"An invention can be so valuable as to……" — Eli Whitney
"An invention can be so valuable as to be worthless to the inventor,"
More Invention Quotes
- Young people are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution than for counsel; and more fit for new… — Francis Bacon
- If I was asked to say what was the greatest invention of human beings, I would say the sentence. — John Banville
- In a single generation, the Internet has given to virtually every person on the face of the earth the ability… — Bob Barr
- The Internet is the most important single development in the history of human communication since the invention of call waiting. — Dave Barry
- My country has contrived for me the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination… — John Adams
- What makes photography a strange invention is that its primary raw materials are light and time. — John Berger
- I don't think that you can invent on behalf of customers unless you're willing to think long-term, because a lot… — Jeff Bezos
- Doubt is the father of invention. — Ambrose Bierce
- Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his… — Ambrose Bierce
- I like action movies, even though I think action movies are kind of derided now. But there is something extraordinary… — Danny Boyle
- To me, the greatest invention of my lifetime is the laptop computer and the fact that I can be working… — Bill Bryson
- This is the patent age of new inventions for killing bodies, and for saving souls. All propagated with the best… — Lord Byron