Quotes about Invention
By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote. In fact, it is as difficult to appropriate the thoughts of others as it is to invent.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Man can create nothing which he does not first conceive in THOUGHT.
— Napoleon Hill
One of the most difficult tasks men can perform, however much others may despise it, is the invention of good games.
— Carl Jung
New arts are long in the world before poets describe them; for they borrow everything from their predecessors, and commonly derive very little from nature or from life.
— Samuel Johnson
It's fun to invent systems and meanings and then poke holes in them.
— Marty Rubin
The essence of poetry is invention; such invention as, by producing something unexpected, surprises and delights.
— Samuel Johnson
All churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Muslim, are simply human inventions. They use fear to enslave us. They are a monopoly for power and profit.
— Thomas Paine
An onion can make people cry, but there has never been a vegetable invented to make them laugh.
— Will Rogers
If there were no God, he would have to be invented.
— Fyodor Dostoevsky
God gave them [the discoveries] to me; how can I sell them to someone else?
— George Washington Carver
If God did not exist, we should have to invent him. If God did exist, we should have to abolish Him.
— Albert Camus
There ain't been no angels in heaven around since God invented girls.
— Elton John