Quotes on Inventions And Inventors

Name the greatest of all inventors. Accident.

I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success ... Such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything.

Today every invention is received with a cry of triumph which soon turns into a cry of fear.

Anything that won't sell, I don't want to invent. Its sale is proof of utility, and utility is success.

Invention is the talent of youth, as judgment is of age.

O! for a muse of fire, that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention.

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

That is what we are supposed to do when we are at our best - make it all up - but make it up so truly that later it will happen that way.

To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.

The biggest job we have is to teach a newly hired employee how to fail intelligently. We have to train him to experiment over and over and to keep on trying and failing until he learns what will work.

America is a country of inventors, and the greatest of inventors are the newspaper men.

Interest is the spur of the people, but glory that of great souls. Invention is the talent of youth, and judgment of age.

Inventing is a combination of brains and materials. The more brains you use, the less material you need.