Born Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Nature is a tinkerer, not an inventor.

— Francois Jacob

Whitney proved to be a competent manufacturer, but wasn't an original inventor to any important degree. Thomas Blanchard was a true genius: his stock…

— Charles R. Morris

One of the most important discoveries I made in those early years was that to succeed at natural farming, you have to get rid…

— Masanobu Fukuoka

Invention breeds invention.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Our ability to create has outreached our ability to use wisely the products of our invention.

— Whitney M. Young

You grow great crops in great soil. And the soil is the commons. Increasingly, we have monopolistic companies that try to take as much…

— Tim O'Reilly

In the 18th century, James Hargreaves invented the Spinning Jenny, and Richard Arkwright pioneered the water-propelled spinning frame which led to the mass production…

— A. N. Wilson

“Have you ever looked for the root of production? Take a look at an electric generator and dare tell yourself that it was created…

— Ayn Rand

“The material creation was made by God to be developed, cultivated, and cared for in an endless number of ways through human labor. But…

— Timothy Keller

“Plants are nature’s alchemists, expert at transforming water, soil and sunlight into an array of precious substances, many of them beyond the ability of…

— Michael Pollan

The inventor is a man who looks around upon the world and is not contented with things as they are. He wants to improve…

— Alexander Graham Bell

You have a feeling of achievement when you discover a new plant, even a plant that has no use.

— Richard Evans Schultes