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Agatha Christie1 quote
Invention... Arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness. To save oneself trouble. — Agatha Christie · 1976Alan Kay1 quote
The best way to predict the future is to invent it. — Alan Kay · 1971Lawrence Durrell1 quote
Our inventions mirror our secret wishes. — Lawrence Durrell · 1958Mark Zuckerberg1 quote
If you guys were the inventors of Facebook, you'd have invented Facebook. — Mark Zuckerberg · 2010Mary Shelley1 quote
Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist in creating out of void, but out of chaos. — Mary Shelley · 1831Richard Franck1 quote
Necessity is the mother of invention. — Richard Franck · 1694Socrates1 quote
The true creator is necessity, who is the mother of our invention. — Socrates · 375 BC