
In some cases, inventions prohibit innovation because we’re so caught up in playing with the technology that we forget about the fact that it was supposed to be important.—Dean Kamen
Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent.—Arthur Conan Doyle
Invention arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness. To save oneself trouble.—Agatha Christie
The world is movIng so fast these days that the man who says it can’t be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it.—Elbert Hubbard
One of the only ways to get yourself out of a tight box is to invent your way out.—Jeff Bezos
We are kept keen on the grindstone of pain and necessity.—HG Wells
I just invent, then wait till man comes around to needing what I’ve invented.—Buckminster Fuller
To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. —Thomas EdisonInvention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist in creating out of void but out of chaos.—Mary Shelley
Only an inventor knows how to borrow.—Ralph Waldo Emerson
Images: Kamen:Stephen Rose / Getty Images Christie Hulton Archive / Getty Images Patterson: Bret Hartman / Reuters Archimedes, Edison: Shutterstock.Com
First Published: Sep 17, 2016, 06:22
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