The march of invention has clothed mankind with powers of which a century ago the boldest imagination could not have dreamt.

The rate of human invention is faster, and the rate of cultural loss is slower, in areas occupied by many competing societies with many individuals and in contact with societies elsewhere.

Television has some lovely aspects to it - and some ghastly aspects - but the theater itself was a wonderful invention.

Failure is your invention.

The most dazzling aspect of 'Possession' is Ms. Byatt's canny invention of letters, poems and diaries from the 19th century.

What we were in on, really, was the invention of animation.

Invention is the mother of necessity.

To me, Los Angeles was the invention of the suburb. They figured it out and perfected it and created a city that was dependent on the automobile.

There are events which are so great that if a writer has participated in them his obligation is to write truly rather than assume the presumption of altering them with invention.

You know when civilization began? With the invention of the mirror.

If Christianity is a mere invention of man, and not a supernatural, divine revelation, how is it that it has wrought such a complete alteration in the state of man kind?

The classy gangster is a Hollywood invention.

The idea of reinvention has always seemed bizarre to me.

The most dazzling aspect of 'Possession' is Ms. Byatt's canny invention of letters, poems and diaries from the 19th century.

Mothers are the necessity of invention.

I didn't say my invention is better, nor did I say other stuff does not work.

I said I have no powers of invention. Well, I also have no powers of mimicry.

Necessity, the mother of invention.

But I'm an adventurer. I like invention, I like discovery.

There is no less invention in aptly applying a thought found in a book, than in being the first author of the thought.