quotes about Inventing

last updated: November 28, 2023

We're always inventing, even if we're making someone who's fairly close to ourselves.
-- Alice Mattison

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He liked to go from A to B without inventing letters between.
-- John McPhee

Source : John McPhee (2011). “The Deltoid Pumpkin Seed”, p.42, Macmillan

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“Using int made sense in the 50s. Not any more”
“I have long been a proponent of a guest-worker program between the United States and Mexico, and in particular I have proposed that Arizona would be an ideal location for a pilot project.”
“When it is all about winning, once you've done it, you lose interest; stay focus on helping/developing young people as your long-term goal.”
“Aviation is for the common man. My goal is to enable everyone to fly. It shouldnt be only for the rich.”
“To be sure, God shall call you, and us, only at the hour that God has chosen. Until that hour, which lies in God's hand alone, we shall be protected even in the greatest danger; and from our gratitude for such protection ever new readiness surely arises for the final call”
“Never dress down for the poor. They won't respect you for it. They want their First Lady to look like a million dollars.”
“Being in a rock n' roll band was like being in a Sherman tank. Nothing got to you. You were surrounded and protected by men.”
“Ignore past failures and forge ahead.”
“I think a few of my most visible roles are crazy or peppy girls, but I've played a lot of characters who are soldiers, or fighters, or meditative characters, and a lot of this stuff hasn't come out.”
“Always thank your nurse. Sometimes they're the only one between you and a hearse.”