Absence Quote by John Kenneth Galbraith

Inventions that are not made, like babies that are not born, are rarely missed.

— John Kenneth Galbraith

Inventions that are not made, like babies that are not born, are not missed.

— John Kenneth Galbraith

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

— Ken Hakuta

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

Never will a time come when the most marvelous recent invention is as marvelous as a newborn child.

— Carl Sandburg

Truly new inventions take time to play out.

— Ellen Ullman

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

Nearly all inventions are not recognised for their positive side either when they're made. So, for example, scientists didn't go out to design a…

— Robert Winston

Most scientific or engineering discoveries would never become successful products without contributions from other scientists or engineers. Every major invention is the child of…

— Vaclav Smil

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

— Ursula K. Le Guin

In my opinion, all previous advances in the various lines of invention will appear totally insignificant when compared with those which the present century…

— Charles Holland Duell

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