Inventor – Quotes

Which was why, some

Which was why, some six hours later, Alexia Maccon’s daughter was born inside the head of an octomaton in the presence of her husband, a comatose werewolf dandy, and a French inventor. Gail Carriger

Thought experiment is in any case a necessary precondition for physical experiment. Every experimenter and inventor must have the planned arrangement in his head before translating it into fact. Ernst Mach

I thought of the

I thought of the nameless inventor of the bathtub. I was somehow sure it was a woman. And was the inventor of the bathtub plug a man? Erica Jong

The way to fly

The way to fly is to go straight up . . . Such a machine (the helicopter) will never compete with the aeroplane, though it will have specialized uses, and in these it will surpass the aeroplane. The fact that you can land at your front door is the reason you can’t carry heavy loads … Read more

I would like to

I would like to die on Mars. Just not on impact. Elon Musk

great inventors and discoverers

great inventors and discoverers seem to have made their discoveries and inventions as it were by the way, in the course of their everyday life. Elizabeth Charles

An invention can be

An invention can be so valuable as to be worthless to the inventor. Eli Whitney

The test of an

The test of an invention is the power of an inventor to push it through in the face of staunch-not opposition, but indifference-in society. Edwin Land

Think for a moment

Think for a moment of the great agents and engines of our civilization, and then think what shadowy ideas they all once were. The wheels of the steamship turned as swiftly as they do now, but as silent and unsubstantial as the motions of the inventor’s thought; and in the noiseless loom of his meditation … Read more

Thomas A. Edison was

Thomas A. Edison was once reluctantly persuaded by his wife to attend one of the big social functions of the season in New York. At last the inventor managed to escape the crowd of people vying for his attention, and sat alone unnoticed in a corner. Edison kept looking at his watch with a resigned … Read more