Doe Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

An invention can be so valuable as to be worthless to the inventor,

— Eli Whitney

I think that the inventors can do anything they want, and nobody can say anything otherwise.

— Jason Newsted

People who should be the first to recognize the value of an innovation are often the last...

— Douglas Crockford

Knowledge is a public good and increases in value as the number of people possessing it increases.

— John Wilbanks

Nothing is more important than to see the sources of invention which are, in my opinion more interesting than the inventions themselves.

— Gottfried Leibniz

The discovery I announce to the public is one of the small number which, by their principles, their results, and the beneficial influence which…

— Louis Daguerre

“Inventions cannot be judged on patent parameters, but patents have the ability to take inventions very far”

— Kalyan C. Kankanala

The use of market values and technology as a social barometer has devalued the worth of individuals, rendered irrelevant the quality of their lives,…

— Sulak Sivaraksa

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

Invention requires a long-term willingness to be misunderstood.

— Jeff Bezos

An inventor is one who can see the applicability of means to supply demand five years before it is obvious to those skilled in…

— Reginald Fessenden

If people had understood how patents would be granted when most of today's ideas were invented, and had taken out patents, the industry would…

— Bill Gates