Death Quote by William Shenstone

Invention is the mother of necessity.

— Thorstein Veblen

Necessity is the mother of invention

— Anonymous

Necessity, the mother of invention.

— Anonymous

Necessity, who is the mother of invention.

— Plato

Necessity is literally the mother of invention.

— Plato

Necessity, mother of invention.

— William Wycherley

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

— Albert Einstein

How true is that necessity is the mother of invention, how very true.

— Yann Martel

“Necessity, they say, is the mother of invention, but it is the mother of any number of other things as well: sacrifice and monstrosity…

— James S.A. Corey

Invention is the mother of necessities.

— Marshall McLuhan

Necessity, who is the mother of our invention.

— Plato

“Necessity used to be the mother of invention, but then we ran out of things that were necessary.”

— Chuck Klosterman