But there is something extraordinary about action movies, which is… — Danny Boyle
To me, the greatest invention of my lifetime is the laptop computer and the fact that I can be working on a book and be… — Bill Bryson
This is the patent age of new inventions for killing bodies, and for saving souls. All propagated with the best intentions. — Lord Byron
The real use of gunpowder is to make all men tall. — Thomas Carlyle
America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense human rights invented America. — Jimmy Carter
The thriller is not a recent invention. It probably goes back to the dawn of storytelling. — Lee Child
I don't think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness - to save oneself… — Agatha Christie
A sudden silence in the middle of a conversation suddenly brings us back to essentials: it reveals how dearly we must pay for the invention… — Emile M. Cioran
Being gay is not a Western invention. It is a human reality. — Hillary Clinton
The poet doesn't invent. He listens. — Jean Cocteau
Modern invention has banished the spinning wheel, and the same law of progress makes the woman of today a different woman from her grandmother. — Susan B. Anthony

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