INVENTIONS : At first people refuse to believe that a strange new thing can be done. Then they begin to hope it can be done. Then they see it can be done. Then it is done and all the world wonders why it was not done centuries ago. (Frances H. Burnett: British-American novelist and playwright, 1849-1924)

INVENTIONS : Doubt is the father of invention. (GALILEI GALILEO: Italian astronomer, physicist, and engineer who has been called the ‘father of observational astronomy,’ and the ‘father of modern physics,’ 1564-1642)

INVENTIONS : Homo sapiens is the species that invents symbols in which to invest passion and authority, then forgets that symbols are inventions. (Joyce C. Oates: U.S. author of novels, plays, short stories, poetry, and non-fiction, Born 1938)

INVENTIONS : I find out what the world needs, then I proceed to invent. (Thomas A. Edison: U.S. businessman and inventor who developed the phonograph, motion picture camera, and the electric light bulb, 1847-1931)

INVENTIONS : If electricity can be made visible in any part of the circuit, I see no reason why intelligence may not be transmitted by electricity. (Samuel Morse: U.S. painter and inventor who contributed to the invention of a single-wire telegraph system based on European telegraphs, 1791-1872)

INVENTIONS : Man can hardly even recognize the devils of his own creation. (Albert Schweitzer: French-German philosopher, physician, musician, and Nobel Laureate, 1875-1965)

INVENTIONS : Men have become the tools of their tools. (Henry David Thoreau: U.S. author, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, and historian, 1817-1862)

INVENTIONS : Speculation is perfectly all right, but if you stay there you've only founded a superstition. If you test it, you've started a science. (Hal Clement: U.S. science fiction writer and a leader of the hard science fiction subgenre, 1922-2003)

INVENTIONS : Things that annoy me end up fueling my ideas. (Josh James: U.S. founder and CEO of Domo, a software company, as well as previous co-founder and CEO of Omniture, a web analytics company, Born 1973)

INVENTIONS : Too often we forget that genius ... depends upon the data within its reach, that Archimedes could not have devised Edison's inventions. (Ernest Dimnet: French priest, writer, and lecturer, 1866-1954)

INVENTIONS : What hath God wrought? (Telegraphy: The official first Morse code message transmitted in the U.S., May 24, 1844)

INVENTIONS : What some invent the rest enlarge. (Jonathan Swift: Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer, poet, and cleric, 1667-1745)

INVENTIONS : When 99% of people doubt your idea, you’re either gravely wrong or about to make history. (Scott Belsky: U.S. entrepreneur, author, and early-stage investor best known for co-creating the online portfolio platform, Behance, Inc., Born 1980)

INVENTIONS : When you innovate, you've got to be prepared for people telling you that you are nuts. (Larry Ellison: U.S. business magnate and investor who co-founded and served as the C.E.O. of the Oracle Corporation, Born 1944)