Capacity Quote by Thomas A. Edison

The inventors we remember didn't invent anything. They're the people who took somebody else's invention and made it commercially viable.

— Mark Kurlansky

Inventive man has invented nothing -- nothing from scratch. If he has produced a machine that in motion overcomes the law of gravity, he…

— Dorothy Thompson

To invent something, all you need is imagination and a big pile of junk.

— Albert Einstein

Wherever you may find the inventor, you may give him wealth or you may take from him all that he has; and he will…

— Alexander Graham Bell

To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.

— Thomas A. Edison

An amazing invention - but who would ever want to use one?

— Rutherford B. Hayes

The inventor, the man with a unique, specialized talent, is the only real super-genius. But he is so rare that he needs no consideration.

— Charles M. Schwab

It isn’t easy being a brilliant inventor, always alone. Always misunderstood. Easy to turn bitter, make horrible mistakes. People are more difficult to work…

— Rick Riordan

Man keeps inventing things all the time.

— Mikhail Kalashnikov

You can invent things like automatic popcorn poppers. You can invent things like steam-powered window washers. But you can’t invent more time.

— Anonymous

“I realize that most inventions fail not because the R&D department can’t get them to work, but because the timing is wrong - not…

— Kurzweil

If you want to be inventive, you have to be willing to fail.

— Jeff Bezos