The concept is interesting and well-formed, but in order to earn better than a ‘C,’ the idea must be feasible. (Response of a Yale professor, shown Fred Smith’s early vision of Federal Express)
Inventions - Inventors Quotes
A remarkable characteristic of the Americans is the manner in which they have applied science to modern life – In England an inventor is regarded almost as a crazy man, and in too many instances invention ends in disappointment and poverty. In America an inventor is honored, help is forthcoming, and the exercise of ingenuity, […]
Who, when he saw the first sand or ashes by a casual intensiveness of heat melted into metalline form, rugged with excrescences and clouded with impurities, would have imagined that in this formless lump lay concealed so many conveniences of life as would in time constitute a great part of the happiness of the world? […]
What, sir, you would make a ship sail against the wind and currents by lighting a bonfire under her decks? I pray you excuse me. I have no time to listen to such nonsense. (to Robert Fulton)
Invention is the talent of youth, as judgment is of age.
Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attractiveness of others.
Great discoveries and improvements invariably involve the cooperation of many minds. I may be given credit for having blazed the trail but when I look at the subsequent developments I feel the credit is due to others rather than to myself.
I thank the host this evening for his kind remarks but I must insist upon one minor correction. God invented the talking machine. I only invented the first one that can be shut off. (at a dinner, the toastmaster mentioned his many inventions, dwelling at length on the talking machine.)
Inventor, n. A person who makes an ingenious arrangement of wheels, levers, and springs, and believes it civilization.
There is not the slightest indication that energy will ever be obtainable from the atom.
