Inventor Quotes

199 Inventor quotes by 157 unique authors

I had studied Dadaism after the Second World War. What attracted me to this movement was the style its inventors used when not engaged in… — Paul Feyerabend
Education, for most people, means trying to lead the child to resemble the typical adult of his society . . . but for me and… — Jean Piaget
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
Archimedes was my ideal. I admired the works of artists, but to my mind, they were only shadows and semblances. The inventor, I thought, gives… — Nikola Tesla
Never let an inventor run a company. You can never get him to stop tinkering and bring something to market — E F Schumacher
I maintain that many an inventor, many a diplomat, many a financier is a sounder philosopher than all those who practice the dull craft of… — Oswald Spengler
All inventors, they say, are a little mad. I reckon that only completely sane people are willing to admit they are slightly crazy. — Trevor Baylis
The notion that inventors are anorak-wearing crackpots with glasses held together with Sellotape is beguiling but wrong. — Trevor Baylis
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
The Romans were not inventors of the supporting arch, but its extended use in vaults and intersecting barrel shapes and domes is theirs. — Harry Seidler
There is no formula. We all must become spirited inventors. There's no single answer - not even a single starting point. Even the 'teachers' ...… — Frances Moore LappÃ©
My experience is that inventors come in all sizes, all nationalities, all ages. The only thing I'm sure of is that inventors are always stubborn. — Robert Dilts
Time is the best appraiser of scientific work, and I am aware that an industrial discovery rarely produces all its fruit in the hands of… — Louis Pasteur
I remember mother sayingÂ Â :Â Â Â Inventors are like poets, a trashy lot — Muriel Rukeyser
Man is/the symbol-using (symbol making, symbol-misusing) animal/inventor of the negative (or moralized by the negative)/separated from his natural condition by instruments of his own making/goaded… — Kenneth Burke
Because of the love affair between the American public and the stock market, it is possible for entrepreneurs, technological visionaries and inventors of every sort… — Ron Chernow
The creator gives no heed to the critic unless he becomes a barren inventor. — Khalil Gibran
I'm an inventor. I became interested in long-term trends because an invention has to make sense in the world in which it is finished, not… — Ray Kurzweil
I can't recall any difficulty in making the C language definition completely open - any discussion on the matter tended to mention languages whose inventors… — Dennis Ritchie
My dad was an inventor, and I think I've always had a rosy view of technology, or at least its potential. — Scott McCloud

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