Top 12 Great Inventions Quotes

If we look at the fact, we shall find that the great inventions of the age are not, with us at least, always produced in universities.

If we look at the fact, we shall find that the great inventions of the age are not, with us at least, always produced in universities.

Charles Babbage

Age, Great Inventions, Looks

Charles Babbage (1830). “Reflections on the Decline of Science in England, and on Some of Its Causes”, p.21

Markets are designed to allow individuals to look after their private needs and to pursue profit. It's really a great invention, and I wouldn't underestimate the value of that. But they're not designed to take care of social needs.

George Soros

Great Inventions, Needs, Looks

Interview with Mark Shapiro, September 05, 2000.

I'm onstage for an hour.I do an hour of stand-up. Actually, I do 10 minutes standing up and 50 minutes sitting in a chair. Oh, occasionally, I stand up again to do a dance or put over a song. But mostly I sit down. A great invention, sitting down.

George Burns

Song, Sitting Down, Great Inventions

I think the FDIC was one of the great inventions of the American.

Warren Buffett

Thinking, Great Inventions, Invention

"Warren Buffett: I Haven't Seen As Much Economic Fear In My Adult Lifetime". "Charlie Rose", www.cnbc.com. October 1, 2008.

Of all my inventions, I liked the phonograph best

Thomas A. Edison

Great Inventions, Invention, Phonograph

You of the West are practical in business, practical in great inventions, but we of the East are practical in religion. You make commerce your business; we make religion our business.

Swami Vivekananda

Business, Great Inventions, East