Function Quote by Henri Poincare

In the old days when people invented a new function they had something useful in mind. Now, they invent them deliberately just to invalidate…

— Henri Poincare

What some people invent the rest enlarge.

— Jonathan Swift

In computing, turning the obvious into the useful is a living definition of the word "frustration".

— Alan Perlis

Where a new invention promises to be useful, it ought to be tried.

— Thomas Jefferson

Humans have always used our intelligence and creativity to improve our existence. After all, we invented the wheel, discovered how to make fire, invented…

— Naveen Jain

A lot of people think that all the things that could be invented have been invented. But we are just on the frontier of…

— Dick Rutan

What's the use of inventing a better system as long as there just aren't enough folks with sense to go around?

— Dorothy Canfield Fisher

A new and speculative idea, which although it may seem trivial and almost laughable, is nonetheless of great value in quickening the spirit of…

— Michael J. Gelb

The mechanical loom and the calculator have shown us that technology is both disruptive and filled with opportunities. But it would be hard to…

— Oren Etzioni

You know, one of the classics when somebody invents something, you go why the hell didn't I think of that.

— Anthony Head

“Our greatest invention in the past 200 years was not a particular gadget or tool but the invention of the scientific process itself. Once…

— Kevin Kelly

Technology is all the accumulated usefulness that our minds invent.

— Kevin Kelly