Attention Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Our inventions won't be pretty toys, or show up in movies, which distract our attention from serious things, they are but improved but means…

— Henry Thoreau

“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

We are more ready to try the untried when what we do is inconsequential. Hence the remarkable fact that many inventions had their birth…

— Eric Hoffer

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

A lot of great inventions are just little improvements on past ideas.

— Ken Hakuta

We should have more invention.

— Nathan Myhrvold

Innovation is hard. It really is. Because most people don't get it. Remember, the automobile, the airplane, the telephone, these were all considered toys…

— Nolan Bushnell

Inventions have long since reached their limit, and I see no hope for further development.

— Ursula K. Le Guin

For better or worse, that is true with any new innovation, certainly any new technological innovation. There's many good things that come out of…

— Steve Case

In some cases, inventions prohibit innovation because we're so caught up in playing with the technology, we forget about the fact that it was…

— Dean Kamen

Inventions become perfect by slow improvement, and each step is itself an invention.

— Joseph Jastrow