Inventions Quotes

281 Inventions quotes by 226 unique authors

If people don't get paid for their inventions, that's not a good thing. In the case of many patents, there are people who aren't in… — Nathan Myhrvold
Homo sapiens is the species that invents symbols in which to invest passion and authority, then forgets that symbols are inventions. — Joyce Carol Oates
All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind,… — Thomas Paine
America is a nation that conceives many odd inventions for getting somewhere but it can think of nothing to do once it gets there. — Will Rogers
Order, unity, and continuity are human inventions, just as truly as catalogues and encyclopedias. — Bertrand Russell
A lot of the Google inventions came from engineers just screwing around with ideas. And then management would see them, and we'd say, 'Boy, that's… — Eric Schmidt
I'm more interested in what I discover than what I invent. — Paul Simon
The very greatest things - great thoughts, discoveries, inventions - have usually been nurtured in hardship, often pondered over in sorrow, and at length established… — Samuel Smiles
I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some… — Nikola Tesla
Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end. — Henry David Thoreau
Even with all our technology and the inventions that make modern life so much easier than it once was, it takes just one big natural… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
Human subtlety will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple or more direct than does nature because in her inventions nothing is lacking, and… — Leonardo da Vinci
What we must understand is that the industries, processes, and inventions created by modern science can be used either to subjugate or liberate. The choice… — Henry A. Wallace
The fear of the never-ending onslaught of gizmos and gadgets is nothing new. The radio, the telephone, Facebook - each of these inventions changed the… — Daniel H. Wilson
Nearly all inventions are not recognised for their positive side either when they're made. So, for example, scientists didn't go out to design a CD… — Robert Winston
I invented the cordless extension cord. — Steven Wright
We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down. — Kurt Vonnegut
According to Gur's theory of boredom, everything that happens in the world today is because of boredom: love, war, inventions, fake fireplaces - ninety-five percent… — Etgar Keret
In the light, we read the inventions of others; in the darkness we invent our own stories. — Alberto Manguel
You know what's truly weird about any financial crisis? We made it up. Currency, money, finance, they're all social inventions. When the sun comes up… — Bruce Sterling
A book is made from a tree. It is an assemblage of flat, flexible parts (still called "leaves") imprinted with dark pigmented squiggles. One glance… — Carl Sagan
We may seem the weakest and most insignificant of all the Realms, but our strength comes in other ways. We have what no other race… — Chris Wooding
Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine invention, but… — Dave Barry
It is not reasonable that art should win the place of honor over our great and powerful mother Nature. We have so overloaded the beauty… — Michel de Montaigne
Men are in fact, quite unable to control their own inventions; they at best develop adaptability to the new conditions those inventions create. — John Galsworthy

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