#invention

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

#been #bought #brazilians #came #families

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

— Demetri Martin

#allows #because #camera #digital #great

The invention of basketball was not an accident. It was developed to meet a need. Those boys simply would not play 'Drop the Handkerchief.' ↗

— James Naismith

#basketball #developed #drop #handkerchief #invention

Correspondences are like small clothes before the invention of suspenders; it is impossible to keep them up. ↗

— Sydney Smith

#clothes #impossible #invention #keep #like

Markets are designed to allow individuals to look after their private needs and to pursue profit. It's really a great invention and I wouldn't under-estimate the value of that, but they're not designed to take care of social needs. ↗

— George Soros

#allow #care #designed #great #i

Of all human inventions the organization, a machine constructed of people performing interdependent functions, is the most powerful. ↗

— Robert Shea

#functions #human #human inventions #interdependent #inventions

Imagination has brought mankind through the Dark Ages to its present state of civilization. Imagination led Columbus to discover America. Imagination led Franklin to discover electricity. Imagination has given us the steam engine, the telephone, the talking-machine and the automobile, for these things had to be dreamed of before they became realities. So I believe that dreams - day dreams, you know, with your eyes wide open and your brain-machinery whizzing - are likely to lead to the betterment of the world. The imaginative child will become the imaginative man or woman most apt to create, to invent, and therefore to foster civilization. ↗

— L. Frank Baum

#civilization #discovery #dreams #imagination #invention

Books: a beautifully browsable invention that needs no electricity and exists in a readable form no matter what happens. ↗

— Nicholson Baker

#inventions #beauty

I want to create a cologne that smells like a whisper. It’ll be for all the secret admirers out there.
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— Jarod Kintz

#cologne #fragrance #invent #invention #secret-admirer

I do not think you can name many great inventions that have been made by married men. ↗

— Nikola Tesla

#marriage #nikola-tesla #passion #marriage