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Every significant invention must be startling, unexpected, and must come into a world that is not prepared for it. If the world were prepared for it, it would not be much of an invention. By Edwin H. Land Unexpected Startling Prepared Invention World

The government invented the Internet. By Jon Meacham Internet Government Invented

Damn these human beings; if I had invented them I would go hide my head in a bag. By Mark Twain Damn Bag Human Invented Hide

Somebody made everything for some reason. By Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Reason Made

What one man can invent, another can discover. By Arthur Conan Doyle Invent Discover Man

Poverty is the origin of invention By Sunday Adelaja Poverty Invention Origin

The inventor tries to meet the demand of a crazy civilization. By Thomas A. Edison Civilization Inventor Meet Demand Crazy

Many are ready, when listening to the inventor, to belittle and deny his achievements so that he will no longer be heard in honourable places, but after some months or a year, they use the inventor's words in speech or writing or design. By Filippo Brunelleschi Inventor Ready Places Year Design

Let's go invent tomorrow! By Steve Jobs Tomorrow Invent

To invent is to discern, to choose. By Henri Poincare Discern Choose Invent

Invention is the pleasure you give yourself when other people's stuff isn't good enough. By Julie Newmar Invention Pleasure Give People Stuff

Every ounce of breath we inhale is invention and every ounce of breath we exhale could be re-invention. By Santosh Kalwar Ounce Breath Reinvention Inhale Invention

This book is an invention, an act of the imagination, and in no way should be mistaken for reality, the place where much good invention originates. By Carole Maso Imagination Reality Originates Invention Book

A significant inventionmust be startling, unexpected. It must come to a world that is not prepared for it. By Edwin Land Unexpected Startling Significant Inventionmust World

I wonder what fool it was that first invented kissing. By Jonathan Swift Kissing Fool Invented

In the world's history certain inventions and discoveries occurred of peculiar value, on account of their great efficiency in facilitating all other inventions and discoveris. Of these were the art of writing and of printing, the discovery of America, and the introduction of patent laws. The date of the first ... is unknown; but it certainly was as much as fifteen hundred years before the Christian era; the second-printing-came in 1436, or nearly three thousand years after the first. The others followed more rapidly-the discovery of America in 1492, and the first patent laws in 1624. By Abraham Lincoln Inventions America Discoveris World History

You know, one of the classics when somebody invents something, you go why the hell didn't I think of that. By Anthony Head Classics Invents Hell

The progressive development of man is vitally dependent on invention. It is the most important product of his creative brain. By Nikola Tesla Invention Progressive Development Man Vitally

We should have more invention. By Nathan Myhrvold Invention

Men hear what they like and invent the rest. By Paula Mclain Men Rest Hear Invent

It's very dangerous to invent something in our times; ostentatious men of the other world, who are hostile to innovations, roam about angrily. To live in peace, one has to stay away from innovations and new ideas. Innovations, like trees, attract the most destructive lightnings to themselves. By Mehmet Murat Ildan Innovations Times Ostentatious World Roam

Assigning invention in cases like this is difficult, and modern writings on technology recognize this. Says computing pioneer Michael Williams:There is no such thing as "first" in any activity associated with human invention. If you add enough adjectives to a description you can always claim your own favorite. For example the ENIAC is often claimed to be the "first electronic, general purpose, large scale, digital computer" and you certainly have to add all those adjectives before you have a correct statement. If you leave any of them off, then machines such as the ABC, the Colossus, Zuse's Z3, and many others (some not even constructed such as Babbage's Analytical Engine) become candidates for being "first. By W. Brian Arthur Assigning Difficult Invention Cases Modern

We don't really know how the game was invented, though there are suspicions. As soon as we discover the culprits, we'll let you know By Bruce Pandolfini Invented Suspicions Game Culprits Discover

We are apt to consider that invention is the result of spontaneous action of some heavenborn genius, whose advent we must patiently wait for, but cannot artificially produce. It is unquestionable, however, that education, legal enactments, and general social conditions have a stupendous influence on the development of the originative faculty present in a nation and determine whether it shall be a fountain of new ideas or become simply a purchaser from others of ready-made inventions. By John Ambrose Fleming Genius Produce Apt Result Spontaneous

True philosophy invents nothing; it merely establishes and describes what is. By Victor Cousin True Philosophy Invents Establishes Describes

Invention is an Heroic thing, and plac'd above the reach of a low, and vulgar Genius. It requires an active, a bold, a nimble, a restless mind: a thousand difficulties must be contemn'd with which a mean heart would be broken: many attempts must be made to no purpose: much Treasure must sometimes be scatter'd without any return: much violence, and vigour of thoughts must attend it: some irregularities, and excesses must be granted it, that would hardly be pardon'd by the severe Rules of Prudence. By Thomas Sprat Genius Heroic Invention Thing Low

Invention is a flower, innovation is a weed. By Robert Metcalfe Invention Flower Innovation Weed

That impresses me more, inventin' electricity. By Karl Pilkington Inventin Electricity Impresses

Philo Farnsworth invented TV at the age of 22. By Philo Farnsworth Philo Invented Age

Who else but an Englishman could invent an oval ball. By Peter Pook Englishman Ball Invent Oval

Who can really say who invents something first in fashion? By Azzedine Alaia Fashion Invents

I invented the pelican, but probably not the acorn or unicorn. By Daniel Davis Pelican Unicorn Invented Acorn

Did you ever think about the creation of the flame-thrower? Someone, somewhere, at some time must have been sitting on his porch, and said, thoughtfully, 'I want to set him on fire.' gesturing to his neighbor. His friend who sat beside him and happened to be handy with tools said, 'I can do that.' Thus, we have a flame thrower. By John Larson Flamethrower Creation Thoughtfully Porch Fire

Invention presupposes imagination but should not be confused with it. By Igor Stravinsky Invention Presupposes Imagination Confused

Al Gore invented the Internet. By Joe Biden Internet Gore Invented

I'm wary of the word 'inventing,' because in the British psyche the word 'inventor' is immediately linked with 'mad'. For me, inventing is problem-solving. By Thomas Heatherwick Word Inventor Mad British Inventing

When we ascribe credit for an invention, determining who should be most noted by history, one criterion is looking at whose contributions turned out to have the most influence. By Walter Isaacson Invention Determining History Influence Ascribe

A created thing is never invented and it is never true: it is always and ever itself. By Federico Fellini True Created Thing Invented

Who invented the word love? By Margaret Atwood Love Invented Word

I never thought that my creation, would allow brothers to kill brothers. (after seeing his invention being used in war, The Airplane) Alberto Santos-Dumont By Alberto Santos-Dumont Creation Brothers Airplane Alberto Thought

Nobody really invents anything that hasn't been done before. By Don Cornelius Invents

Basketball is a pure invention, By James Naismith Basketball Invention Pure

We sometimes forget that human invention can also be a subject of human invention: that might seem a modern notion, or a postmodern one, but novelists have taken time - sometimes time out from their realist fixations - to source and satirise the speech and power we rely on. By Andrew O'hagan Human Invention Time Notion Fixations

When one is nothing, one invents. It fills a void. By Diane Setterfield Invents Void Fills

A new creation may look simple and you may say that anyone could have done it, but the fact is that you did not make it first. By Ingrid Holm-Garibay Creation Simple Fact Make

Innovation often starts with the ordinary. They simply took what was "normal", and added a twist. They added an innovation. The innovation solved a key problem of the "normal" use case that we all already understood. By Dave Morin Normal Ordinary Innovation Starts Added

Man is the inventor of stupidity. By Remy De Gourmont Man Stupidity Inventor

Inventing is the resolution of technical contradictions. By Genrich Altshuller Inventing Contradictions Resolution Technical

The inventor ... looks upon the world and is not contented with things as they are. He wants to improve whatever he sees, he wants to benefit the world; he is haunted by an idea. By Alexander Graham Bell Inventor World Contented Things Idea

Accursed be he that first invented war. By Christopher Marlowe Accursed War Invented

The thing about inventing is you have to be both stubborn and flexible. The hard part is figuring out when to be which. By Jeff Bezos Flexible Thing Inventing Stubborn Hard

The sentence is the greatest human invention of civilization. By John Banville Civilization Sentence Greatest Human Invention

An inventor is simply a fellow who doesn't take his education too seriously. By Charles Kettering Inventor Simply Fellow Education

ONCE I STOOD on the bank of a rice paddy in rural Sichuan Province, and a lean and aging Chinese peasant, wearing a faded forty-year-old blue jacket issued by the Mao government in the early years of the Revolution, stood knee deep in water and apropos of absolutely nothing shouted defiantly at me, We Chinese invented many things! By Mark Kurlansky Chinese Stood Province Revolution Sichuan

It wasn't an architect or a designer who invented objects, but an artisan. By Giorgetto Giugiaro Objects Artisan Architect Designer Invented

The inventors of tools enhance civilization,but the author of ideas enables them to invent. By Toba Beta Invent Inventors Tools Enhance Civilizationbut

The first objects to be designed with the sole purpose of killing another person. By Adam Nicolson Person Objects Designed Sole Purpose

He who would know the world must first manufacture it. By Immanuel Kant World Manufacture

Most of us don't invent ideas. We take the best ideas from someone else. By Sam Walton Ideas Invent

I try not to invent; I try simply to translate the weird language of the natural world. And I'm not into absolute ownership of things. By Alice Oswald Invent World Simply Translate Weird

We are all of us invented. We are all of us cobbled together from cartilage and dust. Few of us know with certainty the name of our maker. But I do ... Bram Stoker. By Steven Dietz Invented Stoker Dust Cobbled Cartilage

God bless whoever invented football. It was the English, I think. And what a fantastic idea it was By Paolo Rossi God Football English Bless Invented

The history of technology tells us that inventions are two a penny. There are many, many people who invent new things: machines, processes, tools, gizmos, gadgets, widgets, and the like. Such people are often portrayed as unsung heroes, ahead of their field, unrecognized in their own time By Anonymous Penny History Technology Inventions Machines

Imagination is the source of every innovation. By Debasish Mridha Imagination Innovation Source

Invention is not always good. Sometimes our inventions are too powerful for us to control. By Gemma Malley Good Control Invention Inventions Powerful

Every contrivance of man, every tool, every instrument, every utensil, every article designed for use, of each and every kind, evolved from a very simple beginnings. By Robert Collier Man Tool Instrument Utensil Kind

Men invented money Women invented mutual aid By David Mitchell Women Men Aid Invented Money

Invention has ever imagination and poetry at its heart. By Algernon Blackwood Invention Heart Imagination Poetry

Women are a very recent invention. I predate the invention of women by decades. Well, if you insist on pedantic accuracy, women have been invented several times in widely varying localities, but the inventors just didn't know how to sell the product. By Ursula K. Le Guin Women Invention Recent Decades Accuracy

But what can be learned from trivia? A history of inventions reveals we made the gun silencer (1908) before air conditioning (1911), the kaleidoscope (1817) before Braille printing (1829), cocaine (1860) before penicillin (1929). It's a story about pleasure before usefulness, about ingenuity in killing before improving our everyday lives."The Beautiful Miscellaneous, By Dominic Smith Trivia Learned Braille Cocaine Miscellaneous

I am the laziest man in the world. I invented all those things to save myself from toil. By Benjamin Franklin World Laziest Man Toil Invented

Invention requires both disciplines, strict common sense and wild imagination. By Vanna Bonta Invention Disciplines Strict Imagination Requires

Invention is the mother of necessity. By Thorstein Veblen Invention Necessity Mother

Clearly, we are self-made. We are the first technology. We are part inventor and part the invented By Kevin Kelly Selfmade Part Technology Invented Inventor

Invention breeds invention. No sooner is the electric telegraph devised than gutta-percha, the very material it requires, is found. The aeronaut is provided with gun-cotton, the very fuel he wants for his balloon. By Ralph Waldo Emerson Invention Breeds Guttapercha Requires Found

Our first endeavors are purely instinctive prompting of an imagination vivid and undisciplined. As we grow older reason asserts itself and we become more and more systematic and designing. But those early impulses, though not immediately productive, are of the greatest moment and may shape our very destinies. Indeed, I feel now that had I understood and cultivated instead of suppressing them, I would have added substantial value to my bequest to the world. But not until I had attained manhood did I realize that I was an inventor. By Nikola Tesla Undisciplined Endeavors Purely Instinctive Prompting

Every piece of technology, every piece of art, basically everything manmade comes from an idea. By Pharrell Williams Piece Technology Art Basically Idea

To be an inventor, you have to be willing to live with a sense of uncertainty, to work in this darkness and grope towards an answer, to put up with anxiety about whether there is an answer. By Ray Dolby Answer Inventor Uncertainty Live Sense

The Negro was invented in America. By John Oliver Killens America Negro Invented

Let's see what you've got, Dr. Kink E. Inventor By Olivia Cunning Inventor Kink

One must be an inventor to read well. By Ralph Waldo Emerson Inventor Read

An inventor is one who can see the applicability of means to supply demand five years before it is obvious to those skilled in the art. By Reginald Fessenden Art Inventor Applicability Supply Demand

The fact is that one new idea leads to another, that to a third and so on through a course of time, until someone, with whom no one of these ideas was original, combines all together, and produces what is justly called a new invention. By Thomas Jefferson Time Original Combines Invention Fact

I am an inventor of music. By Igor Stravinsky Music Inventor

We are all innovators, we all like to use our imagination, which is our greatest tool. By Cory Booker Innovators Imagination Tool Greatest

Let the public throw bouquets to the inventors and in time we will all be happy. By Thomas A. Edison Happy Public Throw Bouquets Inventors

If I was asked to say what was the greatest invention of human beings, I would say the sentence. By John Banville Sentence Asked Greatest Invention Human

We learn more when we are compelled to invent. By Jean Piaget Invent Learn Compelled

I've always said Thomas Edison invented the movie camera to show people killing and kissing. By Quentin Tarantino Thomas Edison Kissing Invented Movie

Tim Berners-Lee invented the Web in order to help him remember his colleagues at CERN. "The Web is more a social creation than a technical one," he explains. By Andrew Keen Cern Web Tim Bernerslee Invented

Inventions are smarter than their inventors By Larrie D. Ferreiro Inventions Inventors Smarter

History consists of a series of accumulated imaginative inventions. By Voltaire History Inventions Consists Series Accumulated

I've long stopped worrying about who invented whom - God man or man God. By Fyodor Dostoevsky God Man Long Stopped Worrying

Invention is arrived at by intelligent stumbling. By Amar Bose Invention Stumbling Arrived Intelligent

As we benefit from the inventions of others, we should be glad to share our own ... freely and gladly. By Benjamin Franklin Benefit Inventions Glad Share Freely

To apply oneself to great inventions, starting from the smallest beginnings, is no task for ordinary minds; to divine that wonderful arts lie hid behind trivial and childish things is a conception for superhuman talents. By Galileo Galilei Inventions Starting Beginnings Minds Talents

God invented man, and man invented the metric system. By Salvador Dali God System Invented Man Metric

Innovation comes out of great human ingenuity and very personal passions. By Megan Smith Innovation Passions Great Human Ingenuity

Great inventors and discoverers seem to have made their discoveries and inventions as it were by the way, in the course of their everyday life. By Elizabeth Charles Great Life Inventors Discoverers Made

The unrecognized genius of our time. By William March Time Unrecognized Genius