Inventing Quotes
Quotes tagged as "inventing"
Showing 1-16 of 16

“Inventions are not solely the making of material things, inventions are also the mental unleashing of ideas by a genuis with a sixth sense.”
―
―

“But you can't invent things like time,' Violet said. 'You can invent things like automatic popcorn poppers. You can invent things like steam-powered window waster. But you can't invent more time.”
― The Wide Window
― The Wide Window

“To those who hadn't been around Violet long, nothing would have seemed unusual, but those who knew her well knew that when she tied her hair up in a ribbon to keep it out of her eyes, it meant that the gears and levers of her inventing brain were whirring at top speed.”
― The Bad Beginning
― The Bad Beginning

“Wherever you may find the inventor, you may give him wealth or you may take from him all that he has; and he will go on inventing. He can no more help inventing that he can help thinking or breathing.”
―
―

“Your need to feel significant will never be met, until you can conquer your fear and manage your focus.”
―
―

“The future cannot be predicted, but futures can be invented. It was man’s ability to invent which has made human society what it is. The mental processes of inventions are still mysterious. They are rational but not logical, that is to say, not deductive.”
― Inventing the Future
― Inventing the Future

“She liked books more than anything else, and was, in fact, always inventing stories of beautiful things, and telling them to herself”
― A Little Princess
― A Little Princess

“Every idea is in the soul of its owner. No other power can shift it to another soul, that is why we have the telephone, aircraft, etc, each having its unique inventor.”
―
―

“To tell ourselves that we can’t change the story of our lives is to errantly assume that we are nothing more than the characters in it verses being the authors of it.”
―
―
“I have learned that creation is not just about inventing a lot of new stuff. The natural creation is to invent a lot of quality stuff.”
―
―

“Deception is a device to control oneself or others by twisting or inventing the truth into an easy acceptable form purely in order to manipulate.”
― Life's Impressions
― Life's Impressions
“All sorts of things can happen when you’re open to new ideas and playing around with things.”
― Headstrong: 52 Women Who Changed Science-and the World
― Headstrong: 52 Women Who Changed Science-and the World

“The whole idea of: "Well, surely if you're going to make progress on this set of [science] puzzles, you will want to know everything everyone has done on the way there."
[But] by the time you learn everything everyone has done on the way there you will have spent a huge amount of time and made no progress. And even worse, you will be entrained. You will be entrained in the thought process that got them stuck in the first place.
And this all very counter-intuitive:
Do you want to know everything that is known before you try to add anything?
The answer is: You probably don't.
You'll ask better questions [if you don't.]
You'll ask some bad ones [too].
You'll ask some questions that other people have figured their way past, but you'll ask some good ones that nobody's asked yet and that's where the breakthroughs live.”
―
[But] by the time you learn everything everyone has done on the way there you will have spent a huge amount of time and made no progress. And even worse, you will be entrained. You will be entrained in the thought process that got them stuck in the first place.
And this all very counter-intuitive:
Do you want to know everything that is known before you try to add anything?
The answer is: You probably don't.
You'll ask better questions [if you don't.]
You'll ask some bad ones [too].
You'll ask some questions that other people have figured their way past, but you'll ask some good ones that nobody's asked yet and that's where the breakthroughs live.”
―

“[Dream that lead to real-life invention]
A man was in a jungle surrounded by saages. They were coming menacingly close to him, their spears rising, then descending. Each spear had a hole in the tip. When he awoke he saw this dream as the answer to a problem that had him stymied: how to design a sewing machine. He could make the needle rise and descend, but not sew - until his dream told him to put the hole at the tip. The man was Elias Howe, who invented the first practical sewing machine.”
― The Silva Mind Control Method
A man was in a jungle surrounded by saages. They were coming menacingly close to him, their spears rising, then descending. Each spear had a hole in the tip. When he awoke he saw this dream as the answer to a problem that had him stymied: how to design a sewing machine. He could make the needle rise and descend, but not sew - until his dream told him to put the hole at the tip. The man was Elias Howe, who invented the first practical sewing machine.”
― The Silva Mind Control Method
All Quotes
|
My Quotes
|
Add A Quote
Browse By Tag
- Love Quotes 99.5k
- Life Quotes 77.5k
- Inspirational Quotes 74.5k
- Humor Quotes 44.5k
- Philosophy Quotes 30.5k
- Inspirational Quotes Quotes 27.5k
- God Quotes 26.5k
- Truth Quotes 24k
- Wisdom Quotes 24k
- Romance Quotes 23.5k
- Poetry Quotes 22.5k
- Life Lessons Quotes 20.5k
- Death Quotes 20.5k
- Happiness Quotes 19k
- Quotes Quotes 18.5k
- Hope Quotes 18k
- Faith Quotes 18k
- Inspiration Quotes 17k
- Spirituality Quotes 15.5k
- Religion Quotes 15k
- Motivational Quotes 15k
- Writing Quotes 15k
- Relationships Quotes 15k
- Life Quotes Quotes 14.5k
- Love Quotes Quotes 14.5k
- Success Quotes 13.5k
- Time Quotes 12.5k
- Motivation Quotes 12.5k
- Science Quotes 12k
- Motivational Quotes Quotes 11.5k