Getting caught is the mother of invention.

Partying is such sweet sorrow.

—Robert Byrne

Everything is in a state of flux, including the status quo.

—Robert Byrne

Getting caught is the mother of invention.

—Robert Byrne

In order to preserve your self-respect, it is sometimes necessary to lie and cheat.

—Robert Byrne

The purpose of life is a life of purpose.

—Robert Byrne

We are more ready to try the untried when what we do is inconsequential. Hence the fact that many inventions had their birth as toys.

—Eric Hoffer

The best way to predict the future is to invent it.

—Alan Kay

I don't think necessity is the mother of invention—invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness. To save oneself trouble.

—Agatha Christie

I just invent, then wait until man comes around to needing what I've invented.

—R. Buckminster Fuller

We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity—romantic love and gunpowder.

—André Maurois