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Invention Quotes - Page 3

Invention is the mother of necessity.

Thorstein Veblen (1994). “Absentee Ownership: Business Enterprise in Recent Times : the Case of America”, p.63, Transaction Publishers

It is only men who are free, who create the inventions and intellectual works which to us moderns make life worth while.

Albert Einstein (2011). “Out of My Later Years: The Scientist, Philosopher, and Man Portrayed Through His Own Words”, p.48, Open Road Media

Necessity, who is the mother of our invention.

Plato (2015). “The Republic”, p.75, First Avenue Editions

The progressive development of man is vitally dependent on invention.

Nikola Tesla (2011). “My Inventions and Other Writings”, p.18, Penguin

Conscience is a Jewish invention.

"Hitler Speaks". Book by Hermann Rauschning, p. 220, 1939.

The environment as we perceive it is our invention.

Heinz von Foerster (2007). “Understanding Understanding: Essays on Cybernetics and Cognition”, p.212, Springer Science & Business Media

Implosion is no invention in the conventional sense, but rather the renaissance of ancient knowledge, lost over the course of time.

Viktor Schauberger, Callum Coats (2000). “The Energy Evolution – Harnessing Free Energy from Nature: Volume 4 of Renowned Environmentalist Viktor Schauberger’s Eco-Technology Series”, p.149, Gill & Macmillan Ltd

Dictators never invent their own opportunities.

R. Buckminster Fuller (1962). “Untitled Epic Poem on the History of Industrialization”, p.227, Estate of R. Buckminster Fuller

Invention is the mother of necessities.

Marshall McLuhan (2015). “Culture Is Our Business”, p.184, Wipf and Stock Publishers