Quotes of: Invention Keyword

We invented marriage. Couples invented marriage. We also invented divorce,mind you. And we invented infidelity,too, as well as romantic misery. In fact we invented the whole sloppy mess of love and intimacy and aversion and euphoria and failure. But ...

Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage

My company invents all kinds of new technology in lots of different areas. And we do that for a couple of reasons. We invent for fun - invention is a lot of fun to do - and we also invent for profit. The two are related because the profit actually ta...

Nathan Myhrvold

Writing is the great invention of the world.

Discoveries and Inventions: A Lecture by Abraham Lincoln Delivered in 1860

He had realized that the labels he had been taking so seriously are human inventions--it's all a game. The Number 68 is invented and the A is invented, so we might as well choose to invent something that brightens our life and the lives of the people...

Benjamin Zander

That is to say, epic poetry has been invented many times and independently; but, as the needs which prompted the invention have been broadly similar, so the invention itself has been.

Lascelles Abercrombie

People who've had very unhappy childhoods are pretty good at inventing themselves. If nobody invents you for yourself, nothing is left but to invent yourself for others.

John le Carre

Haste is the invention of the devil.

Arabian

Necessity is the mother of invention.

English

Partnership is an invention of the devil.

Russian

Fairy tales only happen in movies." -George Melies from The Invention of Hugo Cabret

The Invention of Hugo Cabret

Invention is not enough. Tesla invented the electric power we use, but he struggled to get it out to people. You have to combine both things: invention and innovation focus, plus the company that can commercialize things and get them to people.

Larry Page

There is no re-inventing the wheel.

Sean Penn

Oh, Creator! Can monsters exist in the sight of him who alone knows how they were invented, how they invented themselves, and how they might not have invented themselves?

Charles Baudelaire

I'm American so I believe in God. I mean, even if people "invented" God instead of the other way around, God is "real" as far as I'm concerned. Just because something didn't exist you invented it doesn't mean it doesn't exist you invented it. You don...

Ninja Versus Pirate Featuring Zombies

In other words, what is supposedly found is an invention whose inventor is unaware of his act of invention, who considers it as something that exists independently of him; the invention then becomes the basis of his world view and actions.

Paul Watzlawick

I don't think that you can invent on behalf of customers unless you're willing to think long-term, because a lot of invention doesn't work. If you're going to invent, it means you're going to experiment, and if you're going to experiment, you're goin...

Jeff Bezos

Movies were invented for Jimmy Cagney, and he was invented for the movies. A perfect match.

Clint Eastwood

It was. It will never be again. Remember.

The Invention of Solitude

You don't have to invent the wheel, but you might want to be the company that invents the rims.

MC Hammer

Novelists invent characters; poets invent themselves.

Marty Rubin

Man is greater than the tools he invents.

American