“Everything that can be invented has been invented.”
A quote by Charles H. Duell, often misattributed as a U.S. patent official, claiming that everything possible has already been invented, illustrating the folly of limiting human creativity and progress.
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The Governor of North Carolina once complimented Thomas Edison on his creative genius. “I am not a great inventor,” coun…
— Thomas Alva Edison
If we are to achieve results never before accomplished, we must expect to employ methods never before attempted.
— Francis Bacon
“Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?” H.M. Warner, Warner Brothers, 1927.
— Harry Morris Warner
“This ‘Telephone’ has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is inhere…
— Western Union
“But what… is it good for?” Engineer at the Advanced Computing Systems Division of IBM, 1968, commenting on the microchi…
— Unknown IBM Engineer
We need men who can dream of things that never were.
— John F. Kennedy
