Quotes About Invention

I definitely invented the everything bagel. There's no doubt. It's undeniable truth. It's one of those things that's 100% true, 50% of the time.

When photography was invented, it was thought to be an equivalent to truth. It was truth with a capital T.

You can never be sure whether you are discovering the truth or inventing it.

People have a habit of inventing fictions they will believe wholeheartedly in order to ignore the truth they cannot accept.

Tortures are a dangerous invention, and seem to be a test of endurance rather than of truth.

When you invent something, you're drawing on reservoirs of knowledge that you already have. It's only when you're faithful to the truth that something can come to you from the outside.

His (the writer's) standard of fidelity to the truth should be so high that his invention, out of his experience, should produce a truer account than anything factual can be.

Dreams are reality at its most profound, and what you invent is truth because invention, by its nature, can't be a lie.

La ve rite existe; on n'invente que le mensonge. Truth exists; only lies are invented.

Everything which one invents is true, be sure of it.

The essence of a novelist is to invent things and speak the truth, at the same time.

Yes, the mistrust of poetry has a long history, for a variety of reasons, but they all come down to sentiment and invention over fact and truth. Figurative language is suspicious.

The great thing about fiction is that you can start off by telling the truth, then start making stuff up like crazy whenever you feel like it.

I love to invent - avoiding the truth. I need to dramatize.

The way I think we were living is an invention. The truth is nobody can own anything. That was an unheard-of concept among indigenous people. We invented that.

I see architecture not as Gropius did, as a moral venture, as truth, but as invention, in the same way that poetry or music or painting is invention.

Remember this:  genre is the marriage of convention with invention.

making things sound new was the whole idea.

Anyone who has spent time in the company of small children knows that a crushing boredom can unlock great powers of invention.

The Filipino-style Chinese donut, or shtekeleh, is the great contribution of the District of Sitka to the food lovers of the world. In its present form, it cannot be found in the Philippines. No Chinese trenchermen would recognize it as the fruit of his native fry kettles. Like the storm god Yahweh of Sumeria, the shtekeleh was not invented by the Jews, but the world would sport neither the God not the shtekeleh without Jews and their desires.

They have to leave their mark. They can't just watch. They can't just appreciate. They can't just fit into the natural order. They have to make something unnatural happen. That is the scientist's job, and now we have whole societies that try to be scientific... We've had four hundred years of modern science, and we ought to know by now what it's good for, and what it's not good for. It's time for a change.

Classically, the ability to invent and execute plans was believed to be limited to only three species: chimpanzees, gorillas, and human beings.

Of course the auto companies discarded it-it's a good idea. Don't want any good ideas coming out of a big company. Might lead to a good product!

I think I know what frightens Clare - a certain ability to invent our own future has been lost. ... Now the good things are the predictable ones, and surprises mean bad news.