#invent

I wish my stove came with a Save As button like Word has. That way I could experiment with my cooking and not fear ruining my dinner.  ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#experiment #experimentation #fear #food #innovation

Anyone who knew Violet well could tell she was thinking hard, because her long hair was tied up in a ribbon to keep it out of her eyes. Violet had a real knack for inventing and building strange devices, so her brain was often filled with images of pulleys, levers, and gears, and she never wanted to be distracted by something as trivial as her hair. ↗

— Lemony Snicket

#intelligence #inventive #intelligence

Inventory: "Four be the things I am wiser to know: Idleness, sorrow, a friend, and a foe. Four be the things I'd been better without: Love, curiosity, freckles, and doubt. Three be the things I shall never attain: Envy, content, and sufficient champagne. Three be the things I shall have till I die: Laughter and hope and a sock in the eye. ↗

— Dorothy Parker

#contentment #curiosity #doubt #envy #foes

Nothing is invented, for it's written in nature first. ↗

— Antoni Gaudi

#nature #written #nature

The Dodo never had a chance. He seems to have been invented for the sole purpose of becoming extinct and that was all he was good for. ↗

— Will Cuppy

#been #chance #extinct #good #had

You know when civilization began? With the invention of the mirror. ↗

— Shimon Peres

#civilization #invention #know #mirror #you

People think of the inventor as a screwball, but no one ever asks the inventor what he thinks of other people. ↗