Quotes About Ingenuity

I just saw metal as another tool for me to use.

I think my imagination dictates the technologies I use. But at the same time, my imagination can be technologic. Sometimes I see a tool and I know immediately how to use it, but most of the time I use the tool for an idea I already have.

We are all innovators, we all like to use our imagination, which is our greatest tool.

Most of us marvel at the ingenuity and imaginativeness of sting operations, defend their right to exist and will argue that if well-used, they are an invaluable tool for justice.

I can make just such ones if I had tools, and I could make tools if I had tools to make them with.

Intelligence is the faculty of making artificial objects, especially tools to make tools.

The only thing I knew how to do without a lot of money was repairing tools. I actually started making and repairing tools for machines.

It is deep in our nature to make tools.

You've got to deal with the tools you have in hand. I'm a firm believer in that.

One day, my bike tire broke miles from home and I found a way to fix it. That's what I learned: Even if you don't have all the tools, you can improvise.

The cheapest gadget - and you don't even have to spend a dime - is chopsticks from a Chinese restaurant. I use them for everything: to toss salads, to turn a piece of meat in the pan, to flip croquettes in the Fryolator, to whisk eggs for omelets, to stir eggs into fried rice when I make that for my daughters.

My first movie was totally improvised.

creativity is "just connecting things.

All great geniuses are incredibly creative in their own ways. They're able to take what is known, dream of new possibilities, and bring them into the world. Every mathematical enigma solved, every masterful symphony composed, every revolutionary machine invented, every brilliant philosophy penned, every great corporation built...they all sprang from a person with an extraordinary imagination.

As journeys unfold, new challenges arise and pressures mount. These successive tolls must too be paid in creativity and ingenuity, as they were by history's most imaginative minds.

Many calls to adventure are puzzles waiting to be solved. Anyone can apply, but the price of admission is paid in imagination. As journeys unfold, new challenges arise and pressures mount. These successive tolls must too be paid in creativity and ingenuity, as they were by history's most imaginative minds.

The Great Mystery of Genius

Tesla was never one to chase recognition—he was after the pure thrill of discovery and creation.

We can no longer allow America's dependence on foreign oil to compromise our energy security. Instead, we must invest in inventing new ways to power our cars and our economy. I'll put my faith in American science and ingenuity any day before I depend on Saudi Arabia.

There is no genius free from some tincture of madness.

A good way to get inside an opponent's head in a water balloon fight: catch a balloon that is thrown at you, untie it, and then drink it.

I can type with me toes Suck stout through me nose And where it's gonna end God only knows

Leave it to Athena to use arts and crafts as a weapon, Emily thought with a smile.

And a little duct tape on the gunshot wounds will stop the bleeding." "You're not a headlight on an old Chevy," Berg told her.