One thing the inventors can’t seem to get the bugs out of is fresh paint.
Inventions - Inventors Quotes
Edison did not invent the first talking machine – he invented the first one that could be turned off.
Necessity is the mother of invention.
Television won’t be able to hold on to any market it captures after the first six months. People will soon get tired of staring at a plywood box every night. (20th Century-Fox, 1946)
This ‘telephone’ has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently of no value to us. (Internal memo, 1876)
I have not the smallest molecule of faith in aerial navigation other than ballooning, or of the expectation of good results from any of the trials we hear of. (1896)
The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.
We are called the nation of inventors. And we are. We could still claim that title and wear its loftiest honors if we had stopped with the first thing we ever invented, which was human liberty.
X-rays will prove to be a hoax.
The true creator is necessity, who is the mother of our invention.
