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We should have more invention. -- Nathan Myhrvold
The myths about Hades and the gods, though they are pure invention, help to make men virtuous. -- Diodorus Siculus
The heaviest blow which ever struck humanity was Christianity; Bolshevism is Christianity's illegitimate child. Both are inventions of the Jew. -- Adolf Hitler
Homo sapiens is the species that invents symbols in which to invest passion and authority, then forgets that symbols are inventions. -- Joyce Carol Oates
All our civilization is based on invention; before invention, men lived on fruits and nuts and pine cones and slept in caves. -- Reginald Fessenden
We tend to think of future inventions and discoveries, but in reality, these things already exist in the knowledge bank of the universe. -- Stephen Richards
..all forms of needlework of the fancy order are inventions of the evil one for keeping the foolish from applying their hearts to wisdom." -- Elizabeth Von Arnim
If Christianity is a mere invention of man, and the Bible is of no more authority than any other uninspired volume, how is it that the book is what it is? -- J. C. Ryle
If Christianity is a mere invention of man, and not a supernatural, divine revelation, how is it that it has wrought such a complete alteration in the state of man kind? -- J. C. Ryle
Everything becomes a story and ends up drifting about in the same sphere, and then it's hard to differentiate between what really happened and what is pure invention. Everything becomes a narrative and sounds fictitious even if it's true. -- Javier Marías
All the beautiful orders of architecture and creations of the pencil, all the conceptions of the beautiful in nature and art and humanity, are inventions extorted, as it were, from the mind to extend and increase the pleasures of sense. -- Elihu Burritt
I think it's very important - no matter what you may do professionally - to keep alive some of the healthy interests of your youth. Children's play is not just kids' stuff. Children's play is rather the stuff of most future inventions. -- Fred Rogers
ALL religions of a spiritual nature are inventions of man. He has created an entire system of gods with nothing more than his carnal brain. Just because he has an ego, and cannot accept it, he has to externalize it into some great spiritual device which he calls God. -- Anton Szandor LaVey
Romney is a classic case of re-invention. As governor of Massachusetts, he supported government-sponsored healthcare, was sympathetic to gay rights, and opposed harsh restrictions on abortion. After measuring the difference between the Massachusetts electorate and the national one to which he must now appeal, he has reversed those positions. -- Stephen Kinzer
Boredom is a lack of crazy. Its a lack of creativity. Invention. Innovation. If you're bored, blame yourself. -- Katelyn S. Irons
If necessity is the mother of invention, it's the father of cooperation. And we're cooperating like never before. -- John Ashcroft
This play is truly a great invention, and we're having a great time doing it eight times a week. -- Bill Irwin
We're seeing the arrival of conversational robots that can walk in our world. It's a golden age of invention. -- David Hanson
Bras are a ludicrous invention; but if you make bralessness a rule, you're just subjecting yourself to yet another repression. -- Germaine Greer
The real abhorrent consequence of the invention of atomic bombs is the fact that we still have them and they're spreading. -- Barry Commoner
Armies are a purely human invention. Most soldiers who go to war nowadays don't even do it because they're inherently aggressive. -- Frans de Waal
Sugar-free ice pops are an invention of God. They hardly have any calories since they're mostly water. I eat about 15 pops every two days. -- Gene Simmons
Everything we do is designed, whether we're producing a magazine, a website, or a bridge. Design is really the creative invention that designs everything. -- Henry Petroski
Knowledge emerges only through invention and re-invention, through the restless, impatient, continuing, hopeful inquiry human beings pursue in the world, with the world, and with each other. -- Paulo Freire
Every new invention is like a baby. You think it may cure cancer or become the president, but in the end, you're happy it just stays out of jail. -- Eric Betzig

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