Top 25 Invention Quotes of 270 - Page 2

An invention can be so valuable as to be worthless to the inventor.

An invention can be so valuable as to be worthless to the inventor.

Invention, Inventor, Valuable

Preventive war was an invention of Hitler. I would not even listen to anyone seriously that came and talked about such a thing.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Peace, War, Invention

And yet the true creator is necessity, which is the mother of invention.

Aristotle

Mother, Invention, Creator

The limited liability corporation is the greatest single invention of modern times.

Nicholas Murray Butler

Corporations, Modern, Invention

There is no difference between science and art when it comes to creativeness, productiveness, to come to conclusions and to formulations.

Josef Albers

Art, Differences, Invention

What really makes it an invention is that someone decides not to change the solution to a known problem, but to change the question.

Dean Kamen

Problem, Invention, Solutions

Invention is by its very nature disruptive. If you want to be understood at all times, then don't do anything new.

Jeff Bezos

Want, Invention, All Time

The martini: the only American invention as perfect as the sonnet.

H. L. Mencken

Drinking, Perfect, Invention

There's such a thing as theater discipline. One player doesn't appropriate another's inventions

Ethel Merman

Player, Discipline, Invention

Ethel Merman, George Eells (1979). “Merman: an autobiography”, Berkley Pub Group

Money is not an invention of the state. It is not the product of a legislative act.

Carl Menger

Invention, States, Products

Order, unity, and continuity are human inventions, just as truly as catalogues and encyclopedias.

Bertrand Russell

Order, Unity, Invention

We have woven a web, you and I, attached to this world but a separate world of our own invention.

John Keats

Woven, World, Invention

I'm proud of my invention, but I'm sad that it is used by terrorists.

Mikhail Kalashnikov

Ak 47, Proud, Invention

"Kalashnikov: 'I wish I'd made a lawnmower'" by Kate Connolly, www.theguardian.com. July 30, 2002.

God forgives those who invent what they need.

Lillian Hellman

Forgiving, Needs, Invention

Lillian Hellman (1979). “Six Plays”, Vintage

Failure comes part and parcel with invention. It’s not optional.

Jeff Bezos

Invention, Optional, Parcel

"The best business advice from Jeff Bezos" by Eugene Kim, www.businessinsider.com. April 21, 2016.

A guilty conscience is the mother of invention.

Carolyn Wells

Mother, Guilt, Invention

"Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

I think death is the most wonderful invention of life. It purges the system of these old models that are obsolete.

Steve Jobs

Thinking, Wonderful, Invention

Playboy Interview, genius.com.

The invention of photography destroyed the canons of representational, imitative art.

Laszlo Moholy-Nagy

Photography, Art, Invention

Gentle Jesus, meek and mild' is a snivelling modern invention, with no warrant in the gospels.

George Bernard Shaw

Jesus, Modern, Invention

George Bernard Shaw (2015). “The Collected Plays of George Bernard Shaw (Illustrated): Including Renowned Titles like Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, The Inca Of Perusalem, Macbeth Skit, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion”, p.2270, e-artnow