An inventor is simply a fellow who doesn't take his education too seriously.
—Charles F. Kettering
The more original a discovery, the more obvious it seems afterwards.
—Arthur Koestler
Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something.
—Robert A. Heinlein
Our inventions mirror our secret wishes.
—Lawrence Durrell
You cannot possibly invent painting all by yourself.
—Pierre Bonnard
Man has to suffer. When he has no real afflictions, he invents some.
—Jose Marti
Invention is the mother of necessity.
—Thorstein Veblen
Do you realize if it weren't for Edison we'd be watching TV by candlelight?
—Al Boliska
We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity—romantic love and gunpowder.
—André Maurois
I just invent, then wait until man comes around to needing what I've invented.
—R. Buckminster Fuller
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
The best way to predict the future is to invent it.
—Alan Kay
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
Getting caught is the mother of invention.
—Robert Byrne
To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.
—Thomas A. Edison