#invention

To me, innovations are the wheel, fire, language, movable type. There are not 3 million innovations; there are 3 million inventions. ↗

— Dean Kamen

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I think Russian people are learning that democracy is not an alien thing; it's not a western invention. ↗

— Garry Kasparov

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I think software patents are a bad idea. Many patents are given for trivial inventions. ↗

— Larry Wall

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A guilty conscience is the mother of invention. ↗

— Carolyn Wells

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Melodic invention is one of the surest signs of a divine gift. ↗

— Gustav Mahler

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Mixed martial arts was invented by Brazilians, whose families had been trained by the Japanese. Those Brazilians came to the U.S., where their invention was bought out, gussied up and presented to the world, which found it good. ↗

— David Mamet

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The digital camera is a great invention because it allows us to reminisce. Instantly. ↗

— Demetri Martin

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I am still making order out of chaos by reinvention. ↗

— John le Carre

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I don't know that 'NCIS: Los Angeles' is a complete reinvention, but I'm playing one of the guys in charge this time. Before I'd be cast as a young impressionable character. I think part of that is just being more mature. ↗

— Chris O'Donnell

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An invention has to make sense in the world it finishes in, not in the world it started. ↗

— Tim O'Reilly

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