Quotes About Ingenuity

Every cinematographer I worked with had his own way of solving problems.

A lot of people in the technology space love the idea of a solving a problem.

The girls in my books are out solving their own problems.

If life gives you lemons, make some kind of fruity juice.

Some of my legal colleagues are the most creative people I know!

Some people use one half their ingenuity to get into debt, and the other half to avoid paying it.

Don't assume that the answers are out there in the form of somebody else already doing something. Sometimes they are. But you have to think beyond that.

Someday, I'm going to learn to knit with my feet.

Hunter and I never got proper journalistic accreditation to go anywhere. Nobody was giving us passes to go in here or there. We always had to somehow talk our way in.

Kids who have no money are still figuring out a way - somehow - to dress nicely.

You've gotta be original, because if you're like someone else, what do they need you for?

Let us not underestimate the ingenuity of the poor people in converting what they get from the relief worker to what they want. And that's just wasteful. They would be far better off if we just gave them the money and let them spend it.

The only thing that held it together the previous summer was baling wire, cheap used parts, and cussin' that would fry the hair out of a frog's nostrils.

When life gives you lemons, make chocolate chip cookies and make the whole world wonder what you've been up to.

But if there isn't a right way to do things you have to invent one.

Even now, at just three years old, it is obvious that Luke longs to fly. It is like seeing Anakin all over again. The mop of unruly blond hair, the bright blue eyes, the hands permanently tinkering. Luke isn't content to just play with his toys. He's constantly at work modifying them, making improvements.

we didn't have any blankets and

I've always been against trying to make a movie like another movie. That's lame. It's already been done, so why do it again?

I am terrible at memorizing things. Hence, ad-libbing.

It's a mental fake-out to myself. I make believe I'm making a new show so I forget the material I was working on and make up some fresh material.

What I'm trying to do is get this message out about self-empowerment, entrepreneurial spirit and true Americanism - the way we were when we changed the world, when Edison was alone, failing his 2,000th time on the lightbulb.

I don't just throw out microwave records.

They say breast milk helps just about everything - I'm surprised you can't run a car on it.

In addition to encouraging failure, I would also encourage companies to broadly create a culture of innovation. That should mean more than just technology and invention; it should mean something millennials know well: Ingenuity.