Invention Quotes
Most popular invention quotes
![The greatest inventors are unknown to us. Someone invented the wheel—but who? - Isaac Asimov quote.](/img/q/38/138A-the-greatest-inventors-are-unknown-to-us-someone-invented-wheel-isaac-asimov.png)
The greatest inventors are unknown to us. Someone invented the wheel—but who?
![The forests of America, however slighted by man, must have been a great delight to God; for they were the best he ever planted. - John Muir quote.](/img/q/59/259A-the-forests-of-america-however-slighted-by-man-must-have-john-muir.png)
The forests of America, however slighted by man, must have been a great delight to God; for they were the best he ever planted.
Want is the mistress of invention.
![Only an inventor knows how to borrow, and every man is or should be an inventor. - Ralph Waldo Emerson quote.](/img/q/61/261A-only-an-inventor-knows-how-to-borrow-every-man-is-ralph-waldo-emerson.png)
Only an inventor knows how to borrow, and every man is or should be an inventor.
![Invention breeds invention. - Ralph Waldo Emerson quote.](/img/q/62/262A-invention-breeds-invention-ralph-waldo-emerson.png)
Invention breeds invention.
Galileo called doubt the father of invention; it is certainly the pioneer.
![An inventor is simply a fellow who doesn't take his education too seriously. - Charles F. Kettering quote.](/img/q/64/264A-an-inventor-is-simply-a-fellow-who-doesnt-take-his-charles-f-kettering.png)
An inventor is simply a fellow who doesn't take his education too seriously.
Invention is the mother of necessity.
![Necessity is the mother of invention. - Plato quote.](/img/q/37/7337A-necessity-is-the-mother-of-invention-plato.png)
Necessity is the mother of invention.
![The inventor tries to meet the demand of a crazy civilization. - Thomas Edison quote.](/img/q/48/7348A-the-inventor-tries-to-meet-the-demand-crazy-civilization-thomas-edison.png)
The inventor tries to meet the demand of a crazy civilization.
![A guilty conscience is the mother of invention. - Carolyn Wells quote.](/img/q/57/19557A-a-guilty-conscience-is-the-mother-invention-carolyn-wells.png)
A guilty conscience is the mother of invention.
![Name the greatest of all inventors. Accident. - Mark Twain quote.](/img/q/21/20321A-name-the-greatest-of-all-inventors-accident-mark-twain.png)
Name the greatest of all inventors. Accident.
![I don't know if fury can compete with necessity as the mother of invention, but I recommend it. - Gloria Steinem quote.](/img/q/33/31533A-i-dont-know-if-fury-can-compete-with-necessity-as-gloria-steinem.png)
I don't know if fury can compete with necessity as the mother of invention, but I recommend it.
![A bad memory is the mother of invention. - Gerald Brenan quote.](/img/q/89/33889A-a-bad-memory-is-the-mother-invention-gerald-brenan.png)
A bad memory is the mother of invention.
Want, the Mistress of Invention, still tempts me on.
![The true creator is necessity, who is the mother of our invention. - Plato quote.](/img/q/92/33892A-the-true-creator-is-necessity-who-is-mother-our-invention-plato.png)
The true creator is necessity, who is the mother of our invention.
![The greatest invention of the nineteenth century was the invention of the method of invention. - Alfred North Whitehead quote.](/img/q/95/33895A-the-greatest-invention-of-the-nineteenth-century-was-invention-method-alfred-north-whitehead.png)
The greatest invention of the nineteenth century was the invention of the method of invention.
![I've always believed that our inventions mirror our secret wishes. - Lawrence Durrell quote.](/img/q/96/33896A-ive-always-believed-that-our-inventions-mirror-our-secret-wishes-lawrence-durrell.png)
I've always believed that our inventions mirror our secret wishes.
![There is no monster more destructive than the inventive mind that has outstripped philosophy. - Ellen Glasgow quote.](/img/q/97/33897A-there-is-no-monster-more-destructive-than-inventive-mind-that-ellen-glasgow.png)
There is no monster more destructive than the inventive mind that has outstripped philosophy.
Everything that can be invented has been invented.
![Interest is the spur of the people, but glory that of great souls. Invention is the talent of youth, and judgment of age. - Jonathan Swift quote.](/img/q/11/51211A-interest-is-the-spur-of-the-people-but-glory-that-jonathan-swift.png)
Interest is the spur of the people, but glory that of great souls. Invention is the talent of youth, and judgment of age.
![Inventor: A person who makes an ingenious arrangement of wheels, levers and springs, and believes it civilization. - Ambrose Bierce quote.](/img/q/01/53401A-inventor-a-person-who-makes-an-ingenious-arrangement-wheels-levers-ambrose-bierce.png)
Inventor: A person who makes an ingenious arrangement of wheels, levers and springs, and believes it civilization.