#invention

We can put television in its proper light by supposing that Gutenberg's great invention had been directed at printing only comic books. ↗

— Robert M. Hutchins

#books #comic #comic books #directed #great

I didn't say my invention is better, nor did I say other stuff does not work. ↗

— Alex Chiu

#did #does #i #invention #nor

None of my neighbors believe in what I say. They refuse to wear the rings. They will never accept my invention until the day they die. That's what I call the real antichrists. ↗

— Alex Chiu

#believe #call #day #die #i

What we were in on, really, was the invention of animation. ↗

— Marc Davis

#invention #really #were

One might think that the money value of an invention constitutes its reward to the man who loves his work. But... I continue to find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success. ↗

— Thomas A. Edison

#constitutes #continue #find #greatest #greatest pleasure

The march of invention has clothed mankind with powers of which a century ago the boldest imagination could not have dreamt. ↗

— Henry George

#boldest #century #clothed #could #dreamt

We daily witness the beneficial effect produced to the community by the institution of premiums, held out to encourage the inventions of ingenious mechanics. ↗

— Joseph Lancaster

#community #daily #effect #encourage #held

I hate the idea of natural. For example, I prefer gardens to wild nature. I like to see the human touch. High heels are a complete invention - an extravagance. They're far from natural, but it's the impracticality that I adore. I prefer the useless to the useful, the sophisticated to the natural. ↗

— Christian Louboutin

#complete #example #extravagance #far #for example

Necessity... the mother of invention. ↗

— Plato

#mother #necessity

One can be absolutely truthful and sincere even though admittedly the most outrageous liar. Fiction and invention are of the very fabric of life. ↗

— Henry Miller

#admittedly #even #fabric #fiction #invention