The march of invention has clothed mankind with powers of which a century ago the boldest imagination could not have dreamt. Henry George
Modern invention has banished the spinning wheel, and the same law of progress makes the woman of today a different woman from her grandmother. Susan B Anthony
Necessity, the mother of invention. George Farquhar
The public values the invention more than the inventor does. The inventor knows there is much more and better where this came from. Ralph Waldo Emerson
If necessity is the mother of invention, then resourcefulness is the father. Beulah Louise Henry
Any mechanical invention whatsoever has been more harmful to humanity than a century of war. Remy de Gourmont