Invention Quotes

Necessity, the mother of invention.

– George Farquhar

In England, there’s no acknowledgement the invention of slavery came from Britain.

– Chiwetel Ejiofor

We should have more invention.

– Nathan Myhrvold

What we were in on, really, was the invention of animation.

– Marc Davis

The concept of war crimes is an American invention.

– George Wald

Necessity… the mother of invention.

– Plato

Afternoon classes – that evil invention!

– John Gresham Machen

But I’m an adventurer. I like invention, I like discovery.

– Karlheinz Stockhausen

Architecture is invention.

– Oscar Niemeyer

Getting caught is the mother of invention.

– Robert Byrne

Invention is the mother of necessity.

– Thorstein Veblen

Our ability to create has outreached our ability to use wisely the products of our invention.

– Whitney M. Young

Failure is your invention.

– Sophia Amoruso