#invention

She liked books more than anything else, and was, in fact, always inventing stories of beautiful things and telling them to herself. ↗

— Frances Hodgson Burnett

#books #invention #stories #things #beauty

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.
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— Jarod Kintz

#experiment #experimentation #fear #food #innovation

Give me but a firm spot on which to stand, and I shall move the earth. ↗

— Archimedes

#determination #discovery #invention #opportunity #change

That new technologies and techniques would be forthcoming was a fundamental article of Christian faith. Hence, no bishops or theologians denounced clocks or sailing ships--although both were condemned on religious grounds in various non-Western societies. ↗

— Rodney Stark

#inventions #technology #faith

Destiny is the invention of the cowardly, and the resigned. ↗

— Ignazio Silone

#destiny #invention #resigned

We traveled long and forgot why poetry was invented. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

#forgot #forgotten-past #inventions #literature #literature-quotes

The European Union is the world's most successful invention for advancing peace. ↗

— John Bruton

#european #european union #invention #most #peace

It's a new challenge to see how people can change your look. I like words like transformation, reinvention, and chameleon. Because one word I don't like is predictable. ↗

— Naomi Campbell

#challenge #chameleon #change #how #i

My feeling was that I simply didn't have the enthusiasm to do reinvention. ↗

— Roger Daltrey

#feeling #i #reinvention #simply

Invention is the mother of necessity. ↗

— Thorstein Veblen

#mother #necessity