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Inventions

Necessity, the mother of invention

George Farquhar (1677-1707)

Necessity, the mother of invention

George Farquhar (1677-1707)

Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end.

Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)

Soon silence will have passed into legend. Man has turned his back on silence. Day after day he invents machines and devices that increase noise and distract humanity from the essence of life, contemplation, meditation...

Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance.

Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)

The greatest inventions were produced in the times of ignorance, as the use of the compass, gunpowder, and printing

Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)

The greatest inventions were produced in the times of ignorance, as the use of the compass, gunpowder, and printing

Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)

The march of invention has clothed mankind with powers of which a century ago the boldest imagination could not have dreamt

Henry George Bohn (1796-1884)

There have been three great inventions since the beginning of time: fire, the wheel, and central banking

Will Rogers (1879-1935)

These are bagpipes. I understand the inventor of the bagpipes was inspired when he saw a man carrying an indignant, asthmatic pig under his arm. Unfortunately, the man-made sound never equalled the purity of the sound achieved by the pig.

Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980)

Want is the mistress of invention

Susanna Centlivre

Want is the mistress of invention

Susanna Centlivre

Where a new invention promises to be useful, it ought to be tried

Thomas Jefferson (1762-1826)

Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza.

Dave Barry (1947-)

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