Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible. (1895)
Inventions - Inventors Quotes
Necessity may be the mother of invention, but play is certainly the father.
Sometimes I feel that I am a natural born genius in a field of human endeavor that hasn’t been invented yet.
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.
This is the patent age of new inventions For killing bodies, and for saving souls, All propagated with the best intentions.
Things don’t turn up in this world until somebody turns them up.
One invention still lacking: how to reverse explosions.
The march of invention has clothed mankind with powers of which a century ago the boldest imagination could not have dreamt.
