Best Invention Qoutes
1021 Invention quotes by 720 unique authors
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Bear in mind that the children of life are the children of joy; that the lower animals are only unhappy when made so by man;…
— William Henry Hudson
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I am not overly impressed by the great names and reputations of those who might be trying to beat me to an invention. It's their…
— Thomas A. Edison
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Of all my inventions, I liked the phonograph best
— Thomas A. Edison
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My main purpose in life is to make enough money to create ever more inventions…. The dove is my emblem…. I want to save and…
— Thomas A. Edison
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I didn't fail 1000 times. The light bulb was an invention with 1000 steps.
— Thomas A. Edison
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It seems that I have always been ahead of my time. I had to wait nineteen years before Niagara was harnessed by my system, fifteen…
— Nikola Tesla
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If the genius of invention were to reveal to-morrow the secret of immortality, of eternal beauty and youth, for which all humanity is aching, the…
— Nikola Tesla
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At this young age I am already sold on the idea of the dog. One of God's absolutely greatest inventions and one that needs no…
— Rick Springfield
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The tremendous and still accelerating development of science and technology has not been accompanied by an equal development in social, economic and political patterns …it…
— Ralph Linton
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The composer does not sit around and wait for an inspiration to walk up and introduce itself…Making music is actually little else than a matter…
— George Gershwin
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In England, an inventor is regarded almost as a crazy man, and in too many instances invention ends in disappointment and poverty. In America, an…
— Oscar Wilde
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Necessity first mothered invention. Now invention has little ones of her own, and they look just like grandma.
— Elwyn Brooks White
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A weak invention of the Enemy.
— Colley Cibber
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Architecture is invention.
— Oscar Niemeyer
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We owe most of our great inventions and most of the achievements of genius to idleness either enforced or voluntary.
— Agatha Christie
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Inventive genius requires pleasurable mental activity as a condition for its vigorous exercise. "Necessity is the mother of invention" is a silly proverb. "Necessity is…
— Alfred North Whitehead
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In literature and art memory is a synonym for invention. It is the life-blood of imagination, which faints and dies when the veins are empty.
— Robert Aris Willmott
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The environment as we perceive it is our invention,
— Heinz von Foerster
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Executive Severance, a laugh out loud comic mystery novel, epitomizes our current cultural moment in that it is born from the juxtaposition of authorial invention…
— Unknown Author
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Community colleges are one of Americas great social inventions a gateway to the future for first time students looking for an affordable college education, and…
— Barbara Mikulski
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Invention is by its very nature disruptive. If you want to be understood at all times, then don't do anything new.
— Jeff Bezos
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When you receive criticism from well-meaning people, it pays to ask, ‘Are they right?’ And if they are, you need to adapt what they’re doing.…
— Jeff Bezos
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Now it is done. Now the story ends. And there is no way to tell it. The art of fiction is dead. Reality has strangled…
— Red Smith
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I couldn't remember ever having seen a young man with such power, so many facets of expression, so much sheer invention as an actor.
— Hedda Hopper
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The digital revolution is far more significant than the invention of writing or even of printing.”“The better we get at getting better, the faster we…
— Douglas Engelbart
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