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An inventor is simply a fellow who doesn't take his education too seriously.

—Charles F. Kettering

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The more original a discovery, the more obvious it seems afterwards.

—Arthur Koestler

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Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something.

—Robert A. Heinlein

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Our inventions mirror our secret wishes.

—Lawrence Durrell

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You cannot possibly invent painting all by yourself.

—Pierre Bonnard

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Man has to suffer. When he has no real afflictions, he invents some.

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Invention is the mother of necessity.

—Thorstein Veblen

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Do you realize if it weren't for Edison we'd be watching TV by candlelight?

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

—André Maurois

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

—R. Buckminster Fuller

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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

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

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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.

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Getting caught is the mother of invention.

—Robert Byrne

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To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.

—Thomas A. Edison

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