They Invented Quotes
37 quotes by 35 authors
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You know they invented wheelbarrows to teach FAA inspectors to walk on their hind legs.
— Martin Caidin
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The infliction of cruelty with a good conscience is a delight to moralists - that is why they invented hell.
— Bertrand Russell
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There has been no more revolutionary contribution than the one which the Hindus (Indians) made when they invented ZERO.
— Lancelot Hogben
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Some say Christianity is just a crutch. But let's turn the question on its edge for a moment. Is atheism an emotional crutch, wishful thinking?…
— Greg Koukl
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Every generation thinks that they invented sex.
— Andy Grove
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Our eyes see very little and very badly – so people dreamed up the microscope to let them see invisible phenomena; they invented the telescope...now…
— Dziga Vertov
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The fisherman of the Colombian coast must be learned doctors of ethics and morality, for they invented the word sentipensante, or ‘feeling-thinking’ to define language…
— Rob Brezsny
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They are longing for a war with Iran. Iran is no more a harm to us than was Iraq or Afghanistan. They invented an enemy,…
— Gore Vidal
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The Arab peoples possess an ancient and highly developed civilization that is in many ways more sophisticated than our own. For instance, they invented algebra.…
— P.J. O'Rourke
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I'm a multi-tasker. I was down with that stuff before they invented the term.
— Chuck D
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No one sits in front of a drum set and thinks they invented it all out of whole cloth. The fact that the set is…
— John Zorn
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Before they invented drawing boards, what did they go back to?
— George Carlin
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Banks and donors and charities claimed to have had successes in Mozambique. I suspected they invented these successes to justify their existence.
— Paul Theroux
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We must always remember to thank the CIA and the Army for LSD. That's what people forget.... They invented LSD to control people and what…
— John Lennon
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You can't think about terrorism without thinking about Palestinian terrorism. Palestinians began international terrorism. It started with them in 1968. They used it as the…
— Alan Dershowitz
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Of all possible debauches, traveling is the greatest that I know; that's the one they invented when they got tired of all the others.
— Gustave Flaubert
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They invented hugs to let people know you love them without saying anything.
— Bil Keane
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I think daycare is great for people who have to work two jobs. My problem is with people who are dropping kids off at daycare…
— Denis Leary
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The English are not a very spiritual people, so they invented cricket to give them some idea of eternity.
— George Bernard Shaw
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The reason they invented coffins, to lock the dead in, preserve them, they put makeup on them; they didn't want them spreading or changing into…
— Margaret Atwood
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