The market is not an
invention of capitalism. It has existed for centuries. It is an
invention of civilization.
View quotes by Mikhail GorbachevI don't think necessity is the mother of
invention -
invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness. To save oneself trouble.
View quotes by Agatha ChristieGetting caught is the mother of
inventionView quotes by Robert ByrneInvention is the mother of necessity.
View quotes by Thorstein VeblenMarriage is a wonderful
invention; but, then again, so is a bicycle repair kit.
View quotes by Billy ConnellyThe cocktail party is easily the worst
invention since castor oil
View quotes by Elsa MaxwellThe digital revolution is far more significant than the
invention of writing or even of printing.
View quotes by Douglas EngelbartCorrespondences are like small clothes before the
invention of suspenders; it is impossible to keep them up.
View quotes by Sydney SmithO for a muse of fire, that would ascend the brightest heaven of
invention-Henry V
View quotes by William ShakespeareMan is a creature of hope and
invention, both of which belie the idea that things cannot be changed.
View quotes by Tom ClancyAs the archaeology of our thought easily shows, man is an
invention of recent date. And one perhaps nearing its end.
View quotes by Michel FoucaultNo, no. It's [a visited planets' atmosphere] quite healthy. Similar to Earth, before the
invention of the motorcar!
View quotes by Doctor WhoArnold Palmer is the biggest crowd pleaser since the
invention of the portable sanitary facility.
View quotes by Bob HopeTelevision is like the
invention of indoor plumbing. It didn't change people's habits. It just kept them inside the house.
View quotes by Alfred HitchcockWith an absurd oversimplification, the "
invention" of calculus [method in mathematics] is sometimes ascribed to two men, Newton and Leibniz.
View quotes by Richard CourantIt is the genius of our Constitution that under its shelter of enduring institutions and rooted principles there is ample room for the rich fertility of American political
invention.
View quotes by Lyndon JohnsonConflict is the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. It instigates to
invention. It shocks us out of sheeplike passivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.
View quotes by John DeweyThe half hour between waking and rising has all my life proved propitious to any task which was exercising my
invention... It was always when I first opened my eyes that the desired ideas thronged upon me.
View quotes by Sir Walter ScottThere is not less wit nor less
invention in applying rightly a thought one finds in a book, than in being the first author of that thought.
View quotes by Pierre BayleNever stop because you are afraid - you are never so likely to be wrong. Never keep a line of retreat: it is a wretched
invention. The difficult is what takes a little time; the impossible is what takes a little longer.
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