Inventions Quotes

281 Inventions quotes by 226 unique authors

The beginning of civilisation is the discovery of some useful arts, by which men acquire property, comforts, or luxuries. The necessity or desire of preserving… — Humphry Davy
The plow is one of the most ancient and most valuable of man's inventions; but long before he existed the land was in fact regularly… — Charles Darwin
Truly novel inventions emerge only in one's youth. Later one becomes ever more experienced, famous-and foolish. — Albert Einstein
Too often we forget that genius, too, depends upon the data within its reach, that even Archimedes could not have devised Edison's inventions. — Ernest Dimnet
For Rousseau and Mandeville the absence of a moral instinct meant the laws of society had no moral validity, they were nothing but the inventions… — Gertrude Himmelfarb
The march of invention has clothed mankind with powers of which a century ago the boldest imagination could not have dreamt. — Henry George
It has been just so in all my inventions. The first step is an intuition-and comes with a burst, then difficulties arise. This thing that… — Thomas A. Edison
Inventions reached their limit long ago, and I see no hope for further development. — Frontinus
Of all the inventions of man I doubt whether any was more easily accomplished than that of a Heaven. — Georg C. Lichtenberg
In some cases, inventions prohibit innovation because we're so caught up in playing with the technology, we forget about the fact that it was supposed… — Dean Kamen
In my own time there have been inventions of this sort, transparent windows tubes for diffusing warmth equally through all parts of a building short-hand,… — Seneca the Younger
He spares no resource in telling of his dead inventions... Bare verbs he rarely tolerates. He splits infinitives and fills them up with adverbial stuffing.… — H.G. Wells
Excel spreadsheets might as well be one of the most dangerous recent inventions. — Rolf Dobelli
There's such a thing as theater discipline. One player doesn't appropriate another's inventions — Ethel Merman
The heaviest blow which ever struck humanity was Christianity; Bolshevism is Christianity's illegitimate child. Both are inventions of the Jew. — Adolf Hitler
The world isn't getting any easier. With all these new inventions I believe that people are hurried more and pushed more... The hurried way is… — Hedy Lamarr
There are indications because of new inventions, that 10, 15, or 20 nations will have a nuclear capacity, including Red China, by the end of… — John F. Kennedy
To invent out of knowledge means to produce inventions that are true. Every man should have a built-in automatic crap detector operating inside him. It… — Ernest Hemingway
What are most people hungry for? I believe it is spiritual and moral leadership. Increases in technology, scientific inventions, and medical miracles have been marvelous… — James E. Faust
I thought of such Christian inventions as the ghetto and the Jewish badge of shame. The Nazis didn't have to go very far to pick… — Lionel Blue
My grandfather lived across the garden from us, and in his attic he had a lot of radios, appliances and inventions that he had made… — Michel Gondry
In a world of widely distributed knowledge, companies cannot afford to rely entirely on their own research, but should instead buy or license processes or… — Henry Chesbrough
At Facebook, we’re inspired by technologies that have revolutionized how people spread and consume information. We often talk about inventions like the printing press and… — Mark Zuckerberg
Washington is no place in which to carry out inventions — Alexander Graham Bell
The war of ideas is a Greek invention. It is one of the most important inventions ever made. Indeed, the possibility of fighting with with… — Karl Popper

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